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Categories of Yoga Asanas (Part II)
Twists, Hip Openers, Backbends, Forward Bends and Inversions
In the first part of this post about the categories of yoga asanas, or postures, we looked deeper into Standing and Balancing Asanas. In this post, we'll continue with an overview…
The Quest for Mindfulness – MEETING YOUR EDGE
What does it mean to meet your edge? How do you know when you have met your edge? When you finally meet your edge, what do you do?
I will take you on a small detour and return to these questions, with answers that have surfaced recently…
The Quest for Mindfulness: FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE
Like any quest I am in search of something. At times the thing I seek is clear, but most times it is nebulous. The thing I search for ‘the present moment’ is an elusive creature. I see it hiding in shadows, but most times I feel like…
The quest for mindfulness: Return to your breath
Thursday came and with it my very first official Dynamic Yoga class with Tatjana. I was strangely nervous, wondering if I was going to suck or not. Intellectually I know yoga practice is not about being good or bad and more a case of being…
The quest for mindfulness – The Journey Begins!
One of the most challenging things, I imagine I am not alone in this, is being mindful and present. Being in the now has been my Everest of sorts for as long as I can remember. My mind is like a version of mental ping-pong - ping past-pong…