Sadhana—Day 4

No asanas this morning, last night was very late.  Looking forward to tonight’s Restful Yoga class where I get to be a student and not the teacher.  Love it.

05:30 Japa mala—20 minutes 17:00 Japa mala—20 minutes 19:00 Restful Yoga—60 [...]

Paths of the Pilgrim

Monday I wrote about pilgrimages and the pitfall of becoming a pilgrimage junkie.  The reality is that most of us are or have been, at one point or another, junkies.  We depend on something or someone to bring us happiness and peace.  The joy and relief we receive from our pilgrimage highs [...]

Sadhana—Day 3

03:55 Asanas—60 minutes

I did not want to gt out of bed and practice this morning, not because the hour was too early but because the house was freezing!  Shanna, my wonderful wife, turned the furnace off Monday to air the house out and forgot to turn it on again.  Thankfully, a few [...]

Sadhana—Day 2

03:45 Asanas—60 minutes

When I came to standing yoga mudra, I just wanted to stop.  I felt nausea along with a wave of futility but no actual pain or other warning signals that I needed to stop, I just wanted to stop.  For a moment, I rationalized that I could move into Yoga [...]

The Pilgrim Road

Pilgrimages come in so many shapes and sizes.  Some involve sacred places; Jerusalem, Kayavarohan, Mecca, Nauvoo, Palmyra, Rishkesh, Rome and countless others.  Others involve events; Temple of Sound, General Conference, Prana Awakening, Meditation 101.  Yet others involve personalities; Amma, Thomas Monson, Eckhart Tolle, Amrit Desai, Bhagavan Das, your favorite musician.  People make [...]

Sadhana—Day 1

04:00 Asanas—60 minutes 05:30 Japa mala—20 minutes 16:45 Japa mala—30 minutes

The Challenge

It is time not for another 30 day challenge but for a challenge that will truly try you. [...]

Yoga Sucks!

That is likely not a title that you might expect on a blog titled, Everyday Yoga, now is it? Why on earth would I use such a title?  Well, yoga does exactly that:  It sucks what we have buried down deep right up to the surface.  When our crap bubbles up to the [...]

Demons

Demons, we all have them.  They lurk in our minds just waiting to jump out at us and yell, “BOO!”  Only, they don’t yell boo, they tell us how horrible we are.  They tell us that we are not good enough, that we are bad and wrong.  I have been wrestling with my [...]

Chanting Helps

Learn the Asatoma Prayer. [...]