Experience of yoga meets experimentation of the West at SYTAR. By Mira Binzen In The Yoga Tradition, Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., describes the ancient sages as “seers (rishi) who ‘saw’ the truth, who perceived with the inner eye the hidden reality behind the smoke screen of manifest existence.” Today’s discerning Westerner wants a little more proof. [...]
Why Yoga At An Early Age By Marsha Wenig When presented in a child’s language, yoga can help counter the stress experienced by young people living in a hurry-up world. Our children live in a hurry-up world of busy parents, school pressures, incessant lessons, video games, malls, and competitive sports. We usually don’t think of [...]
Black History Month Yoga Kids Story By Haris Lender Featured Poses: Dolphin/Cat/Table/Boat/Plow/Mountain/Chair/Warrior/Butterfly/Bee/Flying/TV Keisha the Dolphin and Olivia CAT were sitting at the park at a TABLE doing their homework. Keisha the DOLPHIN said she was studying about Black history month. Olivia the CAT was doing her math and asked her to tell her about what [...]
How Yoga Wrecks Your Body Yogi Glenn Black Responds to controversy over New York Times Article on Yoga The recent New York Times magazine article “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” (William Broad, Jan. 5, 2012) has stoked an international controversy, shaken the yoga world and focused the spotlight on my previously anonymous, reclusive yoga [...]
Pregnancy and Bodily Changes During pregnancy hormones increase. Primarily Progesterone, and Estrogen, causing a variety of physiological changes, which become increasingly more prominent as pregnancy continues. Water Retention and Venous (veins) Dilation: One of the early changes is that of water retention, and venous dilation. The body, in preparation for the need of extra blood [...]
How to Avoid How to Avoid Getting Hurt in a Yoga Class By Kelly Moore The New York Times Sunday The New York Times Sunday Magazine ran a story called “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.” The article is woefully one-sided, all but guaranteeing physical distress to anyone who dares to set foot on a yoga mat. Nevertheless, bringing [...]
Do you respond to stress with a fiery growl or a cold shoulder? Yoga can transform your reactions, improve your health, and help you embody grace under pressure. By Kelly McGonigal Meet Mark: When something stressful happens, he feels energized. His heart races, his senses heighten—he even feels as though his thoughts speed up. Mark [...]
Bikram’s Last Seminar – Words of Wisdom from a Yoga Guru By Anita Thompson PHILADELPHIA — As the economy was tanking, it was good to get away from New York, spending Saturday with Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram’s Yoga College of India. I was not expecting a quiet “ommmm” incense filled seminar. No. Being familiar [...]
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body Danielle Levitt for The New York Times By: William J. Broad The Article: On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in [...]
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