June 2011
8 posts
“Human beings are made up of three components: body, mind and soul. Corresponding...”
– Yoga: The Iyengar Way
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.”
– Marcus Aurelius
the body's knowledge →
Every morning we wake up under the same bright northern star the Buddha saw when he awoke one dawn in his early thirties. Every moment we breathe the same molecules of air that once nourished Santideva, Dogen, Thich Nhat Hanh, your parents and their parents. Perhaps practice also fulfills our responsibility to the yogi-poets and wanderers who long ago struggled with aging bodies, unreliable...
The Anjali Mudra
Anjali mudra is performed by pressing the palms of the hands together. The fingers are together with fingertips pointing up. The hands are pressed together firmly and evenly. In the most common form of anjali mudra, the hands are held at the heart chakra with thumbs resting lightly against the sternum. The gesture may also be performed at the Ajna or brow chakra with thumb tips resting...
Teacher training. Iyengar/Vinyasa. This fall. 200+ hrs.
