Brahmacharya is one of the Yamas, or Suggestions for a firm foundation for practice. Brahmacharya means conserving your life force. As I was listening to folks discussing our current gas prices and “Energy Independence” on the radio, I realized that this is another application of Brahmacharya.
When we are aware of where and how we expend [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 24, 2008
Brahmacharya as Energy Independence
June 23, 2008
Drawing In
I tried this as an experiment recently: Sivasana at the beginning and end of class. I’ve decided that it’s an advanced practice.
Doesn’t sound tough does it? It’s like nap time at the beginning. But have you watched three year olds who just came in from recess try to lay down? It’s like that pop-up gopher [...]
June 17, 2008
Roam the Hub of All Sacred Places….
“The light which shines above this heaven, above all the worlds, above everything, in the highest worlds not excelled by any other worlds, that’s the same light which is in you.” ~Chhandogya Upanishad
What if all the thinking, all the words, ideas aren’t our minds? What if they’re the covering over our minds? Don’t get me [...]
June 15, 2008
YogaDad
Happy Father’s Day, Phil Buckley! with Love, your Daughter
In Gratitude and to Honor Dad, I’m putting up the sequence for my “Strong Shoulders, Open Heart” Workshop I’m giving for the first time today. I’ll be over at yogaeveryday.org, just look for it on the nav bar after this evening. Thanks for your strength, truth and [...]
June 14, 2008
Yoga Mind, Buddha Body
Churning the energy for the workshop I’m giving tomorrow, riding my grass green bicycle with pink handles from my Noon class to the grocery, thinking about an interview with Cyndi Lee I need to whip into a blog (stay tuned ;> , the above phrase appeared in my mind. I think Lee does a class [...]
June 13, 2008
Vulnerable
(from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulnerable )
Main Entry: vul·ner·a·ble
Pronunciation: \ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-bəl, ˈvəl-nər-bəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare to wound, from vulner-, vulnus wound; probably akin to Latin vellere to pluck, Greek oulē wound
Date: 1605
1 : capable of being physically or emotionally wounded
2 : open to attack or damage : assailable <vulnerable to criticism>
3 : liable to increased penalties but [...]
June 13, 2008
Shut your piehole, Watch your mind.
Is that too harsh?
Sometimes you need to interrupt. Just Stop. And watch.
And from there, we can see what’s to do. Then just do it. Not Nike style, not white knuckled, not competetively, factually, because it’s the only thing to do. You put you + this evolving situation + you watching, noting you AND the situation… [...]
June 12, 2008
Self-possessed, Resolute, Act…
“Self-possessed, Resolute, Act
without any thought of results
Open to success or failure,
This equanimity is yoga.” ~Bhagavad Gita 2.43
Practicing the yamas and niyamas while diving into new endeavors is a unique kind of challenge, I’m finding. New endeavors are exciting, energizing, but can be anxiety provoking. We’re breaching new territory, breaking old patterns, creating new [...]
June 7, 2008
Tapas and Saucha – what do you think?
One of the searches that lead here yesterday asked, “What is the relation between Tapas and Saucha?” Now that person’s on a journey.
Tapas is usually translated as practice, fire, heat. Saucha as cleanliness and purity. Both are Sanskrit and are Niyamas, one of the Eight Limbs of the Yogic Path (Ashta – eight, Anga – [...]
June 7, 2008
Yoga IS Love, Truth, Beauty: Here, Now.
As I was building my website over at yogaeveryday.org and typing my slogan, I was struck by how it read differently in that commercial setting. True, it’s also a yoga website. And it’s my business, how I let people know what I have to offer. And in that context, it suddenly struck me: am I [...]
