Yoga Chikitsa Practices to unlock our inner intelligence for bringing about physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health! Yoga Chikitsa is the Sanskrit name of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga, and it means “yoga therapy.” With both Linda and Gerald coming to Ashtanga from unhealthy places, they wanted to expand and clarify the healing aspects …
If you want a superbly entertaining and spiritual educating book then you have to read these great Indian epics! I love the modern renditions by Ramesh Menon. They are so captivating that you won’t want to put the book down and when you finish you will want to start right over from the beginning. They …
“99% practice and 1% theory.”~Sri K. Pattabhi Jois To get better at anything we must practice; whether it is learning a musical instrument, an athletic activity, a language, yoga asanas or just becoming more aware, compassionate and peaceful people. Clearly if you don’t practice you won’t improve. And clearly the more you put into something …
This is one of the main texts on yoga that is referred to by most teachers. Not to mention that this is where we find the ‘eight-limbed yoga’. It gives us an in-depth study of yoga and is essential reading for anyone wishing to explore the deeper teachings. The word ‘sutra’ means thread so this …
The Gita Summed Up The story takes place on a battle field and is an allegory of life itself being a battle field in which we find good & evil and right & wrong; both externally and within ourselves. Prince Arjuna must “look within” in order to live his sva-dharma (own-law). The God-man, Krishna is …
The first recommendation I will give is the first book I read on yoga. The story about how I found out about this book is a little amusing. After a few months of doing yoga, I was becoming more interested in the subject but at the same time a bit leery of the ‘weird’ stuff. …