I once asked a common man “what is happiness?” He replied “happiness is subjective to once knowledge.” It got me thinking about what constitutes knowledge. My yoga teacher once said, “knowledge is a projection of mind based on our own reality.” Read the complete article on The Huffington Post – Does...
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Interview with The Seattle Times and The Seattle Globalist
The Seattle Times – “Something is being lost in Seattle’s yoga craze” The Seattle Globalist – “The Seattle yoga scene’s diversity problem”
Is yoga really for everyone?
Yoga is a universal language. It has no color or religion. So why is the face of yoga in the U.S. always a thin flexible white American woman? Is it that people of color and men don’t practice yoga? Or do they practice but don’t want to talk about it?...
A Chair for Yoga?
Using a chair for yoga? As a yoga teacher I often see a question mark on my students and colleagues faces when I suggest using a chair as yoga prop. Yoga asanas involve extension, exertion, as well as relaxation of the body. The aim of the movement is to align...
YOGA IN A STUDIO VS. YOGA AT HOME
In a perfect world, we would all have time for a kick-ass yoga class with our favorite teacher. But obligations to work, family, friends and community often leave us with little time for self-care. It is precisely when we are the most stressed that we need to relax and renew...
6 simple everyday practices to embrace Karma Yoga
“Action is movement with intelligence, the world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.” – B.K.S. Iyengar Traditionally, a yogi would renounce the world and live in a community setting like an ashram or monastery. They would dedicate their lives to spirituality, yoga,...
Finding meaning: from corporate job to becoming a yoga instructor
Not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond image. I am often asked “How did you come about being a yoga teacher?” My answer is “Yoga found me”. Five years ago, I was sitting in my high floor office in Chicago,...