In our Yoga Blog we will report on yoga news, trends and happenings throughout the world.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Remembering Georg Feuerstein, 1947-2012
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This week the yoga community is mourning the loss of one of
its foremost scholars, Georg Feuerstein, who died at his home on August 25. He
was 65. Born in Germany in 1947, Feuerstein completed his postgraduate studies
in England before moving to the U.S. He later became a resident of Canada.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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The Globalization of Yoga
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Globalization: A term so widely used as to be virtually
meaningless, it nonetheless captures the process by which modern yoga has
spread, from east to west and back again. Today yoga caters to a cadre of
practitioners spanning continents and counting tens of millions of adherents.
In this two-part series, we will discuss the globalization of hatha yoga with
particular relevance to Asia and implications of yoga practice for
musculoskeletal health in different cultures/ethnicities.
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It's easy to take a healthy immune system for granted in
the warm days of summer, but it’s never too early to start preparing for the
cold and flu season. All of rituals and remedies we start practicing when we
feel that first tickle in the nose or throat may not stack up to preventative
doses of exercise and meditation. A
recent study conducted by Dr. Bruce Barrett at the University of Wisconsin is
the first to positively link an intervention to a reduction in incidence of
acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Both interventions—meditation and
exercise—practiced before cold and flu season set in, showed a statistically
significant improvement in winter health.
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Monday, August 20, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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NIH Twitter Chat Video on Yoga Science
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In a move that may clarify some of the popular
misconceptions and facts on yoga’s scientific evidence base, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) will host a Twitter
chat to discuss yoga’s latest scientific findings. It will be held on
Tuesday, Aug 21 at 1 p.m. EST. To participate, use hashtag #nccamchat, or follow at @NCCAM. Dr. Karen Sherman, senior
scientific investigator at Group Health Research Institute, and Yasmin Kloth,
NCCAM staff member, will facilitate the discussion.
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Friday, August 17, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Paradoxes of Yogaspeak
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Why do yoga instructors sometimes make seemingly paradoxical
statements? As a student of yoga, it’s hard not to observe when your instructor
says one thing, followed by a statement with the opposite meaning later in
class. While these comments may initially cause confusion, they also represent
an opportunity to deepen your inner practice.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Ayurveda and Yoga
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Ayurveda,
the healing system native to India, has been practiced for millennia. Along
with yoga, it is based on the Vedas, Sanskrit
texts that date as far back as 1,500 BCE. Often translated as “the science of
life,” ayurveda centers around the importance of individual balance and the
balance between the individual and the laws of nature.
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Friday, August 10, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga For Weight Loss-Really? The Facts
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A recent
blog by yoga celeb Sadie Nardini offers a good starting point for
clarifying some popular misconceptions about yoga’s impact on body weight,
caloric expenditure, and cardiac impact. While Nardini offers a perfunctory nod
to those who recognize yoga is “not about being physically perfect,” and that
“skinnier isn’t always better,” she continues on to cite a number of popular
(and often false) claims regarding yoga’s impact on weight loss.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga for Weight Loss? The Latest
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Several blogs
recently cued the yoga blogosphere’s perennial debate: yoga for weight loss.
Yet while a vocal minority of yoga practitioners do lose weight, does this
represent everyone’s experience? Is weight loss even desirable for some
overweight individuals (here, we use overweight to also refer to obesity)? And
is yoga actually effective in fostering weight management? In this two-part
series we clarify some routinely-cited myths.
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At one point in my life I was stuck in a dark
depression for close to a year. Though I was the only person who could free
myself from it, I was too numb and empty to even try. Anyone who has ever
suffered from depression, knows exactly what I’m talking about and may have
found themselves in the same place at times. Adhering to my own narrow misconception
about depression, I thought I was the only one suffering. However, my entire
family and close friends had to suffer from my
depression as well. I know that when I’m in a happy and healthy place I’m
generous with my love, fun to be around, forgiving, and my actions and behaviors
are positive. On my ‘dark days’ I’m completely useless to the people that are
close to me, and it becomes very obvious to them that I am not myself. On the yogic path I am
beginning to explore, my meditation practice is a beautiful but constant
struggle. However, I can honestly say that in the little time I’ve been
practicing, I feel more grounded and content than I have in a very long time.
