Mar. 19, 2024 - A foundational idea of yoga philosophy is that all the light that is available is already inside of you. All you need to do is "open your eyes" and see it. :-)

March 18, 2024 - In yoga philosophy, a common idea is that wherever you are is a good starting point. That means if you are distracted, focused, happy, said, flexible...whatever, that is a good place (the best place!) to begin.

March 15, 2024 - Today's class we have another poem to consider.

PREFERENCE, by Mira
Stuck with another moment
How should we pass it?

If anything worked for you before ---
I'd give that preference.

March 13, 2024 - Today's class is based on this poem:
A man
standing on two logs in a river
might do all right floating with the current
while humming in the
now.
Though
if one log is tied to a camel,
who is also heading south along the bank - at the same pace-
all could still be well
with the
w...

March 12, 2024 - Having an intention for practicing can be helpful. You might not notice any type of difference from your practice immediately. With an intention you are setting the direction and purpose of your practice over the long-term.

Mar. 11, 2024 - Today's class is based on a poem "Tenderly" by St. John of the Cross.

Tenderly,
I now touch all things,
knowing some day we will part.

Feb. 20, 2024 - In Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of Love, there is a sutra that says "It reveals itself in an able vessel." What this means is the love reveals itself if you are open to it. Isn't that nice. :-)

Feb. 16, 2023 - In Bakti yoga, silence is thought to be a way to connect to the underlying current of Love. A way to think of it that Love is what everything is built on, and so when you find quiet, you are finding that background energy of Love. It's a really sweet idea, and, whether it's Love o...

Feb. 15, 2024 - One of the great things about practicing yoga is that you can leave behind everything else. Taking time to experience a foundational idea of yoga from the Sutras of Patanjali, to "calm the fluctuations of the mind." Today we'll take time and let go of all the other stuff. It's lik...

Feb. 14, 2024 - Today is a good day to open your arms like wings of the heart. :-)

Feb. 13, 2024 - What is great about a yoga class is that you can get what you need from the experience, whether it's physical, mental, or emotional.

Feb. 12, 2024 - One things that is great in terms of the yoga practice, is how it helps you maintain the spaciousness of the body.

Feb. 9, 2024 - In yoga there is a lot of time spent on alignment. In general, this means to align your body so you are safe in a posture. There is a deeper alignment that is aligning to your own light.

Feb. 8, 2024 - It is great to think about living every moment of every day with a yoga perspective. In reality, that isn't really something is achievable, or maybe even possible. Instead, it's wonderful to spend this one hour doing the practice, and thanking yourself for it. :-)

Feb. 7, 2024 - It can be difficult to "control" what is going on in the mind, because the mind is complicated.

Feb. 6, 2024 - One of the things about yoga is that it opens up to the unknown about yourself, exposing ourselves to our ourselves.

Feb. 5, 2024 - Nice to think of yoga as sunshine, even on cloudy days.

Feb. 2, 2024 - The joy of yoga is that it is a deep, subtle experience.

Feb. 1, 2024 - There is cool idea in yoga that to rise up in a posture, you need to root down.

Jan. 31, 2024 - Today we practice some different ways of doing yoga, but still finding "yoga" while doing them.

Jan. 26, 2024 - In the yoga philosophy there is the idea that you have light forever inside of you, and the practice is about recognizing and illuminating that light.

Jan. 25, 2024 - I really appreciate all the good practices we learn from doing a yoga practice.

Jan. 24, 2024 - It's cool to look at your feelings, like anxiety, as energy you need to move and release.

Jan. 23, 2024 - It's cool to think of the yoga practice riding on top of the rhythm of the breath.