To keep yourself informed about our schedule (and receive free monthly therapeutic recipes!) you can sign up for our email newsletter below.For some time I have thought that yoga demands an ongoing willingness to let go. We train physically by practicing asanas to loosen our bodies to unglue stuck hamstrings, loosen overly bound tendons and and unmoor organs that have become fixed. Not only do we experience stickiness in our physical structure, but we all too [...]
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The seeker
Monday, February 8th, 2010The seeker is double-edged. On the one hand the curiosity and willingness to investigate is invaluable for the journey. On the other hand the seeker gets caught in the seeking. Come to recognize in your own practice how the seeking becomes all consuming. Then at some point begin to drop the looking for and start [...]
Inherent vs apparent nature of mind
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Reflections this morning on the difference between the “inherent nature” of mind and the “apparent nature” of mind: This point was brought out by Khandro Rinpoche in this last month’s investigations on the nature of mind and the teachings on Mahamudra practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In my meditation this morning, it came clear [...]
Doubt on the path
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Reflect on how important doubt is on the path, for without doubt you cannot go forward. There must be Great Doubt or Total Doubt. Doubt appears as a potent teaching in Zen and in the Christian faith as articulated by Doubting Thomas. I should know the vitality of the doubting Thomas!
In Zen master Hakuin’s Three [...]
Marma Point training
Sunday, June 28th, 2009Surya and I attended a week-end workshop on Marma Point training with Dr. Vasant Ladd in Albuquerque. The event was focused on points of the head and face. In the clinical sessions points on the feet, knees, belly and chest were included. The final session combined the application of crystals on the body and stimulating [...]
Crossing the Bosphorus & teaching in Istanbul
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Today in Istanbul I had the afternoon off and so set off by foot to the old city to wander the spice bizarre and explore the great Islamic mosques. This city resembles San Francisco in that it has steep hills that rise up from the Bosphorus Sea and trekking up the rough cobblestone streets provides [...]
Istanbul
Thursday, May 21st, 2009I arrive in Istanbul to teach at Cihangir studio, my third trip. I am traveling here on my own, as we decided that Surya and Eno would be better off staying in Europe. So we parted ways yesterday morning in the train station in Antwerp. I boarded a train for Brussels in order to fly [...]
Pattabhi Jois
Monday, May 18th, 2009We are offering our Level I TT here in Antwerp Belgium, From the Ground Up and the mediation, wisdom training, anatomy and therapeutic application of yoga they are thoroughly enjoying.
We learned the sad news of the death of Pattabhi Jois yesterday and so today we set up a humble alter to him with a large [...]
Antwerp
Saturday, May 16th, 2009The Antwerp yoga sangha is really full of life and supportive to one another. The director Nicki is from South Africa and has lived in Belgium for twelve years, drawn to Antwerp due to the fact that her husband, also South African, is in the diamond trade. Local literature claims that 7 out of every [...]
The Euro Star train
Friday, May 15th, 2009Today we boarded the Euro Star train from St. Pancras station in London in order to travel to Belgium. Eno found the smooth stone surface of the train station to be the perfect surface for cruising along on his 3 wheel scooter. It was hard to reel him in.The train sailed through the English countryside [...]