One of the moral restraints or yamas in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is ahimsa. Literally it translates as "non violence”. And while most of us can identify the ways in which...
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Gratitude Softens a Guarded Heart
Often we sit for a few minutes before class as a means to gather ourselves into the boundaries of our own skin. Sometimes I remind myself and others to greet the wise Teacher within...
Yoga Perspective – Our Garden
A green dress mottled with flowers caught my eye at the Thrift store. In its print, I sensed an ancient, pervasive, almost unconscious relationship between women and plants. I wanted...
Yoga Perspective
As a young woman on a motorbike trip through Zambia, Africa, I stopped at a government guest house for the night. I was bored with my book, a hasty selection made wearily as I left...
Yoga Perspective
Many of the initial inquiries Vancouver Islanders make about yoga circle around physical issues. One wants to eliminate back pain, another wants to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome....
Yoga Perspective
In the Chinese system, August and September have the distinction of being a fifth season. "The forces of Autumn create dryness in Heaven and metal on Earth. They create the lung...
Yoga Perspective
Kyiya yoga translates as "the yoga of action”. Simply put, it involves three forms of activity: tapas, or fiery dedication to practice; svadyaya, or self study; and isvara...
Yoga Perspective
One of the sweetest means of sharing yourself is to take a close friend or family member to your yoga class. It is an intimate, wordless experience. Bodies, breath and thoughts...
The Roots of Modern Postural Yoga
Yoga has become such a mainstream activity that people in the urban areas of Vancouver Island speak about the principal challenges and benefits with some agreement. For example, flexibility,...
The Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy
..love is concerned that the beating of your heart should kill no one. – Alice Walker People come to yoga for many reasons. Often new students express a deep desire for refreshment...
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