BODHICHITTA |
B o d h i c h i t t a. This is my favorite word. Today we began class with this word. While the students were slumbering in a restorative twist, I told them how much I just love to say this word - B o...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Thu, 08 May 2008 04:56:00 PST |
Being Present |
Just over a year ago, I experienced an infliction of the most babbling mind on earth - a mind possessed by all things outside me. And though I knew how to meditate, had practiced yoga for many years, ...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:01:00 PST |
The Karma Garage students are saying... |
Val’s yoga class is a phenomenal experience to improve strength, flexibility, balance, stress relief, posture and movement quality. She tailors it to each individual’s needs with c...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:29:00 PST |
Restlessness |
Recently, while driving, I was listening to a DVD (already speaking volumes about my restlessness with driving), when I heard one of the characters quoting Pema Chodron. Well that was fun and unexpe...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:52:00 PST |
A Mat Of Your Own |
Pema Chodron says that the ego is like a room of your own..."...a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music that you like. You want it your own way. You'd just like to have a ...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:53:00 PST |
M-L's Shoulder |
Well of course this would have to begin with an airborne flight from a mountain bike, now wouldn't it? ; ) It seems very likely, Mya-Lisa, that your rainy day aches are secondary to good old fashioned...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:26:00 PST |
Thoughts and Postures |
Did you know that 50 to 80% of the adult population will experience back pain at some point in their life? 40% of us have back pain in any one year. Back pain is one of the most common causes of disab...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:23:00 PST |
Aligning Your Heart |
Try this at home:On an inhale, lift your sternum (breastbone)and open your chest. This open-hearted posture is the one we take, when we are feeling very brave. It becomes part of our yoga, par...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST |
The Walk-In Closet |
I have a friend, who meditates inside a walk-in closet. God - I just love the image of her walking in there - rolling up her sleeves - getting down to the business of wrestling her demons and ...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:11:00 PST |
Pose of the month: Urdhva Dhanurasana |
Oh wheel of my mind,Be so steady, as my spine Begins to reclineWhat is more stimulating than a good cup of coffee, a remedy for all things glum, and anatomically the absolute opposite of what ...
Posted by The Karma Garage on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:43:00 PST |
