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Here I am at the Cleveland airport going back to Europe after 3 weeks staying in Cleveland Heights having been hosted by the Yoga Academy of North America and the Atma Center. I am overflowing with full contentment and gratitude. I appreciate the value of the Western thought in terms of applying the classical Eastern heritage of yoga. By grace I was at the right place and time with the right people. It’s so nice when you have such synchronicity in your life.
Read MoreI have just completed my first year of teaching a unique, inspiring population - people who are blind or have low vision. This small but dedicated group at the Cleveland Sight Center has challenged my teaching skills and comfort level, but also facilitated incredible growth and fulfillment.
Read MoreThe Bihar School of Yoga celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2013 where it was announced that Swami Satyananda’s mandate to spread yoga from “door to door and shore to shore” across the world had been fulfilled. Moving forward, Swami Niranjanananda declared that the next fifty years will focus on the consolidation of yogic teachings; on learning, immersion and research; and on the preservation, refinement and distillation of yoga for future generations.
Read MoreAs our world becomes increasingly busy, we spend more and more time extroverted and multi-tasking. We need to find a way to create inner balance. Antar Mouna, a yogic practice developed by Swami Satyananda, provides us with the perfect framework to turn inward to deal with our minds and all of the feelings and thoughts lying within the substratum of consciousness.
Read Moren yoga, we often say the breath is the bridge between the physical and mental processes. Breathing practices in yoga are known as pranayama - coming from the root words prana, or life force, and ayama, meaning to expand. Pranayama practices are not simply learning how to control the breath in different ways. They are methods to enhance our health, to alter and balance our level of energy, and to change our mental patterns.
Read MoreThe first time I went to India was in January of 1980 as an “adventure traveler”. I was one of a new breed of tourists who explored remote areas by unusual methods of transport in hopes of finding adventure and excitement away from the normal tourist trails. I rode a camel through the Thar Desert, bicycled from the Taj Mahal to New Delhi, trekked in the Himalayas, river rafted down the Trisuli River and rode elephants in Chitwan National Park. By the end of the trip, I managed to find I had been transported on more than 20 different “vehicles” over the 5 weeks in India and Nepal including those already mentioned, as well as the odd dugout canoe and ox cart. It was definitely an adventure. I had never camped a day in my life and I didn’t own a passport before going on the trip.
Read MoreOne of the biggest lessons that I have learned from my long involvement with yoga is to show up! What do I mean? To be the best that I can be I cannot hide or make excuses! I cannot hide from my responsibilities even when I desperately want to do so. I cannot hide from my commitment to my guru. And even more difficult - I cannot hide from myself and my thoughts!
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