If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. -Albert Camus As someone who had a fairly high-pressure corporate job for many years, I treasured my vacations and often took them to [...]
When you stop worrying, that’s when you start being. [T]here is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. -Shakespeare (Hamlet) People get super worked up about the smallest of things and complain about things they cannot control, which is most external things, actually. For example, have you ever heard so much b*tching [...]
The Texas Yoga Conference is February 25-27, 2011 at the University of St. Thomas in the Montrose/Museum District area of Houston. This is a rare opportunity to have so many amazing yoga teachers in your city/state all in one place. Below are some answers to some common questions about the Texas Yoga Conference. What is [...]
Sthira sukham asanam. “A yoga pose is a steady, comfortable position.” -The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:46 Such a simple phrase, and yet so subtly complex. Sthira can be translated as steady, while sukha can be translated as comfortable. My take on this is that steady equates to strong, firm, connected and grounded, while comfortable equates to ease or being struggle [...]
As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I’ve thought everyone is a teacher. -Bill Moyers Last entry I blogged about what I think makes a great yoga teacher. Now, as promised, I am on to what makes a great student of yoga (a yogi). We remain students even as we [...]
There are so many qualities that people take for granted that make a yoga instructor great. Here are just a few qualities that I personally think are important (insert all caveats about opinions being just that here). I would like to hear your thoughts on this as teachers and students.
Follow the nose, it always knows. –Toucan Sam Jala neti kriya, or more commonly just neti, is an ancient yogic/ayurvedic technique to purify the body. Using the neti pot is a great way to maintain nasal and sinus hygiene, to moisten sinus dryness caused by dry air in summer and winter months (that air conditioning [...]
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolis, German Philosopher “Silence is the language of God; all else is poor translation.” -Rumi And now lie down on your back in a comfortable position for savasana. Ahhhh, finally, practice is over….right? [...]
Let your food be your medicine. –Hippocrates Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. –Michael Pollan from “In Defense of Food” So here is where the controversy begins. What to eat? I have to admit that I am no expert on diet or nutrition, so I can only bring my personal perspective to the table [...]
Most of us are quite pleased/with the same old song/and all of a sudden I’m relatively sane/with everything to lose and nothing to gain/or something like that. -Guided by Voices “Echoes Myron” “Yogash chitta vritti nirodah” (Roughly: When the mind shifts from its habitual patterns and chatter, that is when Yoga happens) -Yoga Sutras of [...]
This is the core hot yoga class at YogaOne. This class forms the building blocks for a yogi’s/yogini’s practice of yoga. It is YogaOne's hatha yoga sequence practiced in a hot room in order to allow the body to warm up quickly to deepen the practice and to maximize the detoxifying, cleansing nature of the postures in the series.
This sequence was created taking what our instructors learned from a diversed range of yoga styles and is designed to provide a full workout for the entire body and leaves the student exhausted but invigorated. There are brief resting postures between the active poses. This class is for beginners through advanced students. Hot, 102-105 degrees F, 50-60% humidity. (BEGINNER FRIENDLY)
This is a more active class inspired by Ashtanga, Power and Forrest Yoga (and other yoga styles depending upon the instructor) with continuous movement where one flows from one posture to the next without rest in-between. Vinyasa literally means "to link"; movements are linked one to the next and breath is linked to movement.
This style of yoga is a great compliment to our Hot classes. Some previous yoga experience is generally recommended for these classes, but other than Flow 2 classes (which is for intermediate to advanced students), all flow classes are all levels. Warm, but not hot, 85-90 degrees F. (BEGINNERS TO FLOW ARE ENCOURAGED TO START IN OUR WEEKLY FLOW 101 CLASS).