What better than “A Yoga Manifesto” in The New York Times today to follow up yesterday’s post on yoga’s past, present, and future. Definitely recommended for reading and contemplation. Great comments, by the way, on yesterday’s post as well. Thanks to all for the additional perspective. From Yoga to the People’s homepage: Something to think [...]
Posts Tagged ‘yoga’
The Back-to-Basics Yoga Movement
Posted: April 23, 2010 by Brian in yogaTags: yoga, yoga to the people
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Did America Steal Yoga from the Hindus?
Posted: April 22, 2010 by Brian in religion, yogaTags: religion, yoga
To answer the title of this post, yes it did, at least according to this thought-provoking assessment of the apparently rocky relationship between Hinduism and the practice of yoga in the West. Aseem Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, writes, in essence, that the early Indian transmitters of yoga to the West sold out. [...]
It’s Time to Recycle Your Old Yoga Journals
Posted: April 17, 2010 by Brian in books, yogaTags: google books, magazine, recycle, yoga, yoga journal
Every few years I find my stack of yoga magazines piling up. Eventually I convince myself to pull out the scissors and cut out my favorite yoga articles, which I then place in three-ring binders for reference. I recycle the rest of the magazine. It’s a bit painful to chop up the magazines, but it [...]
Excerpt from The Shambhala Guide to Yoga by Georg Feuerstein. In order to gain the unsurpassable bliss of the Self, the yogin willingly adopts a life of strict discipline. The aspirant begins by carefully regulating his or her moral behavior. This forms the bedrock of all types of Yoga. Reduced to its bare bones, yogic [...]
Getting close to busting out some Guerilla Yoga
Posted: March 20, 2010 by Brian in yogaTags: guerilla yoga, yoga
With spring weather in the air, the chances of busting out some guerilla yoga increase dramatically Although definitely not a public place, beside the pool in my backyard worked quite nicely this morning for some sun salutations. Baby steps to yoga bliss… A few thoughts on staying inspired… And by the way, the Authentic Yoga [...]
B.K.S. Iyengar Visits America…
Posted: March 15, 2010 by Brian in yoga, yoga historyTags: history, iyengar, light on yoga, yoga
…as chronicled in LIFE Magazine in 1956. Find out more about B.K.S. Iyengar’s remarkable life at his official B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga website or at the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States website. Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level: physical, mental, spiritual. [...]
