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An insightful class with Julie Lawrence!
The Power of Yoga | October 1st 2008 by The Yogi
My friend Care, a fellow Iyengar Yogi invited me to attend a level 3 class with Julie Lawrence, director of the Julie Lawrence Yoga Center in Portland. Julie has been teaching Iyengar yoga for a very long time and many of my teachers were her student read more
Enlighten Up! the movie - Up Close and Personal with Kate Churchi…
The Power of Yoga | September 14th 2008 by The Yogi
This past Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending the Boston premiere of a beautiful movie about yoga - Enlighten Up! It is directed by writer, documentary film director and fellow yogini Kate Churchill. The premise of this movie comes from a l read more
Yoga is going from the outer to the inner deep within
The Power of Yoga | September 8th 2008 by The Yogi
Tonight was my first class for the fall term at Sunset Yoga Center. Advanced class with Nina. I went in apprehensive about how the one month in Pune would have changed Nina's teaching - I was expecting some strenous poses. I have been out of practice read more
Forward bends and chest openings - Poses for relieving stress and…
The Power of Yoga | September 6th 2008 by The Yogi
Yesterday was one of those days where too many things just come at me at once at work. I have learned the hard way not to get too comfortable with peace and calmness in my life - the evil spirits of stress have a remarkable way of coming in my face w read more
If you are angry count to ten before you speak - Thomas Jefferson
The Power of Yoga | August 26th 2008 by The Yogi
If you are really angry, count to a hundred, before you speak ! I read this quote on the wall at the Hindu Temple in Grays Lake, IL, a suburb of Chicago. I was attending a puja in remembrance of my mother who passed away on August 25th, four years ag read more
Sights and Sounds of the Park near RIMYI
The Power of Yoga | August 22nd 2008 by The Yogi
I discovered this footage I took in April while staying with the Shahani's next to the park by RIMYI. It brought back memories of the birds singing and chirping and the early morning walk through the park. Its quiet and peaceful, and the songs of th read more
Mary Dunn - A legendary Iyengar Yogi
The Power of Yoga | August 20th 2008 by The Yogi
Over the last many months I have been contemplating starting a serious of blog posts to highlight Iyengar Yoga masters and teachers, their yoga practice, their style of teaching and how they impact their students. By bringing to light these highly sk read more
Inflate detachment and deflate your ego to avoid stress wrecks!
The Power of Yoga | August 17th 2008 by The Yogi
I took a two hour level 4 rope class from Nuvana at Sunset Yoga. A combination of backbends, standing poses and inversions on the ropes - I was thoroughly exhausted and so was the class. Most of them were senior students and teachers themselves. I re read more
Day to be inspired and re-inspired - Recent TV Interview of BKS I…
The Power of Yoga | August 14th 2008 by The Yogi
I found this video on You Tube. Its a TV appearance of Guruji in May of this year on NDTV, one of the news channels in India. Though there maybe thousands of Iyengar Yoga Centers worldwide - there are just handful in India listed on bksiyengar.com, t read more
Incredible India!
The Power of Yoga | August 4th 2008 by The Yogi
My journey back to Oregon started at 10 pm last night. Mumbai International airport has been ripped up as all international and domestic airports undergo facelifts. It was crazy, the traffic was bad and I saw more crowds outside bidding their depar read more
What is your Karma? A talk by Geeta Iyengar on Bhagvat Gita
The Power of Yoga | August 1st 2008 by The Yogi
My last visit to RIMYI was last evening to attend at talk by Geetaji on Bhagvat Gita. I could only be there for an hour, and had to leave early, but I learnt something very important about Karma. What is my Karma? Its a question I ask frequently of m read more
The asana is me and I am the asana - BKS Iyengar
The Power of Yoga | July 25th 2008 by The Yogi
The last two days of classes at RIMYI have been intense and full of learning. Today was my fourth class in a row. I cannot even describe what that feels like. Yesterday's class was amazing. The teacher was incredible. I will report her name next week read more
Yoga for bad knees and back ache - An update
The Power of Yoga | July 19th 2008 by The Yogi
This is no epiphany - increase weight, even 10-15 pounds can add you to your backache woes. I have gained about that much in the last 4 months. As my stress mounted, I missed yoga classes , my walking schedule went to hell, I went back to using fatt read more
Bringing Your Yoga Practice Home
Stream of Consciousness | June 30th 2008 by GT Xpress Recipes
When I went to Pune, India, I had seven years of arduous practice under my belt. It was 1987 and I was on my way to study yoga with the master himself B.K.S. Iyengar. I thought I was ready, but I was secretly worried about two basic postures: Recline read more
Final level 2 with Julie Burris
The Power of Yoga | June 19th 2008 by The Yogi
The spring semester at Sunset Yoga ends this weekend. Last night I decided to fill up my makeups with a level 2 class with Julie Burris. It is her last level 2 class, as she moves on to getting her degree in physical therapy. Julie's classes are alw read more
Expectations Reduce Joy!
