The Cookie Thief
Who do we think we are, who do we think they are?
abundance
9 Questions With Jill
The soul has it’s own language — silence. Let’s just say you know it when you feel it.
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Needs vs Wants
Through challenging our consumptive ways, we gain clearer perspective on our needs vs. wants. Our needs are mostly simple. It’s our unchecked wants that get us into trouble, setting ourselves up for Duhka, or suffering. Was it needs or wants that crashed the economy?
Enough is Enough
Smoothing out, and honoring the transitions between postures tells ourselves at many levels, that in-between is a valid state, a way to be. We don’t have to know everything. We don’t have to do everything. Flowing into postures can helps us get to where things seem to fit.
Yoga Retreat
Just back from our annual Fall retreat. Many thanks to those who could join us. Sprit Fire is amazing. Not an austere event by any means! in between focused classes and workshops we feasted on gourmet vegetarian food, Much of it organically grown on site. Yes, there’s coffee in the morning, and decadent snacks in between classes. It was a joy to teach, we had a great group.
World Vegetarian Day
Yogis asks us to examine our beliefs often, and hold our truths lightly, cause they change as we learn more about ourselves and our world.
The further I walk along this path, the less I need to know.
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Yoga Books
Jnanna Yoga is the pursuit of knowledge. However it can be a trap. When we approach our Yoga studies like we approach the rest of our modern lives we can come to ‘collect’ Yoga knowledge. We stuff ourselves with the facts and figures and leave no room for clear understanding. Our culture is about more. Yoga is about less.
The You Bar
I’ve just hooked up with this great company that makes custom nutritional bars! there’s a great web interface, you choose your own ingredients from a menu, and they even print your chosen name on the wrappers!
Vrkshasana
In Vrkshasana, or tree pose we are looking to reclaim our connection. From connection comes balance, and choices that are more life affirming.
When you rise into Vrkshasana, you reduce your footprint on Mother Earth by half. By lessening our impact, we deepen our connection.
Our practice serves as