Ganesha

"You take it, practice many years, then shanti is coming...no problem"
Sri K.Pattabhi Jois

 

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Sing Kirtan

"Bliss is where I am found."
Shankara

Penultimate Day 2010

2010 has been an interesting and eventful year in my yoga practice. At the beginning of the year, I made the move from a weekly basics class to more advanced classes, usually attending several different classes a week. In any given week, I’d be taking hot yoga classes, intermediate/advanced classes, gentle and slow flow [...]

Tree on a stump

I’ve been through some changes in the past decade and went through a lot of introspection, anger and self-loathing. I came out of it with new insights, new perspectives and, hopefully, some wisdom. Some might see these changes as a mid-life crisis or an attempt to recapture my youth but they’d be [...]

Do I need yoga socks?

“If there is no sense of humor, then life is not worth living.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

Ben Ralston’s article at Elephant Journal, Four reasons why Toesox Suck may be the best article I’ve read on the “nudity in yoga ads” debate in that it doesn’t attack or defend the use of nudity in [...]

Nudity

“Life is change. Learn to surf.” ~ Swami Satchidananda

It’s hard to avoid reading or having an about the Yoga Journal nude ads controversy so here’s my two cents. I don’t have a problem with them. Is that because I’m a guy and I like looking at naked women? Maybe a little bit. I [...]

Home Practice

From the first time I started yoga, I noticed that it was the times I didn’t want to go to class that I got the most benefit from going to class! I think the ego knows it’s going to die a little more and pulls you back, making you feel like you just [...]

Yoga Mat Spray

How to Make Yoga Mat Spray By Clarissa Adkins

Ingredients:

purified or distilled water 1/4 cup witch hazel (optional: alcohol-free) 30 drops tea tree essential oil 1/8 cup alcohol (optional) up to 40 drops total of lavender, rosemary, lemongrass OR other skin-friendly essential oils a spray bottle

Instructions:

Buy your [...]

Yoga Mat Sanitizer

I found this formula for a yoga mat sanitizer. I’ll have to find the ingredients and give it a try. I lost most of my mat cleaner when the bottle opened inside my bag. Ah, what is an unscented aroma mist base?

12 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil 15 drops Lemon Essential Oil 9 [...]