Have you ever wondered why Yoga āsana are named after animals?
We have a whole bunch of them: the cobra, the peacock, of course the dogs, we also have a camel, a fish, and a dove…
When I started with Yoga over 20 years ago i never spent a lot of thoughts on this. I giggled a bit when I heard them the first time, but I didn’t really think about it. After getting used to their names, I put a little effort into pronouncing them correctly in Sanskrit, but that was it…
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Marketing is a bad word for many of us, evoking images of sleazy commercial manipulation. But if we have something that really helps people, we need a way to let them know it’s available. So here are some non-cringe ideas for yoga teachers whose goal is helping people, not making money.
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Does Haṭha Really Mean Force? For those of us who have discovered profound tenderness and a way OUT of self-force through Yoga, this seems strange and jarring. Has yoga softened over time? What is the basis of these definitions?
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There’s nothing like a list of no-nos to inflame the adolescent western mind.
I was sitting in a circle at a yoga study group in New Zealand, and the only person of Indian descent was reading out a list of their personal list of Yama and Niyama, which very roughly translates as ethical precepts, dos and don’t dos.
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