Paradoxes of Teaching
March 12, 2012 Paradoxes of Teaching: While we are all busy teaching, as teachers we seem to be starved for the time to practice ourselves. We teach, yet we …
Category: Yoga Teachers: Shine and Refine
Shine & Refine – Stay Connected
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 …
Shine & Refine Feb 27, 2012
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 …
Shine & Refine Feb 6, 2012
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 …
Shine & Refine Jan 30, 2012
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 …
Shine & Refine Day 3 – Jan 16
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 …
Shine & Refine Day 2 – Jan 9
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 …
Shine & Refine Day 1 – Jan 2
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 …
A Love Affair in Virasana – Her Pelvis Met Her Heels
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 …
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Yoga Practice is Shocking
Whether we are fresh to yoga or practicing for years, the feedback from our bodies can be shocking. That tightness in my side, shoulder or hip – where did …