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Q & A, Healing Sciatica
Someone asked how they could use yoga to help with some sciatica that they started experiencing during their pregnancy.Having never met them, this is what I felt like i could safely offer.most generally, sciatica is caused by the irritation, compression, and/or...
Broaden Your Foot
spread your toes as wide as you can. now take your attention from you toes, back a little, into the ball of your foot. spread the ball of your foot as wide as you can, from the center of the ball of the foot, out to the big toes edge, and the little toe edge. now...
Lemon Pickles
Last week was a crafty week, i decided to make both lemon pickle and saurkraut. Saurkraut I've made before and find totally delicious, but I haven't made lemon pickle before. Arsha Vidya makes a slammin version, but it never occured to me that I could make it myself....
Thirumandiram, post one
I discovered a new text recently. Love it. From the Tamil, Southern India, The Thirumandiram has a slightly different vibe from the northern, Kashmiri literature that I am a little more used to. These teachings of Siddhar Thirumoolar are said to be the seed that...
The Radience Sutras: First Post
When I was at Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree last month, i met a man named Lorin Roche. He was a scholar and meditation teacher, and had spent several years working on a beautiful, poetic, practical, and accessible version of The Vijnana Bhairava tantra. The vbt is a...
Timothy Leary’s Tao Te Ching
Dearest Yogis and Yoginis, I am reading a fantastic book. They recently republished Timothy Leary's version of the Tao Te Ching, "Psychedelic Prayers". (Psychedelic Prayers: And Other Meditations (Leary, Timothy) ) I had an old version once, but I gave it to Paulie...
Tantra Reading : The Radiance Sutras
When I was at Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree last month, i met a man named Lorin Roche. He was a scholar and meditation teacher, and had spent several years working on a beautiful, poetic, practical, and accessible version of The Vijnana Bhairava tantra. The vbt is a...
Timothy Leary’s Tao Te Ching
I am reading a fantastic book.They recently republished Timothy Leary's version of the Tao Te Ching, "Psychedelic Prayers". (Psychedelic Prayers: And Other Meditations (Leary, Timothy)) I had an old version once, but I gave it to Paulie Zink. I was without one for a...
Iyengar Yoga Joke
Q. How many Iyengar yogis does it take to replace a light bulb?A. Only one !BUT, they will need:a sticky mata backless chairtwo blocksfive blanketsa bolstersix ropestwo beltssix assorted benchesa bandagea slant boardtwo quarter roundsthree weightsone wooden horsea...
Adorned By Moonlight: Prayer of the Great Bliss Queen
subdue the vagaries of mind. excellent.
You are brilliant. The earth is hiring
julie forwarded this to me.It is a commencement speech by a guy named Paul Hawken. He is a brilliant Enviornmentalist and Educator, as well as a Green Entrepreneur. I found it pretty inspiring. I really appreciate inspiration. If I don't do my yoga practice, or if I...
Mandalas, Monkeys, and Lessons in Impermanance
this picture from moolfIf you are familiar with sand mandalas, you know one of their most important attributes is their impermanence. The monks carefully, painstakingly create the mandala, and then, swoosh, they brush the mandala away. Many people who watch the...
