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Hip Openers Video from Yoga Journal Home Practice

May 17, 2010

Hip Openers = one of my favorite reasons for practicing yoga asana I don’t know why anyone would dread hip openers. I like them so much I often sit cross-legged (lotus or half lotus) in my chair at work. This is a short, but sweet hip opening sequence from Yoga Journal’s Live Mag channel. I just completed it, and feel very, very good. A nice sequence when you only have 20 minutes.

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Yoga Journal says:

Supple hips can ease back pain, give you a more agile gait, and may improve circulation in your legs. But there’s more, says San Francisco yoga teacher Stephanie Snyder. Like the junk drawer your house, the hips are where negative emotions, such as stress, fear, and sadness are energetically held. By doing hip-opening poses like Lunges, Pigeon Pose, Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose), Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose) and others, you free up that space for prana (life force) to move through your pelvis—and to clear out the emotional junk.

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It’s Time to Recycle Your Old Yoga Journals

April 17, 2010

Every few years I find my stack of yoga magazines piling up. Eventually I convince myself to pull out the scissors and cut out my favorite yoga articles, which I then place in three-ring binders for reference. I recycle the rest of the magazine. It’s a bit painful to chop up the magazines, but it certainly proves a useful exercise in non-attachment…

Happily, I recently discovered that every single page of Yoga Journal, all the way from issue number 1, which was 10 pages and cost 75 cents back in 1975, to the glossy-covered December 2008 issue, are chronicled on Google Books for our reading pleasure. Hundreds of issues available at the click of a button. The entire issue, for free! Certainly makes the eventual separation from the physical copy less difficult. I highly recommend checking out Yoga Journal on Google Books and enjoying a veritable journey through the history of yoga in the United States over the last 35 years. It’s definitely interesting to observe the evolution of the magazine cover.

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Yoga Journal LiveMag ~ Great for Home Practice Yogis

February 17, 2010

As I perused through Yoga Journal during the wee hours this morning, I noticed that the magazine had plans to introduce a new online video channel called “LiveMag,” described as “an online extension of the pages of the magazine.” It sounded interesting. I didn’t have time to look into it this morning, but when I checked my e-mail this evening I had a message from Yoga Journal that the first issue of LiveMag was available.

In the first edition (which corresponds to the March 2010 issue of the magazine), you can practice along with the video versions of the Home Practice and Master Class columns and watch a demo of a few of the Sun Salutation variations highlighted in the feature story “Shine on Me.”

Based on initial impression, LiveMag looks to be a great complementary feature to the printed asana instruction in the physical magazine. I definitely look forward to this and future editions. Here’s the videos of the Yoga Journal Editor’s introduction to LiveMag as well as the featured Home Practice article.

What do you think? Is this a useful feature for you?

Introduction to LiveMag | Yoga Journal Editor Kaitlin Quistgaard

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Home Practice Video Sequence | YogaJournal

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Guruji’s Simple Words ~ Wake Up, Practice Yoga

August 13, 2009

I sat down tonight to read a few pages in the September Yoga Journal and came across the many wonderful “reflections” paid tribute to Pattabhi Jois. In one of the reflections, David Williams recalls the introduction and training in Ashtanga yoga he received from “Guruji,” including one of Guruji’s early visits to America in 1975. After two months of teaching daily Mysore-style classes, Guruji had one night before returning home, and Williams sought parting words of wisdom.

I asked, “Guruji, you have seen my life, you have met my friends. As a big yogi to a little yogi, do you have any advice for me?”

“Yes,” Guruji replied. “Each morning wake up. Do as much yoga as you want. Maybe you’ll eat, maybe you’ll fast. Maybe you’ll sleep indoors, maybe you’ll sleep outdoors. The next morning, wake up. Do as much yoga as you want. Maybe you’ll eat, maybe you’ll fast. Maybe you’ll sleep indoors, maybe you’ll sleep outdoors. Practice yoga, and all is coming!“

Not only do I love that story (and all the rest of the tributes) for the great history it captures, but also for the truth of the philosophy conveyed in such simple words: