Some video highlights from the Global Mala Project…Gurmukh rockin’ the house:
The 108 Sun Salutations (which I missed since I was volunteering):
The best part, the Yoga Trance Dance with DJ Cheb I Sabbah (I am dancing with the red umbrella!):
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I went to the Los Angeles Convention Center yesterday for the Global Mala Project. Unfortunately, there was a terrible rainstorm, which in Los Angeles is enough to keep people from driving. (They should have done what I did, which was take the bus.) So the turnout, especially in the beginning of the day, was decent, [...]
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I guess it’s not surprising these days, but I am still continually amazed that spiritual leaders actually do stupid things like getting sexually involved with students. In the yoga community, some very well-respected gurus have fallen to the lure of sex, among them, Amrit Desai, who was kicked out of Kripalu for his misconduct. Siddha [...]
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Interesting article on travel yoga; but my question is, where on earth does a 31-year-old project manager get the time and money to go on a month-long yoga vacation?
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There’s a lot to consider when choosing a program for your yoga teacher’s training. Cost, location, and schedule are all important factors. It’s also important to find a style that you like and a teacher you resonate with.
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Wow! I made it. I finished the four days. I honestly didn’t know if I was going to be able to after day one. I have no idea how people last through month-long training programs. This stuff is intense.
Sunday morning started off without a hitch - the people at Exhale finally got it together [...]
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You’d think that someone as famous and respected as Shiva Rea would get keys to the yoga center (Exhale) where she performs her teacher training. But no, they rely on a probably low-paid employee to do that, and for the second day in a row, that employee overslept. On Friday, we had to wait a [...]
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There is a method to Shiva’s madness. We learned in day two why we were taken through the extremely tough series of arm balancing asanas on day one. She showed us how her yoga sequencing prepares the body through the class to go into the toughest asana at the peak. She doesn’t prefer to use [...]
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I am in the middle of taking Shiva Rea’s four-day foundational teacher training intensive, “Embodying the Flow.” Yesterday was day one.
Well, I survived. First off, nothing could totally prepare you for this other than four hours of yoga a day - and who has time for that except full-time yoga teachers? My arms hurt this [...]
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You would think that by the 21st century, we could come up with a good solution to our clothing and undergarment woes. Alas, for women, we have the perpetual pressure of finding ways to wear tight clingy clothing without showing off the…dum dum dum daaaa…dreaded panty line!
The panty line, aka visible panty line or VPL, [...]
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