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Posted in Chronic stress, Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, be happy, body awareness, energy, gratitude, great and good things for you, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged yoga, Health, Meditation, CafePress.com, t-shirts, shopping, Blissful Body Yoga, Graphic designer, Design, blogs, yoga blogs on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Research Finds Yoga and Meditation May Reverse Stress-Damaged Genes
Posted in Chronic stress, Health, Kripalu yoga, asana, depression, happiness, healthy living, meditation techniques, parasympathetic, yoga, tagged amy weintraub, depression, Harvard Medical School, Health, Herbert Benson, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical school, Mental Health, Relaxation Response, Stress, Transcendental Meditation, yoga on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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I recently recieved this bit of research in an e-letter from Amy Weintruab. Amy is a fellow Kripalu Yoga Teacher and leading expert in the use of yoga and meditation in healing depression. Her book, Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga,is an absolute must have for any [...]
Stop Trying to Be Perfect…Stop Trying to Be a Saint!”
Posted in Kripalu yoga, body awareness, healthy living, yoga, tagged Hatha yoga, Kripalu Center, Kripalu yoga, mary oliver, perfectionism, spiritual experience, wellness, yoga on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Stop trying to be perfect…stop trying to be a saint. Just stoooop! Ok? Have some fun! Stop trying to be perfect, and make a mess…make a big mess!“
When I was at Yoga Teacher Training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health this was my favorite thing to hear, and I got to hear it, [...]
Kripalu Yoga: Exploring the Yoga of Life
Posted in Kripalu yoga, body awareness, healthy living, yoga, tagged Health, Kripalu Center, Lenox, Lenox Massachusetts, yoga on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am a Kripalu Yoga teacher, so I know I am biased, but I really think the Kripalu tradition is one of the most accessible and compassion-centered approaches to yoga.
If you are new to yoga, or just don’t know about Kripalu Yoga, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Website is a great place to [...]
Meditation-In-Motion: a Kripalu Yoga Experience
Posted in Kripalu yoga, asana, awakening, dance, energy, meditation techniques, meditation-in-motion, movement awareness, prana, yoga, tagged asana, dance, Hatha yoga, kundalini, Kundalini yoga, Meditation, movement, Practices, Religion and Spirituality, stress reduction, wellness, yoga on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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In this post I am going to set the stage for you to experience Meditation-In-Motion, which is a unique aspect of the Kripalu Yoga tradition. This type of “prana awakening” will open doors to new body wisdom for you. First a little background, and explanation.
Kripalu Yoga comes from the lineage of [...]
Child’s Pose: It’s Child’s Play…
Posted in Kripalu yoga, asana, body awareness, child's pose, garbhasana, healthy living, meditation techniques, parasympathetic, yoga, tagged Autonomic nervous system, Blood pressure, Chronic stress, Fight-or-flight response, Health, Parasympathetic nervous system, Stress, Sympathetic nervous system on August 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A reader request…this one’s for you K…
OK, no really, it’s called Child’s Pose (or, Garbhasana in Sanskrit). But, some of my awesome students back in Houston sort of inadvertently renamed it “Child’s Play,” and the name has stuck.
It’s an apt renaming because this is a really, really easy pose, and the great thing is [...]
Mountain Pose: Standing on Your Own Two Feet
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mountain Pose, Tadasana, asana, body awareness, posture, yoga postures, tagged asana, Foot, Heel, High-heeled footwear, Human position, Mountain Pose, Stand, Standing position, Tadasana on August 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Standing on your own two feet sounds like one of the simplest of tasks, but it is something I find challenging my students again, and again. Making contact with the ground in a firm and balanced way doesn’t always happen automatically for a number of reasons.
Firstly, we all have our own habitual ways of standing, [...]
Monday Mantra – August 19, 2008
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, body awareness, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged Hindu, Hinduism, India, Lord Shiva, Mantra, om namah shivya, Shiva, transformational on August 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Another Monday Mantra…on Tuesday. Do you think the Universe is trying to tell me something? Honestly, I tried to carve out a bit of time yesterday for this post, but it just didn’t happen. Mondays are always just so busy. But, I love it, because the Universe does have a sense of [...]
Monkeys & Mantras
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, monkey mind, yoga, tagged Aum, Buddhism, Hindu, Kathmandu, Mantra, Mind on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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In my last two posts I likened the ever fluctuating nature of Mind to the ever changing movements of ocean waves. “Monkey Mind” is another widely used metaphor for the frantic, sometimes seemingly haphazard trajectories of our thoughts. I like this one because, well, my mind at times really [...]
Smoothing Out the Waves: Meditation Methods
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, Still the mind with simple meditation techniques, asana, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged asana, Brain, Breathing, Health, Meditation, Raja Yoga, Sensation, Sense, sivasana, walking, walking meditation, yoga on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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What to do with a wavy, wavy mind…
So, in my last post I talked about the wavy, fluctuating nature of mind and how it can create a lot of confusion, feelings of separation, and general suffering of all sorts. So, what can we do about all that? [...]
