Want to take on meditation? Here’s 5 tips to help: Sit. Learning to sit can be a challenge. Do some light stretches before sitting down and then start off with just 5 minutes of sitting–see how it feels. Remember there are many…
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Breaking the Bondage and Opening to Grace
I started yoga when I was 15, and until recently I never really understood the idea of bondage and how labels could obstruct my asana practice. At 13 I started surfing, but it wasn’t until I was 18 that I…
Cultivate Compassion to Tame the Ego
By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards the wicked the mind becomes pure. ~ Yoga Sutra 1:33 Consider this: A yoga teacher gets a better time slot than you and her class is full…
Two Sides of the Tongue
The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, verse 15: Always tell the truth, Arjuna, and present it in as pleasant a way as possible. If you cannot do that, remain silent. If something absolutely needs to be said you must uphold the…
Daily Cup of Yoga 