There is no perfect time to cleanse
Grab your free week 1 – pre detox guide – print & post on fridge! Greetings people on the verge of cleansing, I had a quick chat with a lovely and dedicated yoga student (we’ll call her Jane) at our local coffee shop in Driggs. I was waiting to meet my new manager and had a […]
Inner Body Aware with Sianna Sherman
Lucky me, I attended the Bhaktifest in Tucson this past weekend with Sianna Sherman, Darren Rhodes, Bronwyn Rhodes and Dave Stringer. Yoga Oasis created a weekend of harmonious yoga love that ended with a the yoga of wine tasting class, with Master Sommelier Laura Williamson. I managed to grab Sianna after our 2 hour wine […]
3 Tips for Yoga Teachers for 2011
This top 3 list is totally slanted towards 2 of my impersonal drives. To make what we know as yoga teachers more accessible to those we haven’t connected with …yet. Many of you, like me, have captured more than a few opportunities to learn from the greatest (or the greatest students of the greatest). Most […]
Is your 2011 Calender Based on Earth?
For my Winter Traditions Project I went hunting on the web for leaders in the earth based rhythms field. I found an amazing resource in Lacey Myhre, inventor of EarthCycleCalendars. While our global annual calendar page turning has nothing to do with earth-based rhythms, I’d be the first to admit that a great party til […]
Raw Food & the Ayurvedic Diet (part 2)
I’m coming out of the closet as an Ayurvedic practitioner who eats mostly raw food. I hate to call it “raw” mostly because “raw” sounds cold, severe and intense. Living foods is a more accurate name, as it reflects the alive, pulsating, and natural qualities of raw foods. “Alive” sounds better than “dead”… and when […]
What is your Bang for the Buck?
“The American lifestyle generates an enormous number of sick people, and there’s a huge cost to repair them. We’re constantly looking for high-tech solutions – a new magic pill, a new surgical procedure. But what is we went low tech instead, giving people yoga strategies. It would be the biggest bang for the buck in […]
Do you rub your mother’s feet?
A main struggle of yogis on the path is narcissism. The same struggle goes for vaidyas (ayurvedic practitioners). The paths of yoga and ayurveda intrinsically invite us to greater and more subtle degrees of self-care (eat a sattvic, high prana diet, practice yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, study, inquire and contemplate … the list goes on. […]
For Yoga Teachers Working with Constitutions
Having an understanding of constitutional (prakruti) tendencies can greatly improve your ability to connect with your students. If we don’t understand constitution often we just project our experience of yoga onto our students. For example, if you’re strongly driven and have pitta tendencies and you notice one of your students continually seem distracted and can’t […]