The number 108 has sacred importance in Hinduism and yoga. You may know that mala (prayer) beads traditionally have 108 beads and that people sometimes do 108 Sun Salutations on the Spring Equinox. But why 108? There are several theories. The first set details the...
This week, I read my yoga girls a story by Sri Swami Satchidananda in his children's book "Enlightening Tales." The story was about how four people walked by a man lying on the sidewalk with his eyes closed, not moving. The first person thought, "Well he must have...
My boys just had their heads’ shaved as a way to stand in solidarity with children fighting the beast called cancer. They also did it as a way to raise money that will go toward childhood cancer research grants. This is just something that they do after seeing a...
I recently learned that Thai Yoga Massage is considered a healing practice just through the form of being touched from someone’s heart. The practitioner’s touch is done through the act of unconditional loving-kindness known as Metta. By touching from the heart rather...
To a small-town Colorado girl, the Ryoanji Temple Zen rock garden in Kyoto, Japan, was one of the strangest sites I had come across as a high school exchange student – and that’s quite a feat, since my entire trip to Japan had been filled with sights and tastes I had...
(Before reading this blog, I would like to state that I believe in a Higher Power. For the ease of writing this, I have identified this Higher Power with the name that is God. If you have another name for the Higher Power, please know that I do not mean to offend by...
At the end of each of my kids' Yoga classes I say, “May the world be filled with love and light and lots of peaceful children.” But in today’s chaotic world, how do we help children experience peacefulness? How do we help kids live and internalize the lessons and...
The other day, I found myself having this conversation with a parent: Parent: My son really enjoyed the yoga class that you taught the other day when you were substituting. You know, we went to a yoga studio before and it was just too much religion. Me: What do you...
Have you heard the story of Virabhadra? Virabhadrasana is the Sanskrit name for Warrior Pose. I tell this story to the children often in my Yoga class. It’s a story of Shiva and Shakti. There are a few variations I’ve come across, but for some reason or another Shakti...
Many of you know that yoga class always ends in savasana. Laying down on your mat, on your back, this is the opportunity to truly let go. In savasana, we surrender our tension, our worries, and even our fidgeting to the still silence of rest. The muscles completely...
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