Self-Imagine a New Yoga
How does yoga imagine itself? What actions or standards create the representation of a yogi? Is everyone who stretches, breaths and meditates a yogi? What level of flexibility do I need? Do I need to have long hair, call myself a hippie and go to India to study with a guru? Or wear trendy brands, […]
Quick Bio-Hack to Rise Early for Yoga
Sleep! Dream! Lucid dream and create! Do anything but become sleep deprived! In yoga, there will be endless debate about lifestyle habits and how to perform asana (types of yoga sequences.) There will never be any agreement on the right way to do meditation, pranayama, ways to approach the practice (mindset), and larger meaning of […]
The Hunter and Yoga
The winds blow beauty, knowledge, and offerings in front of us every day, the distracted and desperate yogi, however, will pass those gifts. Our mind yearns and worries for the end of the hunt, to attain an advanced yoga posture, quit our job to be a yoga teacher or discover the truths of the universe. […]
The Next Three Months of Savvy Zen
The next three months are going to be super fun. I would like to state my intentions in this article. Commitment, flow, connection, and completion are the main values I am manifesting into my life for this process. I want to keep this very heart-centered and stay away from the typical marketing strategies that are popular in […]
What is the Best Bhagavad Gita Translation for Yoga?
The Bhagavad Gita is a treasured text in the east. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the main scientists involved in the Manhattan project learned Sanskrit to be able to read the Gita in it’s original language. He quoted the Gita routinely as protests against how the US government was handling their power after WW2. REST OF […]
Ten Rules To Beat Procrastination In Yoga
Subscribe to our weekly email list Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog; you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long. A […]
My Favorite Visualization for Personal Development in Yoga
My favorite yoga visualization for personal development is a powerful tool not just for yoga, but all aspects of life. First I relax in a quiet room with no distractions. I ground my mind by first seeing myself from an out of body point of view. Once I have a clear picture of myself, I […]
When to Drink Coffee for Yoga
Coffee Wars in Yoga Last week a yogi drank coffee and reached enlightenment. In the same week a yogi drank coffee and lost all his built-up kundalini. Loose pseudo-science spews propaganda about coffee on yoga blogs and in yoga books. Yoga poses are a sport and coffee is a great athletic supplement. However, the science […]
Why Vegans and the Paleo Diet Need to Team Up
Vegans and the Paleo diet have been at war for a decade. The problem is that vegans and paleo diet followers need each other to accomplish their goals of ending slaughterhouses, the reduction of animal deaths, and the creation of sustainable farms. Both dietary groups have shot up in popularity at a phenomenal rate as […]
The Steps to Samadhi
“Do not let anyone challenge you by saying “who are you to experience these states?” We are all children of the Divine and, as such, we deserve to let go of unworthiness and experience Samadhi” -Gregor Maehle There is an end point in yoga. You cannot hold onto a magical pose forever, or achieve an […]
