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Thanks for the Complement! Adding Yoga to Your Other Forms of Exercise
One meaning of the word “yoga” is “integration” and yoga poses are extremely effective when combined with conventional exercise in integrated platform for health. Here are some surprising observations…. The first video below makes a surprising assertion about how much exercise … Continue reading
Don’t Leave Home Without It: How to Keep Yoga by Your Side
Besides walking, yoga poses may be the easiest form of exercise to take with you when you’re away from home. Here are some approaches that you may find useful. This article has some good ideas for using your yoga skills … Continue reading
It’s Beautiful…
i am a little church(no great cathedral) far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities -i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest, i am not sorry when sun and rain make april my life is the life … Continue reading
An Ancient Text with Atom-Splitting Power
Drop into any yoga class between Scituate and Sausalito and you’ll probably hear a teacher quoting the Yoga Sutras. They’re widely (and accurately) proclaimed as a foundational text of modern yoga. But there is another text that is much more … Continue reading
Lights, Action!
We’re hosting two filmmakers in the studio from Friday, February 17th to Sunday the 19th . One is creating a video on yoga for a health care organization. The other is Fay’s niece. A recent honors graduate of the film … Continue reading
Give it a Rest!
“The stresses of modern civilisation are a strain on the nerves, for which Savasana is the best antidote.” - Light on Yoga Light on yoga makes an ambitious claim for savasana, and it may well be true. More than the … Continue reading
A Touch of Beauty
When Morning Arose By Qushayri (? – 1074) English version by Michael A. Sells When morning arose on the star of a strong wine, drunkenness and soberness were the same to me. Look below the video for a lovely … Continue reading
Through the Kaleidoscope
I used to have one of those beautiful wooden kaleidoscopes, and it makes a good metaphor for my experience of yoga. For years I admired the craftsmanship of and symmetry of its smooth and beautifully crafted exterior. The grain engaged … Continue reading
7 Things You Can Do…
Concerned about injuring yourself when you do yoga? This may help: the collective wisdom from several of us Dancing Crow teachers boiled down to one digestible list of 7 things to remember… 1. Listen to the wisdom in your body. … Continue reading
