

Journal on Tādāsana: My Dirty Kitchen, and Not Going to Starbucks
Though I did not keep a daily log of the pose Tādāsana, I did keep coming back to this posture in my thoughts and have deepened my...

Response to Aurobindo's "Yoga and the Ordinary Life"
The aim of yoga, according to Sri Aurobindo, “is to rise to a higher consciousness and to live out of the higher consciousness alone, not...

Response to Mishra's "Rules for Practice of Yoga"
In his book Fundamental or Yoga, Rammurti Mishra offers the following “Rules for Practice of Yoga”: "Keep before the mind the fact that...

Response to "Five Helpful Encouragements..."
To begin, Kathryn Ashworth recounts that Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) is an “intuitive” rather than “rational” decision. For me, my life...

What does it mean to "stay" and become "present"?
The meaning of the phrase to “stay” and become “present” more or less means to “stay present.” The present is the only place that is...

What is yoga?
Early connotations of the word “yoga” bring to mind rail-thin women with tightly bound pony-tails contorting their ballerina-trained body...

Response to The Breathing Book
What is Essential Breath? By dictionary definition, “essential” breath is an inhalation that is absolutely necessary. I’d argue, on the...

Response to "Yoga and Its Application"
Rammurti S. Mishra opens his book Yoga: A Handbook of Theory, Practice and Application with the line: “Submission of lower desire to...








