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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Ragas
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 These 72 minutes of improvisational Indian Ragas guide one’s awareness deeply inside to facilitate profound states of meditation and calmness. Nepali musician Manose’s delicate yet reverberating bansuri flute playing is skillfully weaved together with three other musicians playing sitar, tabla and tambura. The result is a graceful, slow moving, soothing, and magical Cd perfect for yoga and other healing arts. |
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Sunday, January 07, 2007 by Timothy Burgin
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The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga
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 While there are now several great books on the anatomy of yoga, this book is clearly oriented towards visual learners, as the illustrations of muscles on a skeletal frame of the body communicate much more than any text ever could. The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga is organized much like other anatomy books, making it clear, straightforward and easy to access. The first section of the book covers all the basic anatomy terminology. The latter chapters cover each muscle in detail with multiple illustrations showing close ups of its origin and insertion, the muscle’s antagonists and synergists, how the muscle is stretched and contracted within multiple yoga poses. While this book is full of relevant information on the anatomy of yoga, the full color and highly detailed anatomical illustrations of yoga poses make this book a must have for any yoga teacher or serious yoga practitioner. |
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 by Timothy Burgin
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Short Cut To Nirvana
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 This fascinating documentary on the Kumbh Mela provides a glimpse into the longest running religious festival, and the largest human gathering in history. We follow several western pilgrims as they visit the many gurus and babas gathered in their individual compounds and interact with a cheerful young swami who serves as a guide, interpreter and interviewer. The video footage and stills capture a pure, non-judgmental view into the heart of both the pilgrims and the gurus. And the exclusive footage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama underscores the spirit of harmony, diversity and acceptance that pervades throughout the film. Overall, Short Cut To Nirvana is beautifully filmed, well produced and packaged with worth seeing bonus material: interviews with the western pilgrims four years after the Mela, extended conversations with five spiritual teachers, and an interview with the film-makers. |
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Monday, December 18, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Harmony
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 While this hour long Cd was composed and designed specifically for a Yoga class, its soothing rhythms and tranquilizing sounds would be suitable for other healing arts as well as for general relaxation. The beautiful resonating tones of the tambura, veena, flute and keyboard draw the listener into a deep state of quiet absorption. Tibetan bells, Indian cymbals and crystal singing bowls are sprinkled throughout the tracks and accentuate the Eastern vibe of this deeply calming Cd. Terry’s production of music for TV and film shows in his intricate compositions and the flowing nature of these tracks. |
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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Awake in the Wild
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 While the Buddha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the experience of meditating outdoors has been neglected over the centuries due to our modern lifestyle’s emphasis on indoor living. But Mark Coleman has revitalized of the art of meditating outside with this thoughtful treatise. In short, simple and beautifully written chapters, Coleman covers a wide range of subject matter from “Experiencing the Freshness of Every Moment” to “Weathering the Storms of Life” that bridge the experiences of meditation with the appreciation of nature. Most of the chapters contain personal stories from Coleman and his students, and every chapter ends with a meditation practice incorporating the ideas and concepts that were presented. Coleman shows us that the practice of meditation in the outdoors facilitates our ability to meditate as well as deepens our attunement, appreciation and understanding of the natural world. |
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Now
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 Billed as a comprehensive exercise program, this 4-DVD set combines yoga poses and cardio exercises with nutrition and meal planning to promote muscle toning and weight loss. On the first 2 disks, yoga practitioner and actress Mariel Hemingway tag-team teaches with acclaimed yoga expert Rodney Yee in a live class setting. The 30-minute core workout has an option to view a modified version for beginning students while the 50-minute accelerated workout builds on the core workout and gives several voiceover audio options. The cardio portion of this yoga-cardio fusion involves arm swings, back and forth lunge stepping and small hopping in place movements. When teaching together, Mariel and Rodney have an upbeat, spunky and occasionally chatty style giving encouragement while providing light-hearted instruction. The two 10-minute programs, the a.m. energizer and the p.m. de-stressor are simple variations of the core workout that are useful if you are short on time. |
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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Yoga Burn
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 This latest DVD by Rodney Yee could very well have been called Yoga Zen. Slow, continuous movements are used to create mindfulness and mental focus throughout the entire video. The transitions between poses are given the same importance as postures and none of the poses are held, which creates a exceptionally graceful flowing practice. The “burn” in the title relates to the intention to build body strength through repeating the poses 2-3 times each and the use of many floor postures that target the abs and core muscles. While this Zen-like approach is quite different from Rodney's previous videos, the minimal instruction and emphasis on basic postures works wonderfully in this format. The Zen rock garden set and the beautiful tranquil soundtrack both greatly enhance the meditative aspect of practice. |
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Friday, November 03, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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Teaching Yoga
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 In this much needed and well-written book, Donna Farhi details the often overlooked and ignored issues and ethics surrounding the student-teacher relationship the profession of teaching yoga. And while this subject may sound incredibly dry and boring, Farhi creates an engaging text filled with illuminating, stimulating, and inspiring insights and knowledge. Great stories from both her and other teachers’ experiences make these ethical and moral issues personal and real. And drawing from both modern psychology and the ancient Yoga Sutras, Farhi engages the reader on many levels to contemplate theses issues for oneself. Her advice and recommendations are compassionate and non-preachy and make the reader feel okay to make mistakes, as she herself admits many that she has learned from. Overall, this is a beautiful book to inspire one to become a great yoga teacher as well as a better person. |
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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The Yoga of the Nine Emotions
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 This guide to mastering your emotions through traditional yogic, Tantric and Ayurvedic practices is definitely the most fascinating book that I’ve read in a long while. The function and nature of nine primary emotions are explored in detail and are explained in relation to yogic philosophy and Ayurvedic principles. The chapters on each emotion are rich with detailed discussions giving insights, understanding, and most importantly effective tools to cultivate positive emotions and reduce the negative ones. Marchand’s correlation between the effects of the emotional states to western science and biochemistry is captivating and insightful, and clearly shows the relationship between our emotions and our immune system, sense organs, thoughts, diet and lifestyle. This well-written and well-researched book provides both the information and inspiration to utilize our emotions to promote better health, spiritual growth, and enduring happiness. |
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Monday, September 04, 2006 by Timothy Burgin
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A Rare and Precious Thing
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 This beautifully written book details the possibilities and pitfalls of working with a spiritual teacher through the stories and profiles of eight well-known teachers. Each page is filled with fascinating and engaging stories of these uncommon teachers with honest, personal and revealing comments on their relationships with their path, students and community. From a ninety-year-old Circassian teacher of Sufism to the nineteenth-generation keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota, Kain details how teachers of diverse practices have all challenged and reinterpreted their traditions as well as overcome their personal obstacles and hardships. The pertinent information on finding and evaluating a teacher is effortlessly woven throughout these inspiring stories, and relevant tidbits of wisdom for anyone on the spiritual path are sprinkled throughout the book. Overall, reading this book gives one the unquestionable realization that all religions and all spiritual paths do indeed lead to the same place. |
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