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Yoga 24/7
June 1, 2011

Yoga 24/7

Yoga 24/7 I remember when a friend told me “You keep slumping in the car when you drive, then you go to yoga to fix it. Stop slumping throughout your day and with yoga you will move a great deal further”. I was in constant negligence of the body throughout the day. The next yoga [...]
Welcome to Doron Yoga
August 28, 2010

Welcome to Doron Yoga

Welcome to Doron Yoga - The practical Way to Blissful Living Doron yoga offers practical tools for happy, healthy blissful living. Non dogmatic, real wisdom that works. Doron Yoga is based on tradition with the wisdom of modern research. Doron explored the world of healthy living, yoga, and meditation traditions for over 20 years. As [...]
Finding Your Edge
May 1, 2010

Finding Your Edge

What is the edge? The concept of "edge" is often used in western thought and conversation.  Innovative companies are often described to be on the 'cutting edge' of technology.  People describe anything that brings them relief as 'taking off the edge'. An 'edgy' person is someone who is defensive, or close to becoming angry.   [...]
Ashtanga Yoga – Eight Limbs to Union
January 21, 2010

Ashtanga Yoga – Eight Limbs to Union

The Eight Limbs of Yoga The great sage Patanjali wrote four chapters on how to find true freedom by freeing the mind. A core of his teachings is presented in the eight limbs. A brief summary is presented here.   Yamas These are restraints, or social and universal moralities which serve as a basis for [...]
Being Sore and Pain – To Practice or Not
November 29, 2009

Being Sore and Pain – To Practice or Not

Your body as a temple Seems like most people I know suffer from some sort of injury one time or another. Here are a few tips, from Yoga practice to supplements and food. Before I begin my practice I bring my awareness to my body. Feeling where it is today, awake, stiff, sore or energetic. [...]
Backbends – Open Hearts
November 1, 2009

Backbends – Open Hearts

Backbends in Yoga No better time than Thanksgiving to practice backbends. The practice of back bending is very powerful and can lead to more than a beautiful arc in the spine. When backbends are practiced appropriately we begin our movement with the breath. As we inhale we find greater length in the spine and as [...]
Karma Don’t Worry About it
May 20, 2009

Karma Don’t Worry About it

What is Karma? Karma is a Sanskrit word that means action, or deed. It is used to describe the seed of the cycle of cause and effect. It originates in ancient India and is seen in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. In these systems the effects of all deeds are viewed as actively shaping [...]
Standing on the Shoulders of our Teachers
December 20, 2008

Standing on the Shoulders of our Teachers

Standing on the Shoulders of Our Teachers The principle of practice in art is true for anything. One first studies, receives teachings and the more one practiced them, lives them, breathes them, one begins to be these teachings, to have a specific set of spices for his own recipe. This is only possible due to [...]
Cadavers, Meditation, Anatomy and the Body
June 20, 2008

Cadavers, Meditation, Anatomy and the Body

Living in the Body Sitting still, following the breath, the grass grows by itself. The stream outside flows softly, fish swimming with no direction. Art ideas flow to my mind, scrolls, bodies, and life stories, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Buddha, my breath. In and out it goes, softening the mind, softening the gaze, eyes open [...]