November 23, 2019
Those who leave or escape from high-demand yoga groups seem to reorganize through two successive demographic splits. The first split separates out those who must ghost […]
November 21, 2018
I was honoured to be contacted by Giada Consoli with the following questions related to her graduate work on contemporary yoga culture. She is an Ashtanga […]
March 7, 2012
1. In yoga it is obvious that economies of scale obstruct relationship. Go big or go home? I’ll go home, thank you very much. Let’s think smaller.
2. Transglobal corporations need definable and saleable products. A Yoga Method with “Universal Principles†works well for its marketing, as we have seen. But a product is not therapy.
March 2, 2012
The homeless, hyper-mobile, light, fast-paced, and breathless quality of the Anusara collapse can be pacified through various expressions of warmth, weight, stillness, moisture, regular stool production, oiliness, and familial cuddling. Ayurvedic therapy begins here: identifying a central imbalance, and applying balancing/opposing forces to existing vulnerabilities. The most precious thing I learned from my teachers was 'There's nothing good or bad. A thing is always good-for, or bad-for." The technique uses any tool available to correct qualitative imbalances in diet, asana and other physical pursuits, career path, relationships, meditation experience, and even spiritual path.