by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
September 5-November 3, 2023 In a weird circumstance, though I don’t watch TV or movies much anymore, I did watch The Pope’s Exorcist on Netflix in September. Even weirder is that I’m writing about it! In part, it is a horror movie, a genre I haven’t watched since...
by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
I Am…Perfect 9/5-26/23 What follows is the fruit of my meditation retreat at the beginning of September. (And includes a line thanks to Iryna who included it in her comments to me when I asked her if the sharing of all this was “over-the- top.”) I am complete...
by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
September 3-5, 2023 “God is always showering grace upon us. But to avail ourselves of it and let it benefit us, we need atma-kripa, our own grace. …Divine grace is ever-flowing our way. To receive it, we must first open the closed doors of our heart. Hence, more than...
by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Sep 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
What follows is an open letter (email) to Yoga Alliance (YA) in regard to their recent change in policy to allow all-online yoga teacher teacher “trainings” permanently. Yoga Alliance is a “registering body” that “oversees” yoga in the world....
by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
June 20-24 , 2023 What is Grace and why would we need it? Here’s the what, see below for the why. My Webster’s New World College Dictionary has a very long entry on grace. It includes—most importantly for us as spiritual practitioners—these theological definitions: a)...
by Loving Kindness Yoga School | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Originally Posted Sept. 25, 2013 Updated February 19-28, 2023 The “Theme of the Year, or however long it takes,” as I called it back in 2013, has come back in classes. This theme—it’s a project or process, really—is “Finding the ‘Optimal’ Place in the Pose.” Stating...