“Nothing is little to him who feels it with great sensibility.”– Samuel Johnson Coach leads visiting Intensive Students; Todd and Amy from Oregon through an Ujjayi-based Ai Imawa session on ‘Red Fox Deck’ after a morning meditation focusing on this pivotal “Vayu Amplification Breath,” known as Ujjayi Pranayama. This posture shown above is called, “Meeting […]
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“Ragin” RJ after another sweat-soaked HP Yoga class at Mark Blanchard’s studio in Studio City, CA. Below, he sent us a wonderful, inspirational moment through one of his former ultra-racing teammates. ***Hey you all!Just heard from Ignacio Aronovich. Ignacio (i call him ‘Iggy’) is the photographer for Team Brazil I still keep contact with. He […]
The more often you listen to your discriminating awareness, the more easily you will be able to change your negative moods yourself, see through them, and even laugh at them for the absurd dramas and ridiculous illusions that they are.Gradually you will find yourself able to free yourself more and more quickly from the dark […]
blessings my El Coache and thank you for your wisdom, A question. mental cleanliness? I am taking your teaching that mental cleanliness precedes other states like calmness to mean something akin to “the body follows the mind.” Mental chatter, busyness , distraction, confusion all lead to those states in the body as well. Is this […]
after my effort on Imogene Pass, it was hang time with Ananda in my beloved Ouray…since water seemed to be the theme of this trip, a gentle “Active Recovery” hike with Ananda up to Cascade Falls seemed to be in order…we sat right beneath the falls and did some Pranayam before splashing about in the […]
the picture quality of the photographs below relates to two things;1) i could only use my camera phone, and2) my effort so great, that only my Love for you produced the extra chi to stop and take these few pictures… * special thanks to Ananda for picking my ass up in Ouray andto HP Yogini […]
Dear Coach, just read Part 2 of the Telluride Training Diaries on DL. love the waterfall image! check out the image i’ve attached: look familiar? ‘course, the artist had to use paint to create his image; you use sweat, breath, Pran, effort to create your Work of Living Art. your DL entry of today…, this […]
“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”– Elbert Hubbardphoto by coach of “Trout Lake” on the descent into Telluride from Lizard Head Pass “Ananda gaze.” The town of Telluride hunkers in the wet valley below as we begin the ascent of Black Bear Pass.As we climbed toward the massive waterfall, […]
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