Tag: I-can’t-breathe

  • Elevation by Breath

    In a lifetime practice, the yogi inhabits a ritual container where they are steeped in hours of wordless, focused being.  In a deep breath and release, the gathering-round is moved by that which has not yet had the luminous drained from its presentation; and in its sound, a mystery of centuries in the awful exhale…

  • Yogatecture: the elegant arc of change

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  • TRANSFORMING THE EMOTIONAL BODY

      68th published yoga article, Issue 187 ASANA JOURNAL   Louie Netz, Director for Harley-Davidson’s Styling and Graphics Department once said, “Form and function both report to emotion.” It’s likely when observing a yoga pose, or the stylish symmetry of a Harley-Davidson taking a curve, to believe motorcycles are about speeding through curves and yoga…

  • Plank challenge.

     Time to defend my title?  

  • MANTRA FOR ME AND YOU

    Read my 64th Yogainspirationals published by Sivana East, by following the link under article snippet below. The power of a word has always been recognized by schools of spirituality and in leadership studies. In the Christian Gospel of John, one reads “In the beginning was the Word.” The Rik Veda strikes the same tone, “In…

  • YOGA BREATH, BREATH OF LIFE

    Workshop at MOTTO YOGA, Sunday July 29, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 7529 S. POWER RD. Suite 101, QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA  480-819-YOGA Pre register for this two-hour workshop at http://www.mottoyoga.com Participants in this workshop will engage the dynamic force of their own breath – yoga’s therapeutic – through breathing exercises and healing sound, asana linked…

  • Yoga Inspirationals: The Western Diaspora

    The movement became unpredictable, and while nobody took credit, yoga unveiled a curtain and people looked through the mirror to a radiance within. Westlanders were distracted; they didn’t listen to gurus and didn’t read books, but they took to their mats and became present with themselves. They remembered their joy and opened like the petals…

  • Slow Down and Breathe

      Slow Down and Breathe Yogis have been attempting to articulate the importance of pranayama for centuries, and the effort is still relevant because when a person starts yoga it doesn’t take long for them to realize its a breath centric practice which changes everything. The practice of pranayama is an important observance by itself,…

  • Between the Wheels, on the Twin, Behind the Windshield

    Recovered from Arizona Bike Week at Westworld last week where I co-led 25 DEMO tours in five days for Moto Guzzi. Was it hot? Hahahahaha. Here is the Holy (or not so) Trinity of Harley-Davidson’s owned by yours truly in the forms of creator, motivator, and generator. Wildfire, Feb. 4, 2000 – April 6, 2016. Biggie,…

  • Starting Yoga Teacher Training

    I’m starting a yoga teacher training program this Saturday in Pine, Arizona. It’s been five years since I first walked into a yoga room in Hawaii, and during that time, I’ve learned from many teachers practicing at 12 studios in four states. I’ve also been fortunate to attend three yoga workshops outside of regular classes,…