Archive for 2009/04


Yoga Goes to the Dogs

Thanks to my friend, Gordon Heady, for linking me up to this new perspective:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/fashion/09fitness.html?hp
I have mixed feelings about this - its funny and I love dogs, however its just another example of how far away from the truth of yoga we seem to have gone in this thrill-seeking, trend-driven (yet innovative!) country.  Then again, its [...]

Yoga OFF the Mat - New Program Launch

Yoga Off The Mat
You know that great feeling you have right after a yoga class when your body is unwound and your heart is open?  And then you come back into the real world where demands spring up all around you and there is a hurried sense to race against your day?
Is it possible to [...]

Ayurvedic Health - the 6 tastes

A great Article from Banyan Botanicals:

The Six Tastes of Ayurvedic Nutrition
by Shannon Mooney

The first interaction of a food or herb with the body begins with the tongue and the sense of taste, or rasa. Ayurveda describes six tastes by which all foods can be generally categorized. They are: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and [...]