Downward Facing Blog

(I borrowed this pic… it has nothing to do with the article :-p)
 
Admit it. You’ve always wondered about it. Looking at flexible, beautiful bodies contort into themselves into yoga postures -and thinking yoga must make for better sex. Although you’ve probably asked if,yoga would help you to lose weight,  you really secretly also […]

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The word yoga itself implies relationship, and the two becoming one. You begin with you and and your lover, or your body and mind, or ultimately your sense of individuality merging into cosmic unity. You strive for yoga- union, which you experience as wonderful and sublime.
That sounds like love, doesn’t it?
When people ask me about my own practice […]

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With reverence to the downward flow of energy in the body and the role it plays in health, we come to the standard yoga stance;
“Praise to the upward flow of Udana Vayu!”
What this means is, lifting up of your body and mentality on an energetic, directional level; both inside the body and inside your life.
Two […]

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Years back I posted to an ashtanga yoga forum inquiring if there was a “scriptural” reference to the reason Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is always practiced on the right, meaning, the right foot precedes all postures but two of them: Marichasana B and D.Nobody answered.
Bihar School of Yoga told me not to practice chandra bheda (left […]

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A lot of talk about the Law of Attraction these days. In case you have NOT seen the movie the secret, make it a point to do so. It’s based upon the teachings of Ester Hicks, a channeler of a group of entities called Abraham. (listen to these mp3’s of one session) Ester herself got […]

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