And this has broader, sweeping effects on my relationships and everyone close
to me.
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Friday, August 03, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Sadhana: Practice Makes Perfect
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Anyone watching the London Olympics can’t help being
inspired by the athletes’ dedication to perfection. We all know that they have
gotten where they are through hard work and practice, practice, practice. As
yogis, we are familiar with the importance of practice. In his Yoga Sutras
(I:12), Patanjali stated that practice, or abhyasa, was one of two ways to
still the waves of the mind. This echoes Krishna’s instruction to Arjuna in the
Bhagavad Gita (VI:35).
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Friday, July 27, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Kickstarting the Roots of Yoga
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Yoga scholars Mark Singleton and James Mallinson have taken
their dream—publishing a single comprehensive resource of yogic literature—to
the next level by bringing it to Kickstarter,
the web-based company that facilitates funding for independent creative
projects. They’ve asked for $50,000 to fund The
Roots of Yoga, and with the clock ticking down toward their August 10th
deadline, they’ve raised nearly half that amount. A growing list of yoga
luminaries is rallying behind them: Georg Feuerstein, Richard Rosen, Judith
Lasater, Elena Brower, Kino McGregor, Danny Paradise, and Frank Jude Boccio.
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Monday, July 23, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga + Cocktails = Hangover Yoga?
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While many can attest to yoga’s
attenuating impact on hangovers, a Bushwick,
NY venue has stepped it up several notches. Doubling as a bar by night and
yoga studio by day, Cobra Club offers 1pm weekend “Hangover Yoga” to help patrons offset the effects of excess debauchery
the night before, throwing in a bloody mary or mimosa (after class, natch) to
sweeten the deal.
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Friday, July 20, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Restorative Yoga: Sweet Surrender
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Restorative
yoga is a gentle practice designed to promote relaxation. Like more
familiar yoga asanas, restorative poses can be sequenced to move the spine in
all directions—backbends, forward bends, twists, and inversions. But in
restorative poses, gravity becomes your partner, gently encouraging release and
openings while you are completely supported by bolsters, blankets,
pillows and other props. It’s a recipe for surrender.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Amber Baker
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Facebook Firing Highlights Imbalances
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Breaches of yoga etiquette happen all the time,
and are usually quickly forgotten. That is far from the case with a recent
incident that happened during a class at Facebook. Not only did a student in
this class demonstrate that she felt her phone deserved more attention and
respect than her practice, the instructor or the other students, she felt it
was necessary to complain about the look the instructor gave her for her
behavior. In an equally dazzling disregard for the entire yogic discipline, the
instructor was fired for the incident.
The story has blazed across the Internet as an amusing and sad commentary on
our addiction to constant stimulation. Underneath the absurdity of this
scenario lies a common human weakness: we are often strongly drawn towards
practices that perpetuate our imbalances rather than address them.
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Friday, July 13, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga As Battleground
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Two-Part Series (Part Two)
Why does disillusionment
sometimes occur after immersion in yogic practices, and why does it send
many of us running for shelter from our once-beloved practice? The answer lies
in yoga’s seminal scripture, the Bhagavad
Gita. Pandava prince Arjuna asks the Supreme Lord Krishna to drive his
chariot into battle, only to face the dismal
prospect of engaging in combat his family, teachers, and friends at Krishna’s
behest. At the Gita’s conclusion, Arjuna surrenders fully to Krishna and
takes up the sword. The Gita
teaches us that to engage in the path of yoga and align with the divine, it
will not be easy. Indeed, at times our inner state will feel much like a
battleground, as old mental patterns (samskara) struggle to reassert their
primacy.
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