From the category archives:

simple living

Living Yoga

May 25, 2008

Logo for the film, Living Yoga, the life and teachings of Swami Satchidananda Living Yoga looks like an interesting documentary exploration of the history of yoga in the West. I always love Woodstock footage. My mother-in-law went to Woodstock, which makes me laugh every time I think about it.

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Yoga for Men

January 21, 2008

I love books! I especially love free books! If you don’t mind reading books in PDF format, I ran across Yoga for Men by Thomas Claire on Scribd. It’s probably not the top book on my list of places to start reading about yoga, but it’s pretty hard to beat free! In perusing the book, I was surprised at how much information Yoga for Men contained, especially concerning different styles of yoga. While some of the information is targeted towards men, most of the book just deals with yoga subjects that would appeal to anyone interested in yoga. One of my favorite parts of the book was the depth of resources the author provided for further study. If you’re looking for a good list of yoga books to read, I highly recommend checking out the additional resources at the end of each chapter.

There are quite a few books uploaded on Scribd (some yoga related), making it a decent place to look if you want to preview a book. I also found Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, one of my all-time favorites. If you’ve never read it, you’ll eventually end up buying you’re own copy. I like the Scribd version because I can put it on my Pocket PC for reading late at night in bed. Good stuff!

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How to Listen

September 25, 2007

“When we listen as if we were in a temple and give attention to one another as if each person were our teacher, honoring his or her words as valuable and sacred, all kinds of great possibilities awaken. Even miracles can happen. To act in the world most effectively, our actions cannot come from our small sense of self, our limited identity, our hopes, and our fears. Rather, we must listen to a greater possibility and cultivate actions connected with our highest intentions from the patient and compassionate Buddha within us. We must learn to be in touch with something greater than ourselves, whether we call it the Tao, God, the dharma, or the law of nature. There is a deep current of truth that we can hear. When we listen and act in accordance with this truth, no matter what happens, our actions will be right.”

—Jack Kornfield, from A Path With Heart

Learning to Listen

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Yoga Journal's New Look

September 17, 2007

Been over to Yoga Journal.com lately? I’m not going to lie and say that I’ve spent a lot of time over there, but I have noticed that there’s been a major update on the site. So far I’m pretty impressed. Somebody at Yoga Journal finally realized that a community oriented site attracts viewers more frequently and for a longer duration, which obviously equates to increased advertising revenue.

It’s now possible to leave comments on articles or save favorite articles to a profile. Equally impressive is the Sequence Builder that makes it possible to create customized yoga workouts. Plus, if you think you’ve put together the perfect routine, you can choose to share the sequence with other members of the community. You can even save notes for each of the poses. My only complaint is that you can’t click on the images for a detailed description of the pose. Oh well.

I’m sure there are a lot of other great new features, but I’ll let you head over to YJ to check them out for yourself.