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There's a lot of debate going on in American yoga circles right now about what is yoga and what is not yoga. Elephant Journal is full of it, even the New York Times has got in on the act. I'm no yoga scholar, and I know there's various yogic texts which one can refer back to that expound on exactly what yoga is and isn't. Patanjali is oft-quoted, although he's not the only guy that wrote about yoga back in the day. His take on it is simply that yoga is: the cessation of the … [Read more...]
Last week's article Why I may never take another yoga class generated some great discussion. Two of the comments were so beautifully written, plus added such balance and insight to my original article, that I asked their authors if I could publish those comments as an article. This one is from Jenifer Parker, a yoga teacher, and a teacher's teacher, based at Healium in Wellington. Enjoy! ~ KL From a teaching standpoint, my job is to impart a skill. That skill is accessing prana through … [Read more...]
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...]
Yep - I messed up. My recent article Why I may never take another yoga class was intended to articulate a view that it doesn't matter what kind of yoga we practice, only that it is the right kind of yoga for us. Instead, because I was unclear, and less than skillful in my use of metaphors, many people have felt that I was dissing Ashtanga as a practice. In the article, I used my recent experiences in yoga classes to demonstrate that doing a particular practice when it's no longer right … [Read more...]
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