Category Archives: yoga
Prison Yoga Teachers
I have recently been honored to serve on the board of the Daya Foundation a small non-profit in Portland Oregon founded by visionary yoga teacher and tireless advocate for justice Sarahjoy Marsh. DAYA stands for Devoloping Accessible Yoga Alternatives. Daya … Continue reading
Mind and Body
There are more things under heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. W. Shakespeare in “Hamlet” Even in the modern world among scientists and scientifically oriented physicians, belief systems play a controlling role in our … Continue reading
Memory
Our memories are a main aspect of our identity. In the science fiction classic Blade Runner the replicant Rachel , and later Decker explore the limits of memory and the role that memory plays in our self identity. Just as … Continue reading
No App For Happiness
Yoga guru and writer Max Strom has published a new book, No App For Happiness: How to Avoid a Near Life Experience, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. Based on his TED talk in 2010, this important work offers incisive insights into the … Continue reading
Intervention
This Tuesday night I had a rare and memorable experience, a feeling that I had brushed up against an external force unseen but protectively present. It was Emma’s Tuesday night Ashtanga guided primary series class. I was set up as … Continue reading
Relaxation Response and Changes in Gene Expression
The Relaxation Response was described by Harvard University physician Herbert Benson in a 1975 best-selling book of the same name. The Relaxation Response or RR is the physiological opposite of the stress response, and Benson argued is as fundamental to … Continue reading
Yoga and Gene Expression
I have practiced yoga nearly daily for the past 4 years. I have seen the effect that this has made in my own life both physically and psychologically. Yoga was the cornerstone of my recovery from cervical disc rupture and … Continue reading
You’ve Got To Watch This Video
Mark Bertolini, Chairman and CEO of Aetna on CNBC “Squawk Box” discusses his experience dealing with injury and the role that mindfulness meditation, yoga, craniosacral therapy, accupuncture and naturopathy have had on his recovery. The initial segment is about the … Continue reading
Yoga Ph.D. Book Review
Carol Horton, co-editor of 21st Century Yoga, has just published a new work, Yoga Ph.D: Integrating the life of the mind and the wisdom of the body This is a truly outstanding examination of yoga, and a perfect sister volume … Continue reading
Yoga in the 21st Century: a book review
After spending months reading drafts of the pieces in this collection, I find myself feeling hopeful about the direction in which yoga is going. What I see in this collection is a fearless exploration of personal experience, an investigation of … Continue reading
