It seems like everywhere we look there is advise on how to keep germs away. There are people wearing masks to go shopping, and I have even seen people wearing gloves. Social Distancing is a new phrase in our every-day life. Staying home is good and hugging is bad. This all seems like a sad …
Spring Cleaning Is As Old As Time
an excerpt from Light On Yoga from B.K.S. Iyengar about the topic cleanliness “Purity of body is essential for well-being. While good habits like bathing purify the body externally, asana (yoga poses) and pranayama (regulation of the breath) cleanse it internally. The practice of asanas tones the entire body and removes the toxins and impurities caused by …
A Yoga Success Story
Some of the most Senior Iyengar teachers have been teaching yoga since the 70’s and have been practicing yoga even longer than that. In that time they have witnessed many yoga miracles. I have heard stories of crooked knees straightening, broken bodies mending, women’s issues resolved, and even seemingly terminal diseases have been willed into …
True Nature of Health
In his book Light on Life, Mr. Iyengar says, “Most people ask only from their body that it does not trouble them. Most people feel that they are healthy if they are not suffering from illness or pain, not aware of the imbalances that exist in their bodies and minds that ultimately will lead to …
Social Distancing
All this talk about COVID 19 has everyone fearful. We are being asked to do “social distancing”, the schools are closed, our community centers are closed, and grocery stores are emptied of many products as people stock up for the unknown. As I understand it, we don’t want to gather in large groups, where …
You can ROLL your Face
If you haven’t tried Yamuna Body Rolling, you should take a class this week! Yamuna Body Rolling (YBR) is a rolling technique where you use various-sized balls to stimulate the bones and release the muscles and tendons. The balls we use for YBR are soft, so they are able to penetrate through soft tissue direstly …
Pain Has a Function
Pain will let you know when there is something wrong in your body. We have all felt pain, and we know that pain can be an irritation or unbearable. When pain is trying to tell you something, and you ignore the message, your pain could continue to worsen until the pain memo is the only …
Yoga for Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass and structure deterioration of bone tissue, leading to increased chance of fractures of the hip, spine, wrist, and any other bone in the body. Osteoporosis is a disease that affects men and women of any ethnic group. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says, in America, 55 percent of everyone …
Insomnia
According to Wikipedia, insomnia is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping, falling asleep, or staying asleep. This disorder can be short-term (lasting only days or weeks) or long-term (lasting more than a month). Those suffering from insomnia may also suffer from day-time sleepiness, low energy, irritability, low immunity, and even depression. By some …
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
The important yoga text that most yoga teachers refer to is the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. Patanjali was a sage that was credited with The Yoga Sutra, the Mahabhasya (a classical treatise on grammar), and a treatise on medicine. He was believed to have lived some time between 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE. …