Hoping to start a bit if a series here concerning teaching yoga. For me, teaching yoga IS a very integral part of my yoga practice as well, so there are a lot of topics to possibly cover. This first one is a huge one involving a teachers intention with regards to what they are [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Teaching: Intention and Adjustments
Posted in Teaching Yoga, tagged adjustments, Ahimsa, Ashtanga, Austin Kula Yoga, Matt Borer, teaching, Yoga on February 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
A bit more on Green Thumbs!
Posted in Being A Student, Life, Yoga Theory, tagged Adi Shankara, Advaita, meditation, Upanishads, Vedas on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Adi Shankara was a yogi philosopher and scholar, born approx. 509 B.C., who was responsible for starting the Advaita Vedanta school of yogic thought. He was an infamously fantastic debater who traveled across India spreading his particular ideas based deeply in the Upanishads and various Vedic texts. Apparently after his father died he was initiated [...]
Green Thumb for the Soul
Posted in Life, Yoga Theory, tagged meditation, thich nhat hanh on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“The gentle spring rain permeates the soil of my soul. A seed that has lain deeply in the earth for many years just smiles.” -Thich Nhat Hanh I have absolutely loved this quote since first reading it and come back to it pretty often. I am of the mind that within all of us [...]
