Ayurveda, the Vedic wisdom of life tells us about five elements. Five principles of matter. Those five cosmic principles are ether, air, fire, water, and earth. These five elements are not to be understood as the scientific elements. For example, ether has nothing to do with the chemical compound with the same name. Likewise, the […]
Hatha yoga is mainly an umbrella term for all types of physical yoga practices. Bikram Yoga is a type of Hatha yoga. It is quite new compared to thousands of years old yoga history. It was only created during the late 20th century. Yes, we are focusing on physical practices when we say Hatha yoga […]
Many students that are choosing a teacher training are often wondering what the major differences are between these two very popular styles. The first thing to remember is that yoga is yoga!! whatever label it wears is more about how things are being sequenced but the principal and foundations of the practice are coming from the […]
By now if you have been practicing yoga you have most likely heard the name B.K.S Iyengar. The man responsible for the yoga style called: Iyengar Yoga. So who is this man and what can we expect when we find ourselves in a Iyengar class? B.K.S Iyengar one of the early students of the great yoga legends Krishnamacharya. […]
The chakras provide a map to show imbalances. This holistic system, when healthy, acts as an integrated whole maintaining our equilibrium. A chakra becomes dysfunctional from receiving too little or too much life force. This effects its frequency, causing overactivity or sluggishness, which impacts the rest of the system, and causes dysfunctional behaviours. Lack of love in […]
Some of us have been in a yoga class and received physical adjustment and felt good. Some of us have been in the same situation and it felt bad. It seems like the same adjustment can bring different results. Why does the touch feel different? Is there different kind of touch? Before going into the various types […]
There has been a fair amount of hype in recent years about the potential for injury in yoga. While this hasn’t taken the wind from the sails of the yoga boom, it has driven some to “safer” western forms of exercise and other alternatives like Pilates. And to be honest, if exercise is the only […]
In Hindu mythology Shiva is pictured in many different forms. One of the most well-known of these is in his role as Nataraja, the ‘cosmic dancer’. As the cosmic dancer, Shiva is often shown with cobras around his neck, balancing on top of a small dwarf and surrounded by fire. Although this seems like a fearsome […]
Wheel Pose, which goes by the names Chakrasana and Urdhva Danurasana, can look like the arc of a rainbow. It represents the rainbow bridge of the chakras, psycho-energetic fields that can be thought of as vortexes of subtle energy that ascend along the length of the spine. Were our hands and feet to meet in Wheel Pose, we […]