Yoga Myth Busters : “Real Men Don’t Do Yoga”
If you’re a guy who won’t go near a yoga studio because you think it’s full of flexible, fit, slim, young women, that’s completely understandable. (Although I have male friends who would see that sentence as immediate motivation to rush to yoga quicker than you could say Om). For thousands of years, yoga was taught and practiced mostly by men, in...
Yoga Myth Busters : “I’m Not Flexible Enough To Do Yoga”
If I had received a secret yoga power for every time I’ve heard that statement, I’d be enlightened by now. As yoga teachers, we shake our heads in frustration when we hear it, because that’s as illogical as saying I’m too dirty to take a shower. It’s precisely because you’re inflexible that you need yoga. Can’t touch your toes? Perfect!...
Everyone Needs Chillaxing Time, Even Krishna Das
Krishna Das, beloved kirtan singer of many years, put out a message on YouTube last month, saying that he is taking a 6 to 12 month sabbatical in 2016, to "rejuvenate, rest and get some juice back in the system". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IPLvm1uBuo The video startled me a bit, because he does look tired, worn out. His web site team says he's okay, not to...
Poop, Pray, Move [Part 1] – with apologies to Elizabeth Gilbert
This is my secret recipe for inner peace and outward calm, the kind I felt during my yoga stay in India last year. I've summarized the most important things I learnt at Kailash Tribal School of Yoga into five essentials. Yes, we studied yoga philosophy and yoga psychology and Vedic wisdom and ancient Sanskrit and sequencing of yoga asanas –...