Watch this beautiful video by our international community of Shadow Yoga teachers demonstrating the rhythmic life currents of Nrtta Sadhana. Nrtta refers to ‘pure’ dance. It is that Sadhana by which the sadhaka rediscovers the rhythmic life currents hidden within the body through unimposed natural positioning. The eighth sutra of the Pashupata Sutras lists Nrtta …
We often believe there is some secret formula that will give us success in yoga practice or some magic pill that will give us health and longevity. We rarely look to ourselves as personal healer or guide. Yet the yoga texts tell us that all that is required is faith and perseverance on our part …
Lately I get more messages in my inbox from people trying to sell me yoga stuff than real student inquiries. Offers of anything I can possibly need for a successful yoga practice. But to achieve yoga we are told we need to give up everything. Yoga texts clearly indicate that all desires must be dissolved. …
One would think yoga is all about handstands and deep back bending nowadays. However you would be hard pressed to find a yoga text that includes either. Forward bends and seated positions take precedence. This is due to the fact that yoga is meant to take you inwards. Backbends take you outwards, away from centre, …
This is Part One of a 2-part article. There’s this Tampon TV commercial I saw in my teens that left a lasting impression on me. A washboard stomach super-model dressed in a white string bikini was galloping on a white horse across a white sandy beach with her long hair blowing in the wind behind …
This is Part Two of a 2-part article. Read Part One here. The curse, on the rag, that time of the month, leak week, the flow, monthlies, got IT, girl flu, code red, her period, in the tent, bleeding, leaking, moody, hormonal, hysterical, lunatic… society has come up with many ways of making menstruating women …
As a teacher, we must never lose the capacity to be a student. Before teaching we were students, yoga practitioners, and we should always remain just that, practitioners. Sharing our experience with others is a byproduct of an accumulation of practical knowledge. If that knowledge never evolves, we just pass on a stale script. Far …
