What It Really Means To Be In Alignment

Practice Pages: Alignment Alignment. It’s quite the buzz word. Everywhere I turn someone is talking about being “in alignment.” Not just physical alignment – as in the proper position of the pelvis in tadasana (mountain pose) – although it IS part of the picture. People are referring to a much broader topic that affects [...]

By |2012-08-03T18:53:37-07:00April 1st, 2010|Yoga Therapy|Comments Off on What It Really Means To Be In Alignment

37 Meanings of “Yoga”

Think you know what “yoga” means? Here is the full definition of the word, Yoga, as set forth in the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 856: the act of yoking, joining, attaching harnessing, putting to (of horses) a yoke, team, vehicle, conveyance employment, use, application, performance equipping or arraying (of an army) fixing (of an arrow [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:17:16-07:00April 1st, 2010|Meditation|0 Comments

Community: New Doors

Gypsy Yoga Anahatha Lara Sackey and Brian E. Plaster joined forces to create OLM, or Original Live Music for Original Live Movement. This unique gypsy Yoga studio travels around California sharing a one-of-a-kind Yoga experience. During the hour long Hatha-style practice, the OLM experience invites you to embrace all of your senses and encourages you [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:17:46-07:00March 31st, 2010|Studios|0 Comments

The Bodhisattva At Work

Skillful Means In Any Path The bodhisattva, the ultimate master of skillful means, is not limited to one way of doing things, but takes many forms: child, adult, man, woman, artist, politician, musician, teacher, police officer, CEO. In practicing skillful action, we need to be ready to emerge in many guises, able to adapt to [...]

By |2012-08-03T18:00:50-07:00March 31st, 2010|Teacher Profiles|0 Comments

Shangri-La

Shangri-La In the 1950's, a religious order rooted in ancient Indian philosophies established a center in the hills of Montecito. Have a century later, the Vedanta Society of Santa Barbara remains a serene retreat that embraces all faiths God was not especially welcome in our New Jersey home. On the contrary, my father offered the [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:18:46-07:00March 30th, 2010|Destination LA|0 Comments

A More Perfect Yoga

One of my teachers describes the ultimate expression of a pose to his mostly beginning students with the phrase: In a perfect Yoga world. For instance he might say: In a perfect Yoga world, your head would meet your foot. On good days In a perfect Yoga world helps me see how even [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:19:24-07:00March 28th, 2010|Yoga|0 Comments

Sustaining Our Health Care

Shifting The Healthcare Paradigm When it comes to the current state of health care, there is agreement across allegiances and party lines that this country is currently facing a crisis. There is little consensus, though, either about viable solutions or even the exact nature of the problem. How do we begin to find [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:21:03-07:00March 26th, 2010|Health & Wellness|0 Comments
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