Why yogis don’t meditate
Came across something else I wanted to repost tonight, this article from Elephant Journal on why yogis don’t meditate by Philip Goldberg. Yep, asana is only one of the eight limbs of yoga, which is...
View ArticleGraphic: Patanjali’s 8 limbs of yoga
The marvelous yogini-cum-graphic-artist Alison Hinks, who created the yoga lineages flow chart I linked to earlier, has done it again. This beautiful graphic shows the eight limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga...
View ArticleYoga + politics: a good match?
It’s All Yoga, Baby has named “The Protester” 2011 yogi of the year. So how do you feel about yogis being involved in politics? Yoga has been part of the Occupy movement from the start, mostly in the...
View ArticleNew York Yoga: How Yoga Can Lead to Pure Happiness
New York Yoga: How Yoga Can Lead to Pure Happiness. Here’s another really great response to the recent, rather fear-mongering New York Times article about yoga that I blogged about in The dark side of...
View ArticleNow yoga creates sex scandals!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!
Ha ha, now the same New York Times writer so focused on how yoga is injuring and killing people has written a new article in which he says that yoga fans the sexual flames, with its roots in Tantric...
View ArticleBreathing and being breathed
When you notice that your breath has become automatic — you aren't doing anything to it or with it, you're just allowing it — and noticing it doesn't change it — that's being breathed. Continue reading →
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