Svadhyaya - Self Study
Svadhyaya - Self study: exploration, using radiating breath. Our yoga practice is about looking inside ourselves, to see what is there, in other words, studying ourselves. In yoga there is internal practices known as the Niyamas, & the 4th of 5 is Svadhyaya, or self study. As I spoke of last week, it takes bravery to really look at ourselves, as there are many things we would rather not see. When we do this internal exploration, our breath is the main part of our pract
Lighthearted Courage
Speaking of courage, this is my first official Blog post. I have been emailing my students each week with some words to remind them of the intentions I set in class, for years now. I also wanted to share articles by other teachers that inspired me. But email seemed different than sending out a blog into the internet world. This, for some reason or another, scares me. I tried to begin in January, as that made sense to begin with the New Year, I wrote it, but never poste
