The First Branch of Yoga: The Yamas

by Ram Path in the Fog by Claude Monet The first of the eight rungs or limbs is the yamas , which can be considered as universal morality. T...

Aparigraha (Non-Hoarding) and Healthy Aging

by Ram Naushon Tree by Brad Gibson In the Sadhana Pada of the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali we are introduced to the eight rungs/limbs/steps of ...

Stoic philosophy, yoga, and how not to blame the gods

Earlier today, I read some Stoic philosophy, both for my own edification and with the intention of teaching it as part of my fall Introducti...

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...

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...

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...

Not the easy road... More on "breaking up" with Ashtanga

Last week, I posted a letter to Ashtanga about "seeing other yoga". I didn't really mean it to be a controversial post, but it...

(It's alright ma) It's only yoga

It seems that a lot of yoga practitioners feel a sense of pressure to live some kind of extraordinary life.   And when we're not busy fe...