The Magazine of Yoga

It’s hard to make spiritual art in the 21st century. It’s easy to get sentimental and it’s easy to get fundamental.

My defining moment which led me to my work in the world, was choosing to let go of what everyone else desired my work in the world to be and what I thought I had to do for everyone else.

It might sound like I’m gushing, but the results I see all around me prove every word to be true: since I’ve partnered with YAMA, both my prosperity and prospects have skyrocketed.

“It’s actually very empowering, exciting and beautiful that there IS a yoga industry because it means we as consumers are desiring wellbeing.”

Being a yoga teacher is about service, making an impact and elevating consciousness. Our job is conveying our message clearly and making it accessible to those who are eager to learn.

Mark Singleton talks about his upcoming appearance at YogaWorks. “The time is ripe for scholars and yoga practitioners to engage in dialogue.”

I’m not saying we should criticize people who come to yoga to lose weight – I’m saying as teachers we should find ways to meet people where they are.

Curvy Yoga can fill a gap in not only teachers’ understanding of how to teach asana for curvy students, but also how we shape our language around body image on the mat.

Acknowledging and engaging multiple views is not an academic exercise. Actually, it’s the point.

You want to be sure if you’re going to push against something, you know what it is you’re pushing against, and why. You’re not going to subvert somebody’s theory if you don’t even know what that theory is.

Is physical practice a very important piece of this? Absolutely. Is the physical practice that’s been handed down from previous generations suitable for this generation? It’s at least open to serious question.

It is increasingly clear that ‘a muscle’ is a dead duck concept. There is one mind, and really, just one muscle in 600 fascial pockets.