Olympic Gold Mind

Perhaps the Olympics should have a category for the brain. Each competitor would sit in meditation and be evaluated on heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, stress hormones and muscle tension. The meditator would also be hooked up to a “brain monitoring device” for measured results of beta, alpha, theta and delta waves. Along with these numerical results, an energetic score would rate overall posture, steadiness and ease of the meditators’ seat. Would you be excited to enter this competition?

Meditation for Grounding

This meditation goes well with a twisting or forward fold practice on this website.  You will explore the breath with a technique called ujjayi.  Here, ujjayi is expressed in a more subtle way then it might be during an asana practice.  Explore a gentle restriction in the back of the throat and a refined breath [...]

How Palmolive Softens Hands and Enlightens Minds

I still have oatmeal cookies on my mind. Whenever I make them, I find that I am truly in the present moment, much like when I teach yoga. Each time I bake, my actions become more refined (think Vinyasa, ‘to place in a special way’) and the results more beautiful and rewarding.

Yet I noticed as I was putting away my big yellow mixing bowl that it was still dirty. In fact, it had a large chunk of oatmeal cookie dough on the outer lip. I was shocked! How could I have missed this?

Twisting Practice (2.7.10)

Focus: Twisting Practice (Key Pose: 1/2 Lord of the Fishes Pose)
Breath Awareness: 1:2 Breathing/Exhale
Theme: “When the pairs of opposites cease to have impact”
Running Time: 1hr and 6mins (This includes corpse pose and meditation at end of practice)
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Make sure you have enough time to enjoy this entire yoga practice.  The [...]

The Perfect Yoga Recipe

Yoga is quickly growing in popularity. As a result, students are find it challenging to comprehend the vastness of this ancient tradition. So many styles of yoga have been created in the west since Hatha Yoga was born over 2,000 years ago. What you need to know is that most have one thing in common; they are based in a style called Vinyasa.

You will quickly understand what Vinyasa means when you compare it to cooking a batch of soft oatmeal cookies. Come into my kitchen.