Lifting the Veil: The Maya of Comparison, Critique and Envy
A few weeks ago, a fellow blogger discussed the implications that arise when the modern practice of Instagramming is paired with the ancient practice of yoga. Whether we like to admit…
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Fear of Falling, Failing and Death in Yoga
From birth to death, there may be no phobia as deep and instinctive as the fear of falling. How does this fear manifest in your practice? It can be as…
Yoga and the Ethics of Touch: The Guru’s Blessing
Cozy in pigeon pose, I started as a pair of hands settled into the crease of my hip and my sacrum, easing me much more deeply into the posture as…
Yoga at Work
The trend of integrating yoga, meditation and other health promoting behaviors into the workplace has grown exponentially over the last several years. With roots in Eastern traditions, these practices are…
Yoga as Healing for Prisoners and At-Risk Youth
Harvey Mai didn’t take his first yoga class in a pristine studio with bamboo floors and lightly burning sage. Instead, he first practiced yoga while serving a three year sentence…
Yoga During Times of Change
During the past few months, life as I know it has changed dramatically. Starting with a drive across the country that tightened my hamstrings and stressed out my hip-flexors, I…
Tension: Stringing the Bow to Go Beyond
Tension is bad, and tone is good, right? Wrong. Anatomically speaking, tension and tone are not only the same—they’re also neutral. We can think of tension as the pull between…
The Instagramming of Yoga
Something funny happened to yoga on the way to mass appeal. Once an exclusive practice for loinclothed men seeking spiritual enlightenment, yoga has been thrust to the forefront of web…
Getting to Know Your Psoas
If your psoas muscle was a fellow yoga student, he’d be the kind of guy others might describe as “hard to get to know,” or “Mr. Mysterious.” Hidden deep within…
Is Your ‘Eco’ Yoga Mat Really Ecologically Friendly?
Given the current popularity and commercialization of yoga I have been starting to wonder about our collective carbon or ecological ‘footprint’. With entire stores now dedicated to yoga related paraphernalia,…
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