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Kaliyoga. yoga snarkyoga. yoga teachingyogic view of birth and deathyogini culthttp://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)Blogger441125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-7751482013956684667Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:59:00 +00002011-08-10T01:01:49.401-05:00I've moved to Wordpress...click the Vajrayogini to continue reading the ramblings of a yoga subversive. If you have LYJ blogrolled, please change your link to http://lindasyoga.com Thanking all my readers since 2005...see you there! http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/08/moving-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-3925675680667354542Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:55:00 +00002011-07-20T00:02:00.043-05:00Americanized yogabreath. pranayamaKrishnamacharya Yoga MandiramMark WhitwellSrivatsa Ramaswamivinyasa kramayogayoga and healing A letter from Sri.K. Pattabhi Jois to Yoga Journal, Nov. 1995 "It is unfortunate that students who have not yet matured in their own practice have changed the method and have cut out teh [sic] essence of an ancient lineage to accommodate their own limitations." "Spiritual Madness and Compassionate Presence" -- healing of mental suffering through the philosophy and practice of Yoga ‎"One of http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/07/yoga-miscellaneous-healing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-8481460508129169421Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:10:00 +00002011-07-02T16:14:14.873-05:00Dr. Bessel van der KolkmindfulnessMindfulness YogapranayamaThe Trauma Institutetrauma sensitive yogayoga and PTSD breath + movement = roots Psychologist Babette Rothschild has said: "Breath is a reminder of trauma. Sensory messages from muscle and connective tissue that remember a specific position, action, or intention can be sources of triggers. Accelerated heart rate and increased respiration can be implicit reminders of that same reaction that accompanied the trauma." As we talked about the breathhttp://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/07/trauma-sensitive-yoga-breathing-walking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-6143537562971913966Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:37:00 +00002011-06-29T07:39:03.600-05:00Dr. Bessel van der KolkThe Trauma Institutetrauma sensitive yogayoga and PTSD A trauma survivor can be an adult survivor of childhood abuse, a domestic violence survivor, a survivor of sexual assault, someone who was in a horrible car wreck or natural disaster, or a returning soldier with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) Basically, anyone who walks into your class. As teachers, we never know what a student's story is, either physically or psychologically. A “http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/06/walking-wounded-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-1964535076618137523Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:11:00 +00002011-06-28T16:39:53.946-05:00The Trauma Institutetrauma sensitive yogayoga and PTSD "The body keeps the score." - Dr. Bessel van der Kolk According to the teachers at my recent Trauma Sensitive Yoga training, 70-80% of the population have experienced some type of trauma, whether being in a war or a catastrophic car accident. This statistic comes from a collection of the clinical literature currently out there. Keeping that statistic in mind, think of your yoga class. In http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/06/walking-wounded-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-708783858318686960Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:23:00 +00002011-06-03T09:23:46.085-05:00asana practiceclassical yogaKrishnamacharyaSrivatsa Ramaswamivinyasa krama yoga Another newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami....enjoy &nbsp;When I was a student I had to study a course in Mathematics (or was it Physics or Engineering?) titled, “Statics and Dynamics.”&nbsp; That was the time Mathematics left me but I liked the name of the course which I am using as the title of the article. When I was young I used to be called “Soni Ramaswami” by many relatives, http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/06/wisdom-from-my-teacher-statics-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-7868033217988448828Tue, 31 May 2011 13:00:00 +00002011-05-31T08:00:25.935-05:00AdvaitaAhimsanandaBill Lindleynondualismspiritualityyoga Read this. And be awed. <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> addthis_pub = 'yogagal60510'; <!-- AddThis Button END -->http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/we-are-not-yogis-we-are-yoga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-5078061135085448429Tue, 24 May 2011 19:06:00 +00002011-05-24T18:36:59.076-05:00Alfred SchopenhauerasanadharmaIDProjectimpermanencePaul Grilleyyogayoga truths Hanumanasana is Overrated "From a standpoint where the purpose of Hatha yoga is to facilitate and maintain a healthy functioning body, there is no reason why a person would ever need to be able to do Hanumanasana. However unattached we may be in working towards it, the goal belies our better purpose. Touting images of flashy classical asana demonstrations as examples of “mastery” has led to ahttp://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-your-yoga-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-4371679473630355254Mon, 23 May 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-05-23T22:53:05.774-05:00BuddhadharmaFour