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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 [...]
Yoga Teacher Training with Richard Freeman
June 20, 2008

Yoga Teacher Training with Richard Freeman

Yoga Teacher Training in Boulder  June 8th, 2008, Sunday morning, my birthday. What a great gift. Another teacher training. Sitting at the Yoga Workshop, Richard’s shala (practice room). The simple room, one large space is full of new faces sitting on Yoga mats awaiting the beginning of this month long teacher intensive. We have our [...]