For the past month or so, I've been hosting a weekly yoga class. My intention was to gain teaching experience while helping my friends better cope with the challenges of the difficult times that we're living in. I've realized that the real value of the weekly sessions are to connect and check-in. While I usually …
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September: Uptight
If I had to pick one word for the city that I live in, it would be uptight. Yet this isn't my word, I met an elderly man from India (guru/wise sage?) outside of a coffee shop a few weeks ago and this was his assessment. He had only been living in my city for …
July: The end of the world
One of my favorite movies is Until the End of the World, partially because the soundtrack is amazing but partially because of the prophetic message. In one scene of the movie, people are given devices to sleep with that can record their dreams and they become obsessed with watching the recordings. In fact, they become …
July: Go In
When I was going through teacher training, we often talked about yoga newbies or the uninitiated. Yoga can be intimidating, but I never fully considered how off-putting meditation and silence can be to people who are unfamiliar. In my own experience, I've talked to several friends that had the wrong idea about meditation, which was …
August: Life Lessons from the Woodstock Guru
As runners we understand the importance of a strong mind-body connection. Many runners can find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances simply through the power of the mind to overcome feelings in the body, which can lead to bliss… sometimes when we least expect it and not necessarily when it is most needed! Fifty …
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May: where do we go
All week I have been thinking about running off to the mountains with my furry friend for a jaunt in the woods. But when I get there, I know that I'll still be searching because what I am looking for is not anywhere, any place to be found. I'm continuing this thread of without and …
April: The story of the penny
Recent estimates have suggested that there is $10 million in pennies littering the streets of the U.S. How many times have you stepped on a penny or walked past a penny without picking it up? Or are you a karma yogi and insist on picking it up knowing that it will bring you good fortune …
March: Better late than never
I could make excuses but I won't, let's just say that my life has changed dramatically in the past couple of months and I'm finally getting back to my yoga groove. Stiff back, neck... tightness everywhere. Most of all in my psyche. I have been working on a love letter to no one in particular …
By the time he got to Woodstock…
There are trail runs that rock your world and there are trail runs that change your life, my self-supported Yogaville 108k was both. (Recall: http://integralyogamagazine.org/running-a-moving-meditation/) I got to Yogaville on Wednesday afternoon and changed in the campers bathhouse and took off down the maze of magical trails. Not even a half mile later I bonked …
February teaser
February was a busy month, I wrote this on a flight to Vancouver in between nodding off. So, take this with a grain of salt (or sand?!) What if the universe could be contained in a grain of sand, as William Blake has suggested? If it is infinite, then wouldn’t that mean that size and …
