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A View Into The Window

Sue SalaniukEach week in my classes I try to introduce a quote or thought that is relevant to yoga practice. This ‘blog’ is a place for me to expand on the ideas and for community participation. The philosophical concepts underlying yoga are complex; I certainly have no claim to understanding them well. But as a group perhaps we can come to a deeper level of knowledge. Sue

A Week of Classes

February 8, 2014 by Sue Leave a Comment

Continuing On  2/3 - 2/8 Three classes with Prashant and three with Geeta, including last night’s pranayama. The week has flown by. The classes with Prashant meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:00 am. But to get a place where I have a chance to hear much I need to get there about 6:35, ... Read More »

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First Days In India, 2014

February 7, 2014 by Sue Leave a Comment

Arriving and Settling In: 1/31- 2/2/2014 Has India changed? No, and yes. The aroma in the air is familiar even before the plane lands, it is distinctive. I find I recognized the airport and how to negotiate through customs while bleary eyed and jet lagged. This can be no small feat; trying to keep ... Read More »

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Coordinating the Mind and Body

March 19, 2012 by Sue Leave a Comment

Coordinating the Mind and Body

Stand in Tadasana. Then bring the arms to Gomukasana, first holding the palms with the fingers pointing downwards. Stay there. Keep the shoulder bones relaxed and rolling forward, the elbows relaxed for now. Press the palms together evenly and spread the wrists, lengthen the thumbs. After a few ... Read More »

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Today’s Practice

February 4, 2012 by Sue Leave a Comment

Today's Practice

"A paradox is only the truth standing on its head to attract attention." - - - G.K. Chesterton ... Read More »

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Effortless Effort

January 16, 2012 by Sue Leave a Comment

Effortless Effort

Sutra I.47 prayatna saithilya ananta sampattibhyam Perfection in an asana is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless and the infinite being within is reached. B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on the Yoga Sutras p 159 Earlier in the fall our classes looked at the second ... Read More »

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Winter Solstice

December 21, 2011 by Sue Leave a Comment

Winter Solstice

What a joy it is to come to the Winter Solstice and know that the sun is returning. The short, days can be hard to live through, often we feel that there isn't enough time to get done what we want and the short daylight only exasperates the feeling. I think there is also an inner need to hibernate ... Read More »

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Stillness

November 7, 2011 by Sue Leave a Comment

Stillness

Be in Adho Mukha Virasana (child's pose), supported well with your head and buttocks on the same level, rest your hands next to your hips.  Let yourself go. "All movement is derived from and returns to stillness.  The quiet breathing body folded over itself in a forward bend is an expression of ... Read More »

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“If the root is weak, the tree cannot be strong.”

October 31, 2011 by Sue Leave a Comment

If the root is weak, the tree cannot be strong

"When you are over stretching somewhere to get the optimum movement, have you ever noticed that you are also giving too little attention to other parts of the body? That disturbs the body and makes it shake. If the root of a tree is weak, the tree itself cannot be strong." _ _ B.K.S. Iyengar The ... Read More »

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Conation

October 2, 2011 by Sue Leave a Comment

Conation

Conation: Effort, volition, impulse Last week we looked briefly at a definition of yoga and of Mr Iyengar's translation of Sutra I.2. In that he says that consciousness has three functions, one of which is 'conation'. It is not a well used word. So this week I thought to clarify it a little, and ... Read More »

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What Is Yoga?

September 29, 2011 by Sue Leave a Comment

What is Yoga?

What is yoga? Why do we bother to practice, to tangle ourselves up, to overcome the tightness, to grip the looseness? We are beginning our fall session and with that we will look at the question of "what is yoga?" The best way to begin is to look to the source, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and ... Read More »

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