Posts by Jennie Williford CIYT

After missing garbage day and thinking it was Friday due to having food delivered from a restaurant, I am struck by how weird time has become. And, that is even…

“The respiratory system is the gateway to purifying the body, mind, and intellect. The key to this is pranayama.” BKS Iyengar in Light on Pranayama pg 17 #10 I was…

I put those question marks there on this title because I know that there are still mixed feelings about teaching yoga online, Zoom itself, and teaching live yoga classes through…

This week and weekend is an important time for two of the world’s major religions – Passover and Easter. Yoga does not have holidays as it is more philosophy than…

As we roll toward another week of safe-at-home, I know that I have rounded a corner and am feeling some exhaustion both mentally and physically. We have put in a…

Yoga has many aspects, and some of you might have heard of the medicinal aspect of Ayurveda (ayur=life and veda=knowledge). Patanjali, who is known for the writing of The Yoga…

So, it is a later post today as I have finally had a day where I was a little stuck. It hit me that this could go on for a…

Today is a celebratory day for many Hindus. It is the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, the birth of Lord Hanuman, the monkey god. As many of you know, I am…

Thank you to one of our students who shared this poem by Kirstin Flynz with us this week. It says a lot about many of the things the practice of…

A LETTER FROM CHRIS SAUDEK – written last week after embarking on our first week of online yoga… During this last week of on line classes I took class from…