March 5, 2012 Ah, not be cut off, not through the slightest partition shut out from the law of the stars. The inner - what is it? if not intensified sky, hurled through with birds and deep with winds of homecoming. -Rainer...
Do you listen to your inner voice? When? We want our students to listen to their inner selves. The only way to do that is to connect with our inner teacher. One teacher finds her inner voice when she relaxes her abs. ...
Natalie Levin, who is starting a new course of study - the Jungian Seminar for Advanced Studies at the Jungian Institute of Philadelphia sent me this quote: "An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly...
The week of teachings with Geshe Michael Roach on the Bhagavad Gita has been intense. I have received so much valuable info. In pondering what to bring into my teaching right away, I focus on my genuine concern for the well-being of my...
This special launch class brought a great group of teachers & deep practitioners into the studio. I am influenced by Glenn Black's 2 two hour workshops on Shoulders and Hips last week at Ishta Yoga. We looked at the skeleton and Neter...
I was inspired by a book that Margi Young recommended: The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer. Palmer writes, "Good teachers possess a capacity for connectedness". They "weave" the connections between themselves, their subjects, and their...
We introduced ourselves. After class one teacher wrote, "I loved that there were other people in the room asking the same kinds of questions as i usually do (or at least want to). There is such a need for this class and all the wisdom you...
January 2, 2012 Inspired by a Rumi poem & The Inner Game of Tennis — appreciating the inner intelligence that is already within each of us. There are two kinds of intelligence: One acquired, as a child in school memorizes facts...
It has been so many years, she thought it'd never happen. She practices yoga regularly. Fourteen years that I know about, during the week and on weekends too. She practices with fervor, refinement and a smile. She is the one often found...
The Holidays As the weather changes and the holiday's approach, so does out sense of urgency and stress. Plans get made, gifts get bought, meals get consumed, and time, as always, seems to continually run out. The weeks between...