-
To react or respond
Last week I got angry, not angry with the atrocities taking place in the world (that is a different kind of anger) but a full-blown Ego lead anger; I was being treated unfairly and unjust and I was not having it! But as an eager student of Yoga and the Vedanta, still in the midst…
-
Smell the roses (or…)
Just the other week, under a starlit sky in Provence, with the mild night breeze floating amongst the olive trees like a seductive whisper, one could for a moment think that the world is a beautiful place. This world, us humans playing out our experienced existence under the watchful eye of Mother Earth. But I…
-
I’ll bring you cake…
If I had promised you a cake and I presented you, on a plate, a block of (vegan) butter, would you accept this as cake? Would you not say, ‘this is not cake, this is butter’? To which I would reply ‘there is butter in cake, and I like the butter the most, so I…
-
Creating shapes on the mat
If you google (or use alternative search engine…) ‘what does Yoga mean’, you will most likely not find “doing acrobatics on a mat” or “putting your body into the shape of a pretzel”. Most practitioners of yoga-asana do have some knowledge about what yoga is and where it comes from; and that it [really]…
-
To touch or not to touch
Assist and adjust in the Yoga-asana practice. Anyone who comes to my class regularly knows that I offer assists and adjustments. I always give students an honest opportunity to opt out, and I try to make it absolutely clear that there is no judgment on not wanting to be touched. There can be a million…
Tiril Yoga 