Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
With so many different styles of yoga out there, how do you know which one is for you? In this section you will find a diverse range of perspectives on the different kinds of yoga practiced in The Yoga Lunchbox community.
by guest author Nick Potter Nick Potter is a 'renew-ability practitioner' and writer on Re-Be. His passion for yoga gels well with his interests in positive personal, social and environmental change. He’s practiced Ashtanga yoga regularly since 2005. He's also part of the Off the Mat, Into the World NZ & Australia leadership team. Last week’s article on Why I may never take another yoga class generated some lively discussion. Some people also felt it was critical of … [Read more...]
by guest author Jessica Powers While my official Yoga anniversary celebrates the January 2001 DVD sale that got me started, I was doing Yoga back in high school without knowing. In the afternoons I would come in the kitchen door, drop my bags on the table and carry on into the dining room: I only ever managed to get a few steps into the dining room before kicking off my shoes and melting down onto the floor. My knees would fall to either side, the soles of my feet press together, and … [Read more...]
by guest author Amanda Reid, of Samadhi Yoga. Each soul has a role to play. Each human has something to say. May consciousness prevail so we can come through the veil of arrogance and ignorance to the joy and happiness of life. May we count our blessings to be beautiful, bountiful and blissful. - Yogi Bhajan Kundalini Yoga is an ancient and powerful school of Yoga utilising the science and technology, and reaping all the benefits, of Hatha, Raj, Mantra and Laya … [Read more...]
I want to let you in on a secret. Ok, it's not really a secret, because I'm telling you right? But until I actually experienced this for myself I had absolutely no idea of how powerful this particular yoga practice is. It is the most powerful practice I have done. Ever. … [Read more...]
by guest author and Wellington Yoga Teacher Bruce Foley The term 'Freedom Yoga' has a very nice ring to it. I immediately attach the emotion 'Joy' to the idea of 'Freedom'. Other associated words that come to mind are 'liberation' and 'self-determination'. That last word leads us towards another more weighty word which is 'responsibility'. Almost verbatim, Erich Schiffman describes Freedom Yoga as: Not deciding in advance what you are going to do, but instead listening inwardly, and … [Read more...]
I love this video (see below)... it's Sarah Tomson Beyer doing her brand of yoga, Flowmotion - and yes, that's trademarked. But don't get upset about it, because who cares, it's all about the yoga right? And when I watch Sarah, I see such beauty, such grace, such inspiration... and I want to be able to do that, feel that, be that. In my own way of course ;) … [Read more...]
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