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Leveraging Momentum

We human beings are creatures of habits. Literally. And frankly, this is more than a quaint aphorism, it’s a statement of neurobiological...

PERFECTING THE POSE?

Dear Yogi E, I hear yoga teachers saying that yoga is not about perfecting the pose, but in the very next breath they correct my...

STILLNESS OR UNION: WHICH IS IT?

Dear Yogi E, I recently read an article that defined yoga as “the stilling of the fluctuations of mind.” But in all the popular magazines...

THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU

Dear Yogi E, Sometimes I want to move on to more advanced variations of the poses in class, but my yoga teacher won’t let me. I’ve been...

Watch and Wonder

Svadhyaya they call it in Sanskrit; in English we might call it self study. But no matter what term you use, in the context of our...

Yoga of Integration

What do drinking beer, playing golf, and yoga have in common? They are all activities that we engage in in order to cope with our lives....

Yoga & the Joy of Failure

Click above to listen TRANSCRIPT You see, not many people realize it, but the power of the yoga posture lies not in what you can...

The Pursuit of Contentment

Everybody wants it, people spend their whole lives chasing it, and yet almost nobody has it. What is it? Contentment—or as we say in the...

Lost Secrets of Yoga #4: Practice is NOT Enough.

All yoga techniques, from postures to meditation, breath work to chanting, are nothing more than tools. Though admittedly they are...

Lost Secret of Yoga #3: The Yoga Postures you CAN'T do are more valuable to you than those you C

So many yoga practitioners are focused on gaining the flexibility and strength and coordination to be able to master the postures of...