Posts by Jennie Williford CIYT
Unprecedented
Photo Credit to BKS Iyengar Studio of Dallas For those who might be new to my blogging style about classes, I am not one to give the detailed sequence of…
Read MoreA Unique Opportunity!
As many of you might have already noticed, our schedule has been changed a bit for the coming week – some classes cancelled and some classes moved. The reason for…
Read MoreSavasana – “Corpse Pose”
I have been thinking about this pose a lot this week. It is such an important pose and in many ways we treat it as “just the thing we do”…
Read MoreFor May 31st Sutra Study – Pleasure, Pain, and Death
For our next meeting, we will cover the final kleshas, the obstacles we face in life and practice of yoga – attachment to pleasure, aversion to pain, and fear of…
Read MoreHow Do We Know??
How do we know what we don’t know? And, are we willing to open ourselves to the discomfort of changing habits so ingrained they feel like they are permanently part…
Read MoreNow Is the Time
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali begin with the first sutra, “now, the teachings of yoga”. Of course being the first sutra, we may simply assume that the use of it…
Read MoreOnward Online!
So, it seems we are given the direction to “safe-at-home” for another month. With that, The Yoga Place has decide to continue with the online and live classes until that…
Read MoreWhat is YOUR Practice?
During this time at home, we have all come by necessity to ask ourselves what we have learned what we are learning and what we will learn from this experience.…
Read MoreThe Concept of Time
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…
Read MoreBreathe…
“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…
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