The Power of Yoga | June 12th 2008 by The Yogi
Someone once told me not to set high expectations because "expectations reduce joy". I never understood the meaning of that phrase till today. How can you not have expectations? How would you succeed in life if you didn't set high expectations of you read more
Neutral and Indifferent - They are two sides of the same coin!
The Power of Yoga | June 8th 2008 by The Yogi
As I continue my journey with Yoga, these two qualities or attributes have become exceedingly important to me. Indifference and neutrality allow me to accept challenges, things that may otherwise bother me, difficulty, and stress in a whole new way. read more
Power of Yoga is 4 months today with 3000 unique visitors - Yoga…
The Power of Yoga | June 7th 2008 by The Yogi
I posted my first blog on January 6th 2008 out of a desire to share my experience with the world - about how yoga had changed me and changed my life. I want to express my thanks to all of you who have read what I have to write, to the many who have c read more
Avoiding Pain - Nina's mantra in class today
The Power of Yoga | May 30th 2008 by The Yogi
I took Nina Pileggi's level 2 class today - so many make ups to do. Nina suggested I donate them to friends and employees. Any takers? Today was all about twists and pulling back and twisting around from the navel. That is hard work - I was sweating read more
Good Life Good Death - A great book by Gehlek Rimpoche
The Power of Yoga | May 4th 2008 by The Yogi
I read this book during my two weeks of late night and early morning bliss in Pune. What a wonderful book! He is one of the great teachers of Buddhism in the west. He was brought up in an upper-crest Tibetan family belonging to the 13th Dalai Lama an read more
The Skeptic Yogi - A parallel universe of yogic consciousness
The Power of Yoga | May 3rd 2008 by The Yogi
While in Pune I noticed traffic suddenly appearing from a website called - Itsallaboutyoga. Its a blog created by Diane Cesa, a yoga therapist in New York. It opened my eyes to the world of yoga blogs by several yogis like me, including Diane. She h read more
April 21st - Hanuman Jayanti
The Power of Yoga | April 20th 2008 by The Yogi
Today the institute celebrated Hanuman Jayanti. Lord Hanuman is a hindu god, deeply revered in the hindu religion for his role in rescuing Sita from the demon Ravana in the great epic Ramayana. He was also considered a yogi and has deep reverence at read more
Trip to RIMYI - Day one in Pune
The Power of Yoga | April 13th 2008 by The Yogi
April 12th 2008 - 830 am. I arrive in Pune at about 6 am, 2 hours later than planned. The car/cab I was travelling in got held up in traffic on the highway for an hour. The trucks that couldn't handle the steep climp up the ghats (coastal mountains), read more
Advanced Yoga with Nina Pileggi at Sunset Yoga Center
The Power of Yoga | March 18th 2008 by The Yogi
With much courage I attended the level 3 class this evening. Yes its the same class where I gave up my ego and over extended my hip. So tonight I was as humble as I could be. I am rusty and apprehensive. The class is full and I am at the back rather read more
Getting back to your yoga routine
The Power of Yoga | March 9th 2008 by The Yogi
It was Jan 28th when this horrendous glute pain hit me and took me completely out of my 3-4 day a week yoga routine. And have I ever let go of my ego and kept patience to get beyond it. This Friday it was back to Nuvana for a restart of the routine. read more
Physical therapy for Gluteus Muscle and Sciatic Pain
The Power of Yoga | February 23rd 2008 by The Yogi
My next step in this pain saga moved on to getting some physical therapy. About a week and half ago I saw Emily at Bethany Physical Therapy http://www.therapeuticassociates.com/Locations/clinic.aspx?id=25. She is also a certified yoga teacher with ex read more
Another inspirational yoga video
The Power of Yoga | February 15th 2008 by The Yogi
Well folks my journey with pain continues. It has subsided but not gone. I will be going through additional physical therapy. Its unclear what is wrong with my leg. I just hope its not a disc problem. I may need an MRI. Whatever it is I know I will o read more
Yoga Therapy - the gluteus muscle saga continues
The Power of Yoga | February 9th 2008 by The Yogi
It was back to yoga therapy yesterday evening with Nuvana as I continue my journey of pain. First we tried supported supta=padangagushthasana, dandasana on the stairs and half uttanasana on the wall. They were all very painful. We finally settled on read more
Managing pain and suffering in your life
The Power of Yoga | February 8th 2008 by The Yogi
Written and adapted by "The Yogi" from various sources including B.K.S. Iyengar’s “Light on Life" We often focus on the past or the future to avoid experiencing the present, because the present can be painful, full of hardship and difficult to en read more
My yoga guru is back!
The Power of Yoga | January 26th 2008 by The Yogi
Since mid November last year, Nuvana Zarthoshtimanesh (http://sunsetyoga.com/teachers.php) my yoga guru has been in India and with the holidays in December my yoga routine was turned upside down. I first took her class in January 2006, upon my return read more
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