Hello Friends, I hope this newsletter finds you all healthy and well! It’s already mid-April and time to look ahead to May, even briefly, to make our plans for the coming season. I’ve just updated my website with the details for our May-June yoga sessions. The schedule and pricing remains the same: May-June sessions … [Read more…]
Hello Friends, and Happy Heart Month! (Yes, admittedly Heart Month is almost over… but it’s never too late to celebrate love and gratitude!) Hoping this newsletter finds you well. Below you will find some February Reflections, followed by a few announcements about upcoming programs and sessions. Recent weeks have found me thinking about “new possibilities”… … [Read more…]
It’s almost the New Year! Best wishes to all! Read below to learn more about the first Sage Leaf Yoga events of 2022… Relax into the New Year with kirtan band SOULHUM, January 2nd @ 4pm Ever feel like you want to relax, but you’re not quite sure how to get there? Maybe you try … [Read more…]
November is around the corner! We flip the calendar page, and begin a new month in our lives. Of course, it can be a month like any other. But it can also be a special month. A month when we try something new, or commit to a new endeavour, or return to a project or … [Read more…]
Dear Readers, You may have noticed a rather long absence from this blog space. I’ve been maintaining monthly communications – albeit brief ones – via my newsletter to inform You of upcoming events and classes, but the once weekly flow of Yoga Reflections has been on a long pause. I’ve missed it. The past year … [Read more…]
I have not written in three weeks! I have been swept up in reviewing and updating my website and planning the next few months of yoga and life. I’ve decided take a break from blogging till the end of the year, because of a project I want to undertake. If all goes according to plan, … [Read more…]
Why would anyone want to meditate? What is it for? And how do you do it anyway? These are great questions – beyond the scope of one blogpost, but I will at least address one part of this question: Why do I meditate, personally? 1/ Because I want to be able to use my mind … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been reading the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. This ancient Indian text was written about 400 CE in Sanskrit. It contains 196 aphorisms – sūtras, or “threads” – that present the essence of yoga. It is a concise manual, at times enigmatic in its conciseness, that begins with the premise that 1.2 Yoga is … [Read more…]
The beginning of your life was in the mother’s breath. Your first small words are taught from her lips. She is your first teacher and Guru. It is she who wiped your first tears. – Swami Sivananda, “Bliss Divine” As Mother’s Day approaches, I find myself reflecting on the Mothers in my life. I think, … [Read more…]
When, like a tortoise withdrawing his limbs, one withdraws each and all of the senses from their objects, his wisdom is established. – Bhagavad Gītā, 2.58 prati = away from or against āhāra = food; what we take in through our senses; external influences pratyāhāra = withdrawal from external influences; sense withdrawal Those of you … [Read more…]