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 [...]
The choices you make every day are ones with a profound impact. From the smallest decisions at the grocery store to what you buy your mother for her birthday, you send a message declaring what type of future you support for the Earth. We have entered an age where each of us need to step [...]
I had made all the excuses I could think of to not learn Tibetan – I’m entering menopause and my hormones are erasing my memory; I don't have time; I’ve never had a propensity for languages. (I took five years of French at school and can remember about three sentences and have only some broken [...]
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 [...]
Green Laces For Fans Of The Planet GreenLaces.org presents two simple, yet powerful, steps to save the planet. Step 1: Make a Promise to the Planet. Step 2: Wear GreenLaces shoelaces to show you are a fan of the planet. It is that simple. Natalie Spilger, founder and CEO of GreenLaces.org, is a [...]
En Route To The Olympics By Editor The USA Yoga Federation hosted the Annual International Yoga Championships, February, 2010, in Los Angeles. While Yoga Championships, demonstrations of the art of asana, are a feature of Yoga in India, the first championship was held on U.S. soil in 2003, in Los Angeles, where each of [...]
Thoughts On An Endless Question “No one owns Yoga,” said Sharath Rangaswamy, the grandson of the late Ashtanga Yoga guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Sharath paused comfortably, sanguinely sitting in lotus. He looked around the room, and then continued, “You don’t own it. I don’t own it. No one owns it.” We had gathered at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]