Newsletter Archive: 2008

april 2008

vimarsha.
this is an invitation to
reflect.
back, on what you received.
with gratitude.
what is the taste of the
experience of your experience?
what has it been like for you?
what did you get? 
kula?  a pose?  a seat?  a practice?
and reflect forward,
towards what you'd like to get.
what would you want more of?
how much? 
contemplate these three:
what do you want?
how much do you want it?
what are you willing to do about it?
the way in which you answer the above
 shapes the way we go forward.
as a yoga, and as a kula.
(yes!  I do want to read/hear your vimarshas.)

March 2008

in any position, there is
potential
for optimal alignment and health.
simultaneously, wherever you are,
you are already
full, purna, perfect.
imagine for yourself an energetic twin,
who holds you in all your fullness and perfection.
when we make
conscious efforts
to synchronize with that blueprint
our body senses that we're meeting our potential.
it becomes stronger, more resilient.
everything flows with more ease.

February 2008

vinyasa -
a sequence of  poses held for a short amount of time
without interruption or resting
it's about swimming to match the current,
not
getting swept away.
more about placing ourselves, our bodies, our kula
in a special way,
moving within the rhythm (tala) of our breath

January 2008

niralambaya tejase
this last line of the Anusara Invocation literally means
a light not supported by anything else
a light that doesn't depend on anything else will endure.
when we connect to this radiant, ever-burning, heat-building light,
we connect to a certain power.
a certain kind of stamina and strength
to hold ourselves in our choices with integrity.