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Spinning Brains
Today’s class with Prashant Iyengar reminded me again why I find him so intriguing. Yes he is a philosopher, so it can sometimes feel like he is talking over your…
Self-Created Suffering
I am stealing the title of Chapter 9 in “The Art of Happiness” by HH The Dalai Lama for the recap of our Summer Book read this week. There is…
Portals for the Mind
As he mentioned on Saturday, posture is important as a foundation of the practice of yoga, but to end there is detrimental. Postures have to become portals of discovery, playing…
Posture – What is it For?
This past weekend with Prashant Iyengar continued with a clarification that he is not anti-posture. As I mentioned before, class with Prashant is not something that we expect as students…
The Fundamental Fact of Suffering
“If you confront your problems rather than avoid them, you will be in a better position to deal with them.” HH The Dalai Lama – “The Art of Happiness” –…
STAY !
Zoom Yoga has brought many opportunities to study with our Iyengar Yoga teachers in India. Along with Prashant and Abhi’s special classes, I have been taking a weekly class with…
The What, Why, and How of Compassion
Chapter Seven in “The Art of Happiness” by HH The Dalai Lama clarifies the foundational concept of happiness – compassion. But, as Dr. Cutler points out, we might all have…
The Guru In You
Today was the second class with Prashant Iyengar this month and it is also Guru Purnima, an auspicious day of celebrating the lineage (parampara) of our teachers. As we celebrate…