Foundations of MindfulnessmindfulnessSarah Powersspiritual pathWill Kabat-Zinnyoga It always does my heart good when I hear a student talk about how yoga has helped them in their life. Most of the realizations I've heard are more about the non-physical than the physical, things on a deeper level than achieving an arm balance or handstand. I sit back and say to myself (or sometimes out loud), yes, they get it, someone has been paying attention! I've always said that yoga http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/dharma-of-doo-doo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-4317457738291130564Mon, 16 May 2011 15:50:00 +00002011-05-16T11:10:13.892-05:00AG MohanKrishnamacharyaMark Whitwellyogayoga teaching late July gardens, 2010 Last week on my birthday I listened to Mark Whitwell's talk on the new website Yoga Teacher Telesummit. I have to admit that I did not finish listening to his talk because my birthday arrived with gorgeous weather and I was compelled to practice my other yoga -- gardening. A beautiful day is wasted sitting in front of the computer even if it is spent listening to http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/it-bears-repeating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-4807614087189680337Mon, 09 May 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-05-09T09:00:04.024-05:00advaita vedantaawakeningenlightenmentlife with a hole in itspiritualityVernon HowardVicki Woodyard (thanks to the genius of Diane Arbus) Why doesn't awakening happen just like that? [visualize a finger snap.] Because then you would never know the pain and the joy of it. ####### "Houston, we have a problem. What’s that? you say. I listen to these advaita newbies who have suddenly awakened and think, “What part am I missing here?” I know my teacher would fall down laughing if it weren’t http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/houston-we-have-problem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-6738339804484974998Mon, 02 May 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-05-02T17:16:57.682-05:00advaita vedantaBhagavad Gitaclassic yoga textsclassical yogaKrishnamacharyaSrivatsa RamaswamiUpanishadsyogaYoga Makaranda Yes, even my yoga guru shuts up to do his practice: "...[the] English translation of my Guru Sri Krishnamacharya's Yoga Makaranda (I have the Tamil translation of the book for over 45 years and refer to it even today whenever I want to just shut up and listen to my Guru, Sri Krishnamacharya.)" Note:&nbsp; that's called humility...one of the aspects of a true yogi. Click here if you want to http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/05/wisdom-from-my-teacher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-5570080579280272660Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:35:00 +00002011-04-27T23:09:19.066-05:00Linda's Yoga JourneyTabatha Coffeyyogayoga blogsyoga writingB = Brave I = Intelligent T = Tenacious C = Creative H = Honest "Embracing your inner bitch...means that you're being strong and honest with yourself and those around you, and I think that's a good thing." Thanks to Tabatha for that! Yeah, you heard me. I'm back. But on a very limited basis. Since I stopped writing in February I can't tell you how many readers left comments on Facebook or http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/04/bitch-is-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-6394003396798815620Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:00:00 +00002011-02-13T13:45:15.236-06:00Americanized yogaturn out the lights the party's overyogayoga blogs. Linda's Yoga Journey original art Karin Bartimole "When you are truly genuine, there will invariably be people who do not accept you. And in that case, you must be your own badass self, without apology." (Katie Goodman) "Yoga is not for people who are interested in staying the same." (David Life) My decision to stop writing this blog came to me in India. I returned from India just last Thursday and myhttp://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2011/02/dropping-curtain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-260778472553261206Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:57:00 +00002010-12-28T11:13:44.208-06:00India travelstudying yoga Indiayoga upon first seeing Gangakondacholapuram, 2008&nbsp; My first OM was in 1973 with Beat Poet and Buddhist, Allen Ginsberg, and I drifted in and out of yoga during the ‘70s. It was only when I returned to a serious yoga practice in the mid-‘90s that everything clicked. I began yoga teacher training in 2002 at a traditional yoga studio in Chicago. I was a sponge soaking everything in, I could http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/12/call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-4823850875472679570Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:00:00 +00002010-12-27T22:46:44.472-06:00yoga is lifeyoga teaching My oh my, what a blessed year 2010 was...no apologies, no regrets, and always moving on. I started out in South India at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, flew to Kolkata where Kali Ma knocked me down, traveled to Bhubaneswar to meet the 64 Yoginis, and then spent 9 days at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Hardiwar where I jumped into the Ganges on Mahashivratri and met a swami of the highest order. http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/12/reflections-on-2010-and-ruminations-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-7415383572352964949Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:24:00 +00002010-12-04T23:58:43.838-06:00BuddhismHinduismhistory of yogasramanasStephen Copeyoga yogis I want to say from the onset that my writing is not meant to be a scholarly history of Hinduism and I won't get into any debates about what Hinduism is, who is a Hindu, etc. I am more than cognizant of the various Hindu gods and goddesses and know the difference between a Shaivite and a Vaishnavite (I'm partial to Murugan who is also known in Mahayana Buddhism as Skanda.) But all that http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-we-go-again-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-962281514018556177Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:18:00 +00002010-12-03T01:57:51.708-06:00Americanized yogaDeepak ChopraHinduismhistory of yogawho owns yogayogayoga debate Hindu blessing of cow, Rameswaram beach, 2006 Getting on the yoga merry-go-round again of the old debate on "who owns yoga?" and whether yoga springs from Hinduism. There's lots of stuff going on in the world but it must be a slow news day when the New York Times publishes another article with a dramatic title on the Hindu group that is stirring up the debate over yoga's soul. Then there http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-we-go-again-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-2637555396483913490Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:20:00 +00002010-11-05T13:20:30.241-05:00personal evolutionreal life yoga teachingyoga is life No, not yoga and evolution. Yoga and YOUR evolution. Change. I've been thinking a lot about what my student said in class the other night, about what she thinks "real yoga" is. It was her belief that mainstream yoga caters to this culture rather than trying to change this culture. To this student "real yoga" is about change on the micro- and macro- level. Or as I've heard Desikachar say, http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/11/yoga-and-evolutionary-process.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-1159418312417809485Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +00002012-07-22T09:19:09.514-05:00Americanized yogareal life yoga teachingyoga Last night in class I only had two students. Believe it or not, this no longer bothers me -- I show up and I teach. Despite how "mainstream" yoga people love to believe yoga is nowadays -- and I would really like someone to explain to me what mainstream is -- the number of students in class is diminishing. I'm not the only teacher in my area who finds this to be true. So since it was a http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-old-fashioned-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-2124510196344587025Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:26:00 +00002010-10-22T22:26:55.605-05:00save Tibet"In saving Tibet we prove the existence and power of the human spirit." Play this video forward on October 23. OM MANI PADME HUM addthis_pub = 'yogagal60510'; http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/10/save-tibet-free-tibet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-3223300591551197164Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:14:00 +00002010-10-18T01:27:23.392-05:00yoga inkyoga tattoos...I'm done. For now. The Yoga Ink Saga. Not as important as writing about the current state of yoga, but I'm tired....turning inward and slowly checking out. addthis_pub = 'yogagal60510'; http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/10/stick-fork-in-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-8452417862288789730Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:46:00 +00002010-10-01T16:12:45.944-05:00Domestic Violence Awareness Monthkarma yogareal life yoga teachingsevayoga for domestic violenceI am a survivor.That is why my seva is at my local domestic violence shelter for almost 10 years now. It is my favorite class to teach because my students are also my teachers. Someone you know is a survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, or both.Consider these facts --Domestic Violence:Half of all married women in the United States are physically abused at some time in their http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-8922657789665649106Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:59:00 +00002010-09-27T13:06:38.884-05:00advaita vedantaAvadhuta GitaMoojiyoga"(The Atma) is not even in name different (from the Brahm.) It is not hidden in the high words (of the Vedas.) O Friend! How can I call it uniform or varied? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills." Avadhuta Gita, 4.13"Know me to be free from one and all. For me there is neither the Maya nor its opposite. How can I be said to have anything to do with the Sandhya and other http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/09/listen-and-then-listen-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-925106001591226518Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:26:00 +00002010-09-26T23:34:05.225-05:00personal transformationRumiyogaChickpea to Cook~Jalaluddin Rumi(translated by Coleman Barks)A chickpea leaps almost over the rim of the potwhere it's being boiled."Why are you doing this to me?"The cook knocks him down with the ladle."Don't you try to jump out.You think I'm torturing you.I'm giving you flavor,so you can mix with spices and riceand be the lovely vitality of a human being."Remember when you drank rain in the http://lindasyoga.blogspot.com/2010/09/because-yoga-cooks-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda-Sama)2