By I don’t like complaining about something without giving some solution. The solution to the current trend of commercializing Yoga is, in my mind, quite simple. TEACH. Teach others what Yoga truly is! Teach the Yamas and Niyamas in every Yoga class. Teach the truth of Yoga instead of trivializing it as the latest [...]
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It would appear that I am not the only one concerned with the increasingly commercial side of Yoga in North America. We appeared so target market: women who, according to the Lululemon literature, pursue exercise to achieve physical fitness and inner peace. (And who have bought into the notion that looking swell at [...] If anyone has tried to send me feedback via the Feedback links, I’m sorry to report that until now they’ve been broken. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. Namasté We all have them, those days when even if something goes wrong the day is a good day. We feel good, have a positive outlook on life and even the worst that life throws our way seems easy to handle. Then there are those days when even the most trivial of tasks seems [...] I forgot to mention that I also use a stop watch. Specifically, I use a Fossil digital sports watch with a timer. Now why on Earth do I use a timer while practicing asanas? I use the timer to help me know when to move from one pose to another. Currently I have [...] I recently allowed my subscription to Yoga Journal to expire. Why would I do such a thing, it’s Yoga Journal! There are two main reasons: Where have all the men gone? I am not sure that I have seen one yogin on the cover of YJ during my two year subscription. The articles [...] We’ve all seen them: Articles extolling the health benefits that yogis the world over reap from their practice. Now articles are beginning to surface which say that Yoga’s impact on a person’s health is minimal at best. Which do we believe? We’ll fight tooth and nail until all the foes of Yoga and [...] Perhaps Sutras is too high an appellation to apply to my meager writings but Where Have All the Entries Gone is rather lack luster! Then again, isn’t my wanting to have a catchy title for today’s entry just a little self-aggrandizing, a little greedy? Truth be told, it probably is but I can’t [...] |
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