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A New Way of Attaining Growth
Adjust the body with the mind. Adjust the mind with the body.Most yoga classes in the West focus on yoga's benefits to the body. That's great! But yoga can be so much more. Yoga can unite spirituality and exercise, yes. But what we're really interested in is yoga's potential as an alchemical process. In the late 60's at Esalen Institute, a group of maverick thinkers converged at just the right time and space to venture into new territory and synergistically the human growth movement emerged. Many wonderful healing and bodywork modalities were given birth to at this time, which was filled with the excitement of new exploration. Among these, Rolfing was born.
Yogi In the City Blog
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Honor The Struggle
Yogi In The City 11 May 2012 | 11:38 am"There's a part of every living thing that wants to become itself: the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into the butterfly, a damaged human being into a whole one. That is spirituality."-Ellen Bass I just got done watching this[…]
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When is enough, enough?
Yogi In The City 2 Apr 2012 | 8:13 pmI recently read an article about a trend in which "hot" classes are getting hotter, based on the demand of the students. One studio's classes, which were at 105, are turning their classes up to 110 so that their students[…]
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Into The Center
Yogi In The City 15 Mar 2012 | 5:39 pmI spent a good portion of my life not even being willing to look at my stomach in a mirror. In fact, I think I spent a whole two years avoiding looking at my body naked from the face down.[…]
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Ardha Chandrasana
Yogi In The City 14 Feb 2012 | 4:14 pm
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I wanted to make sure this stayed up for anyone who still wanted to see it. Check out this month's pose: ChaturangaJanuary Pose Of The MonthArdha ChandrasanaArdha Chandrasana (Half Moon) is a very challenging pose that requires tremendous leg strength[…] -
A Friend And Teacher
Yogi In The City 26 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pmBuddhist Teacher Pema Chodron writes "Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it in. It's all we ever have, so we might as well work with it rather than struggle against it. We might as well make it[…]
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The Eco-Friendly Yoga Mat
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