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The Light That Ignites Us All
Okay, so by now most of you have probably read the article in the New York Times about John Friend and Anusara Yoga. I hope you have also seen the blogs and Facebook comments written by my colleagues, if you haven’t check them out. So many feelings that arose for me were put into eloquent words by Christina Sell, Amy Ippoliti, BJ Galvan and so many others. Thank you for your offerings. There is one point that has not been addressed and I feel it is so important to say on this Guru Purnima weekend. Guru Purnima is the brightest full moon of the year and traditionally a time in India to celebrate and honor the teacher. John has always, always, always honored his teachers, INCLUDING and ESPECIALLY Mr. Iyengar. The last time I saw John he was even wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Iyengar on the front! […]
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Last weekend was PRIDE, which is a full on holiday in San Francisco! There was a lot of talk this year about it being the 40th anniversary and how much progress has been made. Yes indeed, the freedom for all beings to express themselves is a wonderful thing to celebrate! The streets were packed with people sporting the colors of the rainbow, drag queens dressed to the nines while some barely dressed at all. While they were all gathering for the festivities and the pending parade, I was teaching class. It seemed to me that on this day, it was just as important to pray for tolerance, as it was to celebrate. The highest purpose of our yoga practice is to know yourself, to discover your truth, cultivate your gifts and express it all by delighting in life and living fully. Similarly, the very definition of pride is having deep […]
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I have just returned from the Anusara Yoga Certified Teacher’s gathering. This year we were in beautiful, lush North Carolina. Thank you to the North Carolina Kula for being such wonderful hosts! I have attended these gatherings for the past several years and each time it always amazes me how much more cohesive the group becomes. It is clear the practice works! During the past year John got super clear about his vision of Anusara yoga and it’s philosophy, Shiva Shakti Tantra so he spent quite a bit of time articulating and sharing with us candidly. When John wrote his vision in 1997, he said, “Anusara Yoga is a Merry Band of bohemian artists…”. While this vision and the Universal Principles of Alignment remain constant, our experience of them deepens and continues to unfold inside us to become us. At the gathering John asked us, “What is your art?” He […]
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For many of us it’s not uncommon to check our Facebook page several times and day and see what our friends and community are up to. Occasionally, while I am on reading and posting the latest and greatest nuggets of information and insight I will receive a chat from my dear friend and healer Scott Marmorstein. A few weeks ago Scott and I were having a pretty in depth discussion through a chat when he decided I needed a healing around the matter! What a modern world we live in, I received a long distance healing via a Facebook chat! Truthfully I felt a shift around the matter when he was done! Scott is in the hospital now and needs our love and support. Last night from his hospital bed he wrote, “Only Grace is everything.” Grace is a benevolent power that is available to all of us. It is […]
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