There Are No Opposites

I haven’t written anything here in this blog since I got done with all that cancer stuff. It’s a shame really, that I just haven’t had the time to write and be “self-indulgent”… that I got distracted by the the mobility afforded by good health. Also, once I stopped having something “severe”  to manage, I [...]

Yoga Yoga Yoga

I love googling things..so of course I googled the hell out of yoga. And read. As much as I could. One of the things that confused me was the different kinds of yoga..what’s hatha yoga? ashtanga? kundalini…etc etc. so many types of yoga classes, yoga denominations (for the lack of a better term)… well, check [...]

The 8 Limbs of Raja Yoga – Asana

The 8 limbs of Yoga: Yamas, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, are ordered so as to prepare you for the next limb (well, ‘cept for Samadhi). But I guess in reality, it doesn’t really work that mechanically like a video game…most of us don’t really complete each limb then move on to [...]

Getting Into Ukatasana

The following sections give examples and explain how to help students get a feel of the pose, develop strength in the muscles used for the pose, get into the pose, get deeper into the pose, and props/variations that can be used. Getting Comfortable with the Pose For beginners especially, putting their weight on their heels [...]

Lesson Plan – Building Up to Trikonasana

Introduction (3 min) The following lesson plan focuses on building flexibility and strength in the core to hold and position the body properly in Trikonasana, open up the hips so that the toes and kneecaps can be pointed in the correct directions, as well as increase flexibility in the back of legs and strengthen the [...]

Dhyana (Meditation) and Your Brain

Probably like many before me, my foray into meditation was motivated by a need to calm my mind, ease the overwhelming torrents of anger in my chest, etc, etc…you get the picture… Well, after having meditated regularly for about 2 months..something has changed. it is subtle. There were no fireworks or grand realisation. There is [...]

Getting Into Navasana

While seated on mat, lean body back along median plane Flex at hips to raise legs off ground along median plane Body should now be in a V shape Flex at shoulders to raise arms along median plane, to a parallel position with the floor  

Getting Into Baddha Konasana

Sit with legs out along median plane Lateral rotation of both thighs to bring legs away from median plane Bringing both soles along the transverse plane towards each other, place heels close to the groin. Press soles of feet together. Extend spine up along the coronal plane. With back straight, flex at hips to bring [...]