Happy Birthday to the man who changed my life
Vancouver is a long way from Pune, India, and B.K.S. Iyengar is miles removed from my first Iyengar teacher, who could be fiery when the situation demanded, but was most often gentle and calm. So for the first years of my yoga life, I didn’t feel very connected to this faraway guru, with his habit […]
Why I’m taking a month off teaching
By this time next week I will have taught my last yoga class for 2010. The new session starts on Sunday, January 9, and in between, except for a few private classes, I don’t plan to tell anyone how to move their thighbones, align their feet or activate their shoulder blades. Why take a break? […]
Breathe with Me, Sort of
The uneasy marriage of yoga and technology continues to unfold online. Just this week I found Do As One, a website that invites us to log on and breathe together, chant Om together or laugh together. The non-profit Beverley Hills based organization has a vision: “1 billion people will breathe together synchronously by November 11, […]
Fame! and the next set of Bite-Sized Random Acts of Yoga
The Yoga on 7th Studio, from an article in Granville Magazine online. Photo by Eyeye.Oh lovely! Yoga on 7th was featured yesterday in a Granville Online magazine article, “Choosing the Right Yoga for You,” by Insiya Rasiwalla-Finn. We make her list of the top two Iyengar studios in Vancouver, and she also singles out my […]
Smack in the middle of the mandala – it’s a good place to sit
A Tibetan mandala – “the cosmic blueprint of the celestial palace of Yamantaka, Conqueror of Death”One of the happiest parts of this fall for me has been resuming my sitting practice after the disruptions of the summer. It’s not a long practice, but since the beginning of September, it’s been daily, and that makes me happy. […]
Yoga Bear in Finland: but what does it mean?
Is there a better way to return to blogging after a long absence than by posting cute animal pictures? I didn’t think so. This is Santra, the Yoga Bear who recently mesmerized Finland’s Ahtari Zoo goers with a 15-minute yoga practice. You can read all about it – and see the rest of the pictures […]