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Yoga Jobs: Instructor at New York Yoga

Yogoer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:26 +0000

New York Yoga and New York Yoga Hot, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, are seeking to add to their current teaching staff. We are looking for talented and knowledgeable teachers with 4+ years teaching experience, teaching in the heat is a plus. Please list any additional certifications such as Restorative & Prenatal. [...]

Why We Do Yoga

Yogoer — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:10:49 +0000

I’m reading The Feminine Mystique right now, one of those books you always hear about but never get around to reading. A pithy quote from Betty Friedan finally got me to the library. It was written in 1963, but it’s kind of blowing my mind. I’m not much of a history buff, so to read [...]

Explore the Body as Energy with Yoga Grand Master Tao Porchon-Lynch

Yogoer — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:30:53 +0000

Tao Porchon-Lynch is teaching a workshop at Strala Yoga next Saturday. She’s 91, and teaches yoga every day. Inspiring! Details: Explore the Body as Energy with Yoga Grand Master Tao Porchon-Lynch Saturday, July 24th, 2010 1:00pm – 4:00pm $25 on-line registration $20 in person at Strala $30 same day (if space is available) In this [...]

Yoga Tune Up with Jill Miller at Omega

Yogoer — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:02:18 +0000

Twice in my life have I wandered into a yoga class where I felt completely fascinated, connected, and at home. The first was with Jhon Tamayo at Atmananda, where I ended up doing my teacher training. The second was this past weekend with Jill Miller at Omega. I’d heard about Jill from Brooke Siler, who [...]

Books: Anatomy for Yoga; Yoga Anatomy

Yogoer — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:38:56 +0000

McGraw-Hill Publishing was kind enough to send me their latest yoga book to review. Anatomy for Yoga: An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action, by Nicky Jenkins and Leigh Brandon, is a helpful guide to a personalized yoga practice. The authors provide an overview of yoga anatomy, including terminology, main systems, and breathing. They [...]

James W. Douglas Says…

Yogoer — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:37:59 +0000

Is there a spiritual reality, inconceivable to us today, which corresponds in history to the physical reality which Einstein discovered and which led to the atomic bomb? Einstein discovered a law of physical change: the way to convert a single particle of matter into enormous physical energy. Might there not also be, as Gandhi suggested, [...]

Jules Henry Says

Yogoer — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:36:42 +0000

The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to oblige children finally to accept the grading system as a measure of their inner excellence. And a function of the self-destructive process in American children is to make them willing to accept not their own, but a variety of other [...]

Little Lesson: Pain Isn’t Progress

Yogoer — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:15:23 +0000

From Stephanie Sandleben, at Kula Yoga: Stephanie: So, in my own practice, I’ve been thinking about the difference between sensation, and tapas. And realizing that they’re not the same thing. Rough quote, I’m forgetting more of it, but her words hit the spot. It’s taken me years to realize that yoga is not the Marines, [...]

Little Lesson: Chase Rainbows

Yogoer — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:52:31 +0000

From Elias Lopez, at Abhaya Yoga: Elias, demonstrating Bakasana: You can stay here, with the toes on the ground. That’s the pink variation. Or you can lift one foot, that’s the blue variation. Or the other foot, that’s still blue. Or lift both feet, that’s the purple variation. Any color you wish; all colors are [...]

Little Lesson: Pull Back!

Yogoer — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:52:23 +0000

From Tara Glazier, at Abhaya Yoga: Student: Why do I feel like I’m pulling my shoulder out if its socket? [in Visvamitrasana] Tara: You might be! This wake-up call drew a big round of laughter from the class. It’s easy to forget that the asanas are serious challenges for the body. (She went on to [...]