By ryan October 13, 2014 niyamas ubud bali yoga musings Eat Pray Love - the Island behind the book Jamie at On the Mat recently posted a nice review of the book/movie event, Eat Pray Love. I have to say that the book fell a bit flat for m...
By ryan August 27, 2014 Nina Zolotow niyamas tapas yoga philosophy Tapas: Working with Dedication by Nina Cloud and Sunset by Brad Gibson When my mother broke her hip in her mid-seventies, she surprised me with her ferocious dedication to...
By ryan July 25, 2014 Nina Zolotow niyamas self study svadhyaya The Power of Svadhyaya (Self-Study), Part 2 by Nina Anatomical Body India, Gujarat, 18th century While preparing to write this post, I discovered that I had, uh, completely forgotten a...
By ryan July 22, 2014 Nina Zolotow niyamas self study svadhyaya yoga philosophy The Power of Svadhyaya (Self-Study), Part 1 by Nina Tama River in the Musashi Province by Hokusai One of the most difficult times in my life—and in my marriage—was when Brad and I were...
By ryan July 16, 2014 isvara pranidhana niyamas philosophy Ram Rao santosha saucha svadhyaya tapas The Second Branch of Yoga: The Niyamas (Your "To Do" List) by Ram Path at La Cavee, Pourville by Claude Monet In my post Ashtanga Yoga: Following the Eight-Fold Path Ashtanga Yoga: Following the Eig...
By ryan March 25, 2013 kino Los Angeles niyamas yoga Interview with Kino about the niyamas, March 24th 2013, Los Angeles, CA Yesterday afternoon (Sunday March 24th), I had the great pleasure of interviewing Kino right after her workshop in LA. This interview is abo...
By ryan October 21, 2012 change ethics light up your life niyamas Transformation yamas On change, letting go, and lighting up your life The equinox has passed, the Earth is shifting on its axis, and everywhere I look, change is in the air. In times of change, we ourselves shi...
By ryan October 03, 2012 belief Devotion ishvarapranidhana niyamas religion When elephants fly, or, how a non-religious yogi interprets "Ishvarapranidhana" I am not usually one to re-post old posts. But I came across this one from my archives the other day and couldn't help but re-post it. ...
By ryan September 04, 2012 being an asshole brahmacharya David Williams niyamas saucha yamas yoga teaching Saucha, Brahmacharya, and the Asshole-meter; some thoughts about (possibly) teaching again A very interesting thing happened to me after practice this morning. After savasana, I got up from my Mysore rug, and was floating around th...
By ryan August 23, 2012 injuries learning niyamas pain safety teachers teaching theory in practise yamas yoga musings Taking Yoga (Injuries) Seriously I usually don't weigh in on the heavy yoga debates, and I'm not about to start now. I have the curse of always being able to see bot...
By ryan April 16, 2011 diet Food niyamas A Yogic Diet Ahimsa/Non Harming Ahimsa would suggest that the foods that you ingest should cause no harm to you are anyone else. Questions that surface w...