Ganesha

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

 

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Ganesha

"Bliss is where I am found."
Shankara

New Years Yoga

I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to make it to the group meditation or the slow flow class this morning since I had to get my beloved on a flight. But after watching her successfully get through the airport security, I was able to get home in time to change [...]

Penultimate Day 2011

Has it been a year already? I closed out 2010 and began 2011 with yoga at the Sri Yoga Center‘s New Years Eve Satsanga, closing out the year with kirtan and japa then starting the new year in silent reflection and meditation.

2011 was an incredibly full year for me filled with workshops, kirtans [...]

Yamas & Niyamas Workshop

I really enjoyed last weekend’s Yamas & Niyamas workshops with Lila Lolling at Sri Yoga Center. I came away with a deeper understanding of the restraints and observances and took a deeper look inside to see where I am in embracing them in my life. In pondering the journal inquiries, I had to look [...]

Rod Stryker: "Yoga is Not Asana"

Rod Stryker reminds us that true yoga is alchemy for the mind and has little to do with the shape of our body.

I feel fortunate and very grateful that when I stumbled into yoga, I found two teachers whose style was influenced by Rod Stryker’s Parayoga. Like most people, I [...]

Soul of Voice Workshop & Kirtan with Kristin Luna Ray

Melissa Brown and Kristin Luna Ray

The Soul of Voice Workshop & Kirtan with Kristin Luna Ray at Sri Yoga Center was an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thanks to Michael and Melissa for hosting the event and to Kristin Luna Ray and Joshua Canter for the Bhakti and the music [...]

Bhakti Vinyasa Project, 09/11

Has it really been nearly a year since Luna, Joshua and Katy last brought the Bhakti Vinyasa Project to the Sri Yoga Center? I guess it has. As always, it was great to see Luna, Joshua and Katy again. It was also great to hear Luna play songs from her new album, One Shared [...]

Kirtans

This has been my year of kirtan. On Mothers’ Day I attended the Chants for Ma kirtan led by Michael and Melissa Brown at the Sri Yoga Center in Dayton. That simple kirtan was quite an emotionally charged event for me. Then in June I went to World Peace Yoga in Cincinnati with Michael [...]

Graduation

After a vigorous flow class which felt more like hot yoga, the Sri Yoga Center Yoga Studies Class of 2011 graduated. It was a simple ceremony. Each of us was presented with a mala. Then while the class chanted the Durga Mantra we each made individual offerings to Durga. After group pictures, we retired [...]

Jubilee Kirtan & Hafla

Yesterday evening I accompanied Michael and Melissa of Sri Yoga to the Jubilee Kirtan & Hafla at World Peace Yoga in Cincinnati. This was the first Kirtan they’ve led outside of the Sri Yoga community and it went very well. The accompanying musicians, Christopher Cox on the drum and Doug Kreitzer on guitar, quickly [...]

Yoga Studies Update

Sri Yoga Center‘s first Yoga Studies Program is at the 2/3 complete point. I’ve noticed significant progress in my yoga practice and my home practice is starting to become part of my daily routine. Since the program began I’ve looked forward to the classes and I’m really looking forward to the remaining sessions. We’ve [...]