by Leslie Gossett | Jun 21, 2021 | Benefits of Yoga
Recently, I read an NPR article about the judgements parents place on the perceived risks of other peoples’ children. Interestingly, situations were perceived as a higher threat to the child if the parent observing had a negative moral judgment about the other...
by Leslie Gossett | Mar 22, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Meditation, Props, Yoga Activities, Yoga at Home
Have you been noticing the daffodils making their buttery appearance? Or the mama birds already sitting on their nests? Perhaps the first bud sprouting on the branch? These signs of spring herald the Vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, Spring Equinox...
by Leslie Gossett | Feb 15, 2021 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Books, Philosophy
How does yoga relate to love? Perhaps there are the obvious ways – like doing something you love, or doing something that is good for you. But the true Yoga of Love is much more subtle and much more profound. We can look to the Yoga Sutras to help us expand:...
by Leslie Gossett | Jan 28, 2021 | Benefits of Yoga
You know what they say about assumptions… I won’t finish the sentence. But I will emphasize how important it is not to make assumptions about our students when we are teaching yoga (or for that matter, about any other human being we encounter in any other...
by Leslie Gossett | Dec 28, 2020 | Asanas, Benefits of Yoga, Philosophy, The Joy of Teaching, Yoga Stories
Near the end of each yoga class I teach, whether to children or adults, we all bow to each other. I was taught that the bow has three parts, each of which aligns our hearts and minds with our bodies, and my favorite bow instruction is this: “Sit Like a Mountain...
