A Yoga Teaching: Better, Worse, Different
Yogis embrace this simple truth about all change — first, it gets better; then it gets worse; then it ‘gets’ different. In its simplicity, change
Helen Maupin October 31, 2024
Yogis embrace this simple truth about all change — first, it gets better; then it gets worse; then it ‘gets’ different. In its simplicity, change
Our nervous system is comprised of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic systems. When we react to daily events with a fight-or-flight response, we are operating within
Those on the yoga path often hear from our teachers that we are human beings on a spiritual journey. However, as that journey progresses and
Yoga, as a body-mind-spirit practice, aims to integrate samadhi, the state in which the whole being comes into presence. The yogi’s challenge is translating this
Last night, I watched Francis Ford Coppola’s new film, Megalopolis, in which the protagonist can stop time. In Yoga Sutra III.53, BKS Iyengar comments on
Often a change of seasons can bring forth a sense of instability and imbalance as we find ourselves experiencing different circumstances. Rather than reacting with
Patanjali’s second Yoga Sutra in Book One states that yoga stills the thought patterns coloured by our ego’s judgments, perceptions, and expectations. As we grow
Learning to stand on both your feet and hands is a life-affirming teaching in yoga. Of course, we begin with what we already think we
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali provide threads of wisdom to guide and support those on the journey to enlightenment (to attaining spiritual knowledge or insight).
Over a year ago, I tore the meniscus in my left knee and reinjured it on several occasions since. Reinjury combined with a lack of
Many years ago, a wise person told me “We are all on a spiritual journey.” When I considered these words, I could readily accept that
When our body experiences physical, mental, or emotional stress, it releases hormones that produce cortisone and adrenaline in the bloodstream. Once circumstances return to ‘normal’,