Stillness is the result of devoted practice and non-attachment. {YS 1.12} Practice is the effort of remaining present. {YS 1.13} With continuous, devoted practice for a long time, the practice becomes firmly rooted. {YS 1.14} Abhyasa/Practice. As a girl and young woman, the notion of…
Continue reading Practice Makes a Practice. My Abhyasa (r)evolution.
I recently entered a contest to win a copy of Carol Horton’s new book Yoga Ph.D. on It’s All Yoga Baby (IAYB). To enter, IAYB asked readers to answer the question “What is yoga to you?” in the comments. I answered straight from my heart.…
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Kira Ryder. She is love. So here’s the thing: the heart-opening-open-open-more-more-expand-up-up-up wave feels unsustainable to me. The universe knows this with its expansion-gravity symbiosis. The breath-body knows this with its exchanges of inhalation-exhalation (puraka-rechaka). The moon is not full all of the time. And I…
Continue reading Ojai Yoga Crib Love Notes, my session with Kira Ryder
Ever since that bombastically beautiful Harvest Moon a few weeks ago, I have been feeling the pull of the earth more profoundly. Fall has descended. My attention is turning inward, and this leaves me with a wonderful sense of relief. Pratyahara has become the queen…
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Take time to ground, to root down as we enter this colder, drier part of year through this short guided meditation. In ayurveda, fall and winter is the realm of Vata– air. This can lead to dry skin and hair as well as a feeling…
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Hello dears, I am back from a trip to the midwest. Time with family and familiar spaces is such rich fodder for the practice, and for that I am so grateful. Much has been happening in the Sunrose Studio Idea Lab (my brain), and I am super-charged…
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Blessings, dears. Today, we begin to explore the visual component of meditation. Ultimately, our visual practice will lead to the use of Yantra in meditation. Today we begin simply. I thank you so much for joining me. Yantra A yantra is a work of sacred…
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Dears, I must say that if you are not meditating, you might be missing out–big time! Try it for a week and tell me you don’t feel different. OM. Kelly [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhet44MOy6I] P.S. Here is an older, beginner meditation I created. Try it… you’ll love it.…
Continue reading Day 17– Meditation Jubilation.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc6FxW6S-sw] I am a mantra-lover, and Lakshmi Mantra is one of my favorites. Blessings, K. OM Shreem Mahalakshmiyei Namaha.
Dear Sweet Readers, Although I’m pleased as punch that my husband and I spent our Saturday morning sprucing up the basement, the dusty endeavor has left me with a mean case of the sneezes and wheezes. Drat, right?! Right, except that once the allergies start, there…
Continue reading How Allergies Encourage Mindfulness & March teaching schedule