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Fear

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Recently I’ve read an article by Jeff Wise “How extreme fear stopped time”.
I found it fascinating…
Interestingly, I had thoughts on fear when I was running through the park a few days ago. I thought – what would it be to free of fear?
Based on my understanding of the yoga philosophy (Yoga Sutra II.3), fear [...]

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Yoga Sutra Workshop Sun., 6/6/10 led by A.G. and Indra Mohan

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Summary of previous workshops: sankhya is the oldest darshana.
Yoga is samadhi; Seven limbs together make the 8th limb – samadhi. Yama (dos) & Niyama (do not’s) are very important.
** YS II.29 Yama-niyamasana-pranayama-pratyahara-dharana-dhyana-samadhaya ’stav angani
Samadhi can only be attained by practice (i.e.: sited meditation). It’s a state of mind. We need to strive to find the [...]

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Yoga Sutra Workshop Wed, 6/4 led by A.G. and Indra Mohan

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

The program will be taught by A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, who will be visiting from Chennai, India.
A.G. Mohan studied under Sri T. Krishnamacharya for 18 years and co-founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in 1976. He is the author of Yoga for Body, Breath and Mind (1993) and the co-author, along with his wife and son, of Yoga Therapy (2004). He has translated the Yoga Yajnavalkya, one of the most important classical texts on yoga. I attnded Wednesday 6/2/10: 6-9 pm

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Thoughts on practice

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Sa tu dirgha-kala-nairantarya-satkarasevito drdha-bhumih
– Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras I.14
Practice becomes firmly established when it has been cultivated uninterruptedly and with devotion for prolonged period of time.
I’ve been practicing yoga for about 8 years with 2 years of intense schooling & a bit over a year teaching. I thrive to cultivate patience & self acceptance on the [...]

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Thoughts on the plain going back to NY from CO

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I am sitting on the plain going back to NY & I feel tears rolling into my eyes.
A week surrounded by Colorado’s mountains beauty and united energy of 1,500 yogis, 5 days of T.K.V. Desikachar’s, Sonia Nelson, Chase & Gary Kraftsow healing through yoga YJ Colorado conference, remarkable teachers, hiking & amazing people. I’ve been [...]

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Wonderful Week & New Beginnings

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I’ve been cleaning & throwing out an insane amounts of paper, ridding of clutter (see some pictures of before & after) in preparation for my move at the end of October, right on my birthday.
I’ve started cleansing even earlier right after I did my Ayurvedic detox. I felt like I have too much clutter & [...]

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