The Bikram Scandal
It looks like at long last the Bikram empire is crumbling. After many years of playing powerball in the yoga world, it is not a surprise that Bikram should get caught in the steel trap of greed and power. What is surprising is that yoga students world wide should be …
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Yoga Infiltrates Insurance
It is remarkable how yoga and meditation are infiltrating corporate America. The fact that the conglomerate insurance company Aetna, based in Hartford Connecticut, is now offering daily yoga and meditation suggests the clear benefits to mind and body that the practice offers. See this New York Times article. This has positive …
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India and the Export/Import of Yoga
It is mind-boggling how enormous yoga has grown, like a sci-fi octopus, its sprawling tentacles invading popular culture. Educational institutions, media conglomerates, brand names and entrepreneurs have co-opted yoga to fit their own agendas. Perhaps it is yoga’s polymorphous nature that makes it so user friendly; a malleable commodity that …
Read MoreInterview with Jennifer Raye
Senior Teacher Interview: Tias Little from Jennifer Raye on Vimeo.
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“One Stroke,” a Conversation With Kaz Tanahashi
This weekend I had dinner with Kaz Tanahashi. Kaz is an artist, a peace-maker, a scholar and an Aikido practitioner. We met at the local Japanese restaurant in Santa Fe called Shoko. Kaz is best known for his translations of the great Japanese Zen master, Dogen. He is here in …
Read MoreArame Sautée
This is a savory dish to nourish amongst all the sweets of the Thanksgiving. Arame, or sea oak, is a type of kelp, popular in Japanese and Korean cooking. It has a lovely mild-sweet flavor and like many seaweeds is high in calcium, iodine, magnesium, iron, and Vitamin A. For …
Read MoreYoga, Falling and Hip Fracture
This summer my father who is 82 fell at a local restaurant in Wellfleet Mass., and fractured his hip. Surya and I spent a week caring for him and assisting my mother right after the accident. It was an ordeal, for sure: four days in a hospital, immense pain and …
Read MoreDiaphragmatic Breathing
This exercise will enable greater sensitivity for the movement of the respiratory diaphragm, particularly at the posterior margin of your diaphragm deep inside your trunk. Assume a comfortable seated position so that your spine is upright and stable. Align your cranium, diaphragm, and pelvic floor. Begin by softening the edges …
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A Treasure is Passing in Our Midst
It is with grave concern that we learn that Thich Nhat Hanh has suffered from a brain hemorrhage. He is 88 and has been in unstable health for a while. His community in Plum Village, France has asked all to send him healing and good will. Thay has taught the …
Read MoreThe Importance of the Metal Element in Autumn
This time of year is associated with the metal element. During the Fall months the weather cools and the plants turn inward. At this time of year the plants wither, the leaves fall to the ground. The metal element in Chinese Five Element Theory represents the process of moving from …
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