Pregnancy is a beautiful time to be doing yoga. Not only does it prepare your body for labor and post-partum, but it can keep you strong, supple and spacious as your body shifts shape to make room for your little loved one.… Read more
Category: asana
Moving from the Heart
What does it mean to move from the heart?
💫To move from my heart means to move from the place of knowing that lies beneath the desires of my ego and the chatter of my mind.
💫 It means to move in a way that is authentic to my own body and its needs, accounting for its history, its sensitivities, its strong & weak spots and not someone else’s.… Read more
Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival in Hunter, NY – Nov. 2-4, 2018
Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival 2018
November 2-4, 2018
Save the date for a festival weekend at Hunter Mountain in New York. 2018 details coming soon.
Cultivate More Joy in the Practice
Cultivate More Joy in the Practice
In his beautiful and influential book, Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, Erich Schiffmann instructs yoga practitioners to cultivate joy and ease in the practice. Every time there’s a push, he advises, we do well to find a yielding.… Read more
Quelling Thought Waves – Inhabiting the Body
Quelling Thought Waves: Inhabiting the Body
Have you ever had a moment when you felt perfectly at peace? when time seemed to stop? when duties, obligations, and worry fell by the wayside leaving you whole and unfettered, happy and free?
For too many of us, these moments happen only rarely, briefly, or never at all.… Read more
Rhythm Riding with Nataraja
Free Your Heart this Winter
Guided by the original rhythm rider, Nataraj.
I don’t know where you live, but here in the Hudson Valley winter can be both beautiful and terrible. Forecasters are calling for one of the coldest, snowiest seasons yet, and despite everyone’s preparation measures (like new snow tires and even face masks), we all seem to be caught off guard in the thick of it.… Read more
Why Do Asana?
Yes, we twist and sweat. We grunt and sigh. We fly and fall, flop down and recover. But why oh why? What is it all for?!?
Asana practice is nothing less than preparation for liberation of the soul. By helping us shed body consciousness, it makes up one small part of a path that ultimately leads to freedom, joy, bliss, and wholeness.… Read more