esther’s daily yoga how: meditation
I love meditation. I don’t think it’s the kind of practice you’re “supposed” to love, because it’s a practice of detachment, but I do. I love the process of coming into the steadiness of an easy seat....
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I’m not a big reader –the internet age is such a GIFT for people like me with super short attention spans for words on paper– but many of you have requested texts to help you get into your yoga...
View Articlemore than words
Somewhere I got the number 80% as the percentage of our communication that is nonverbal. I haven’t found a reliable source that can verify that the breakdown is as cut and dry as that, or that that...
View Articleschooled by television
Weeks ago my husband told me about this new show that he thought I’d like, that he’d heard good things about. A time travel show that uses the travel as a pretext for a historical fiction. I wrinkled...
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recap + farewell 2014!
2014 I hunkered down. I worked tirelessly at my teaching and much has transpired! As a result, my dedicated readers, friends, and even family were not kept up to date. I would promise to post on...
View Articleallow intention into your life
When I first started studying the Alexander Technique, I overdid everything. AT helps students discover unconscious postural habits and then gradually and through a teacher’s help, “undo” those habits...
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guide to sankalpa
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. I’ve noticed over the years that when I want something to shift or grow in my life, it happens with greatest fruition before I’m compelled to write it down or...
View Articlecause + effect in the real world
Once upon a time, cause and effect were simply part of math class. As absurd as it sounds, I didn’t extrapolate the “if…, then…” lessons of math class out into the “real world”. I didn’t recognize in...
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what is yoga?
What is yoga? Is it an experience? Is it a mystical explanation for (the origin of) existence? Is it a collection of practices that help individuals make sense –cognitively or physiologically– of their...
View Articlethe practice of yoga
There’s a premise in ISHTA Yoga (and I think all yoga) that the objective of daily practice of yoga is to experience undifferentiated or universal consciousness. But what does that even mean? I don’t...
View ArticleIs there more than one yoga?
An anatomy student of mine recently took a yoga (asana) class that tested her notion of what a safe and productive yoga class can be. Her observations painted a picture of an approach to yoga that...
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