You’re Asking The Wrong Question
People, teachers and students alike, always ask the wrong question when it comes to yoga. Myself included. The wrong question is: What kind of yoga do you teach…
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Gurudev’s Birthday
This weekend we celebrated the 90th birthday of my guru, Yogi Amrit Desai, whom I call Gurudev which means beloved guru. This man has forever changed my life….
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Welcome Hૐ
On Wednesday, I wrote that poses aren’t yoga like a hammer isn’t a house. Yesterday, I wrote that yoga is a common, ordinary, everyday experience. Those last two…
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Unreal to Real
For years I have dreamed of being an author. I started writing my first novel at age 15 but I never finished it. I have since started writing three other books, all unfinished. Fear, that soul crushing fear, made sure that I never wrote, The End. The fear is dead.
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Live Practice and a Tease
As I mentioned in class tonight, you can practice live with the community at the Amrit Yoga Institute tomorrow (Friday, 14 February) at 4AM MST. Gurudev will then…
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Amrit Yoga Stage I: Asana, Part II
Pressing into the earth, extending toward the sky and feeling energy moving from one to the other. That all has a very nice ring to it, does it…
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Amrit Yoga Stage I: Asana, Part I
A Locked Door As we rush around in our busy, modern life, most of us are completely disconnected from our bodies. We eat when we are not hungry,…
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Home Practice: Surya Namaskar, Padahastasana
Padahastasana is the third entry in the Surya Namaskar sequence. Unlike some postures, the Sanskrit for this pose is very simple: Pada means foot, hasta means hand, asana…
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Amrit Yoga Stage I: Willful Practice
I wrote a brief overview of the various Stages of Amrit Yoga on Tuesday of last week. This week we will begin a detailed exploration of theses Stages. …
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Home Practice: Surya Namaskar, Ardha Anuvittasana
As I mentioned last week, each posture has three bodily cues to move into the correct alignment: Press points, extensions and energetic extensions. Press points generally press into…
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