Time to turn up the volume! MC Yogi just released a sweet new music video that has me pumped about his new album, Mantras, Beats & Meditations, set to release on April 1. His videos always have great visuals, but A.U.M. may be my new favorite. It’s tough to beat the combination of great lyrics, thumping beat, and some impressive yoga poses. Happy weekend! … [Read more...] about A.U.M…(Almighty Universal Magnetic)…by MC Yogi…definitely going on repeat
Archives for 2014
A Yoga Hug to the Midline
I had another weekend of teacher training at the start of the new year, and on top of all of the challenging and inspiring information that I received, something from our anatomy module is what stood out to me, far and beyond the rest. It was on Saturday afternoon, toward the end of our eight-hour day, and a difficult time to sit and talk about the intricacies of the human body. However, one of the first pieces of information that my teacher, Christina Sell, shared with us stayed with me. She … [Read more...] about A Yoga Hug to the Midline
Smithsonian yoga exhibit lectures now all online for you
Less Yoga Pop, More Yoga Culture: Yoga and Visual Culture Symposium Lectures
If you’re looking for a little less yoga pop and a little more yoga culture, the Freer and Sackler Youtube page has some lectures up from the Yoga and Visual Culture symposium held in November 2013. H/T to The Confluence Countdown … [Read more...] about Less Yoga Pop, More Yoga Culture: Yoga and Visual Culture Symposium Lectures
Fitting In is Overrated: Living Your Sva Dharma
“I think fitting in is highly overrated. I’d rather just fit out… Fitting out means being who you are, even when people insist that you have to change. Fitting out means taking up space, not apologizing for yourself, and not agreeing with those who seek to label you with stereotypes.” ― Golda Poretsky Fitting in is overrated. I finally embraced my terminal weirdness when a friend told me frankly that I will always stand out. I suddenly liked the sound of that. In the past, I would have rebelled … [Read more...] about Fitting In is Overrated: Living Your Sva Dharma
Going Creative – Meditation and Creative Consciousness
Humans are conscious beings. We are able to both analyze the creative spirit, discuss it intellectually — and also experience it. When we meditate, we come home to our own creative fount, a sense of oneness that evaporates the ego-centred perception that we are separate beings adrift in a phenomenal world, doomed to die. In meditation, we experience how humans are both creations and creators, and also how creator and the created are inseparable, one and the same. That we are about as separate … [Read more...] about Going Creative – Meditation and Creative Consciousness
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