Did We Learn Our Lessons from Covid?

Did We Learn Our Lessons from Covid?

May 29-31, 2021 As North Carolina, and Orange County even more so, begins to emerge from lock-down-mode; as I am moving back toward having indoor, in-person yoga classes again after almost fifteen months of Zooming almost all of them; and as many of us are starting to...
Non-Criticism

Non-Criticism

Non-CriticismApril 24-May 3, 2021 Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, II.36: “When truthfulness (satya) is achieved, the words of the yogin acquire the power of making them fruitful.” (Swami Hariharananda Aranya’s translation) Rama Jyoti Vernon commentary on that sutra: “Gossip,...
Desiring and Allowing

Desiring and Allowing

December 19-21, 2020 “By allowing and desiring yourself to be more open and being increasingly receptive and welcoming, and by consciously “joining with” the Infinite—from which you were never apart—you give permission to Life to flow through you unimpeded.”-Erich...
Following the Inner Feeling

Following the Inner Feeling

“The important idea to keep in mind is always to follow the inner feeling. This is one of the primary teachings of yoga.” -Erich Schiffmann’s Yoga the Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness (in the Balance section) This sentence showed up in the reading in class...
Testing

Testing

Did you ever go through a hard patch of life, or a challenging event?  Of course you have (maybe you even chuckled out loud reading that question).  A student recently reached out to me for advice.  She was having a very hard time in life and was not...