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The Foundation of Steadiness and Ease in Yoga

The Foundation of Steadiness and Ease in Yoga

By Sarah Powers Patanjali’s linked concepts of “sthira” and “sukha” — steadiness and ease — can help structure your teaching. Learn how situating your instruction between these two poles can help your students find harmony. In describing the qualities of asana with...
What is Prānāyāma?

What is Prānāyāma?

By Gary Kraftsow According to theories in neuroscience, the evolutionary origin of the limbic system is linked to the sense of smell and can be traced to that part of the limbic brain known as the olfactory lobe. It is primarily through the sense of smell that animals...

So Hum Meditation with Sri Dharma Mittra

Sri Dharma Mittra explains the So Hum meditation. So Hum is said to be the mantra that we are born with. It is the mantra of the breath. In many traditions this will be the first mantra that a student is given, because as it were, he or she already has access to it....

Can Yoga Heal a Broken Heart?

There are many ways that we become heartbroken. It can be from years of failed relationships, a betrayal from a partner, the loss of a loved one, divorce, abandonment, disappointment, even loneliness. Some of our heartbreaks are so deep that it feels as though we may...