What do I identify with? Which of the ways of being I identify with are temporary? How do my labels influence my perspective, my choices and my action?
Often people assume that yoga is about cultivating extreme flexibility. This assumption may be related to the media’s tendency to favor images of extremely flexible people […]
Yoga Sutra 1.6: Ways of being:
Knowledge, misperception, imagination, sleep and memory
How do I know what I know? How do I know if what I think I know is true? What do I think? What are my dreams? What do I store in my memory?
Very often I notice that changing weather patterns are on our minds because some of the variations we are experiencing seem to be difficult to ignore. […]
Yoga Sutra 1.12: Practice and Release
Method for decreasing ways of being
Integrating the complementary aspects of Being and Doing to create a dynamic equilibrium that brings about harmony within and without.
One of the objectives in yoga is to become aware of what we are doing (in posture, movement, feeling, thinking and breathing), to clarify if we […]
Namaste, There is often a tendency to think that when we speak of range of motion in the joints we are referring to moving each joint […]
Namaste, Full range of movement is a conscious and deliberate exploration of healthy movement including very small movements, large movements as well as movements in between. […]
Yoga Sutras 1.21 and 1.22: Commitment and intensity
Consistent commitment and smart regulation of intensity
The results of your practice are proportional to your commitment and the intensity of your practice. Knowing your tendencies and having a clear goal can help you find the level of intensity that will make the process enjoyable and sustainable. To what extent is there a sense of urgency in you to practice because your practice enables you to participate fully in each irreplaceable moment of your life? Is your practice balanced and balancing?
