Category Archives: Mike’s Blog

Mike’s musings on matters yogic and other.

The Yoga “Journey”

By Mike | Published: December 19, 2011
I often hear or read people talking about their “Yoga Journey”. Today it occurred to me that this concept of a “journey” has a fundamental flaw. In essence, Yoga is about dwelling in the moment. Forget how good or bad you were yesterday or whether you will get that new asana tomorrow. Be totally in [...]
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No Difficulty

By Mike | Published: April 6, 2011
One of the wonderful things about teaching yoga is how much you learn from your students. I have a guy who has been coming to my classes regularly 3 times a week for over 10 years. He is a pleasure to have in class. He comes in and works his way slowly and surely through [...]
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First Master Asana – Part 2

By admin | Published: October 12, 2010
I am constantly receiving emails and requests to attend or advertise workshops that involve learning Meditation or Kirtan or Chanting or Pranayama or any of several other yoga related activities. These are all well intentioned and I always put the posters up at the shala, however, I should clarify my personal position. Guruji always said [...]
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So You Want to be a Yoga Teacher?

By admin | Published: March 23, 2010
Yoga is a lineage. What has this got to do with becoming a Yoga Teacher? The first step on this long journey, is to find a lineage, or method of presenting Yoga that you like and that resonates deeply with you. Yoga has always been passed from teacher to student and the teacher or method [...]
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The Un-Learning of Yoga

By admin | Published: March 10, 2010
Yoga is unlike any other study in that learning more about Yoga doesn’t necessarily make you better at it. Here is the anomoly. Yoga is the un-learning of everything into the “All Knowing”  Yoga is a practical science. Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice…..
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First, Master Asana

By admin | Published: February 14, 2010
My Guru, Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India said to me on numerous occasions “First, master asana, then take Pranayama. When you have mastered Pranayama, then take meditation”.
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