by TAadministrator | Jun 15, 2018 | Habits
I sometimes like to categorize yoga poses according to the effect they have on me, for example: Standing poses – strengthening, fierce (in the Bey way) Inversions – energizing (except, when you’ve been practicing a long time and headstand and shoulderstand...
by TAadministrator | Jun 14, 2018 | Habits
In yoga asana – the physical practice of yoga, there are a number of different ways to categorize the poses. One is by their names – eg. animal poses (e.g. downward facing dog, scorpion, eagle), sage poses, (vishvamitra, virhaba) shape/anatomy poses...
by TAadministrator | Jun 12, 2018 | Habits
In Yoga and Ayurveda, we are thought to be made up of koshas or sheaths. These sheaths, when functioning well are stacked on top of each other, like Russian stacking dolls or the layers of an onion. The first is the physical body – the anamyakosha. The second is...
by TAadministrator | Jun 11, 2018 | Habits
…The stem yuj, which means to yoke or bind? There are different interpretations of what is binding or connecting. Some yogis consider it to be more about connecting the mind with the body, through the action of breath. As humans, our brains are constructed in...
by TAadministrator | Jun 9, 2018 | Habits
Breathing is managed by the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), which means you don’t have to think about it. Now, what makes breathing unusual and different to a lot of other functions that are controlled by the ANS, is that we can also control it. Ancient yogis found...
by TAadministrator | Jun 6, 2018 | Habits
One of my favorite movies of all time is The Big Chill. My dad had the LP, which is how I first came across it. I used to listen to the music again and again. Then, when I was old enough, I marched up the road to our local, independent Video rental store in Notting...
