I use methodology, I just do not believe in it. -a quote borrowed from Matthew Sweeney who also borrowed it from elsewhere. This is one that is worth recycling to me. Used it before in an entire blog piece, but felt it would be one of my personal Sutras. This particular “sutra” represents my entire [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ahimsa’
Y4L Sutra 2
Posted in Y4L Sutra, tagged Ahimsa, Ashtanga, matthew sweeney, teaching, Yoga on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Being A Student: Western Mindset vs Eastern Methodology
Posted in Being A Student, Teaching Yoga, Yoga Theory, tagged Ahimsa, David Williams, pranayama, teaching, Yoga on March 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In a conversation some time ago I had with David Williams, we were talking about how to step away from your practice and view the bigger picture. Stepping back and seeing the forest (yoga) for the trees (asanas). He was trying to impart that one should be approaching any yoga practice with a constant eye [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Ahimsa
Posted in Life, Yoga Theory, tagged Ahimsa, Ashtanga, Sutra, Yama, Yoga on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a little something I wrote a while ago… Ahimsa! In Sanskrit there is a term…Ahimsa…which translated means non-harming. A beautiful concept for a word! I don’t know of many other words that symbolize this concept. There are millions of words for the opposite though…destroy, harm, hurt, wreck, ruin, break, crush, beat, smash, [...]
