A congested, feverish full primary; interesting yoga times; Happy Birthday Mr Iyengar

I was feeling quite under the weather this morning; before I went to bed last night, I took my temperature, and it was 99.8 F. For most of t...

To asana or not to asana? A Dialethia

I just read this recent post by Patrick Nolan , in which he talks about there being a dialetheia of progress in the practice of Ashtanga yo...

Good Food, heavy practice, more tamas, deeper backbends (?)

Disclaimer/Warning: The contents of this post will probably reveal all too clearly that I am very much identified with my body, its perceiv...

Yoga Teacher Barbie, and a little gallery of Famous Yoga Teacher Action Figures

Disclaimer: Before you read the rest of this post, and possibly accuse me of being disrespectful, irreverent, and/or downright blasphemou...

Some thoughts on faith and the practice

" The faith waiting in the heart of a seed promises a miracle of life which it cannot prove at once." Rabindranath Tagore In my pr...