This time of year can feel like a nourishing soup for the soul: As we celebrate the harvest season here in the Bay Area, the days of Diwali begin and then blend into Halloween with the Day of the Dead close behind. We are celebrating the season at Adeline Yoga with an ofrenda for BKS … [Read more...] about Fall Celebrations at Adeline Yoga: Our Ofrenda for BKS Iyengar
Yoga Philosophy
Good Enough
by Peggy Kwisuk Hong you do not have to be strong enough nor limber enough nor smart enough you do not have to have the perfect balance of firmness and flexibility you do not have to have the answer to every problem you do not have to know it all by heart there is no such thing as … [Read more...] about Good Enough
Survey of Yoga Students Correlates Home Practice with Health and Happiness
Shared with the permission of blog author and Adeline Yoga Community member Marc Rumminger of http://www.marcsala.blogspot.com/ In his legendary “The Physiology of Taste“, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin writes “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” A recent survey of Iyengar … [Read more...] about Survey of Yoga Students Correlates Home Practice with Health and Happiness
Practicing With A Beginner’s Mind-Lauren Blackham
One reason I love Iyengar yoga and the process of studying to become a certified Iyengar teacher is because I am constantly reminded to have the mindset of a beginner. When I was studying with Lois Steinberg at the California Yoga Center in Mountain View a few weeks ago, she relayed a story to the … [Read more...] about Practicing With A Beginner’s Mind-Lauren Blackham
The Story of Heather’s Month in Pune
Geeta reminded us that we are all beginners at yoga. Today, she said something like, “You think I am not a beginner? I am! I begin each day, do I not? I start each day fresh. I do not know how my body will respond this particular day, so I practice and find out what it needs, what it can do. … [Read more...] about The Story of Heather’s Month in Pune