Ten days ago, the New York Times published an opinion piece by senior science writer William J. Broad entitled “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”. The responses to this article have numbered in the tens, possibly in the hundreds. Yoga practitioners are miffed—and for good reason. Read More »»
Posts Tagged ‘Asana’
Yoga, Injuries, and William J. Broad’s Trainwreck
Posted on January 15th, 2012 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.Should Men Have Their Own Yoga Classes?
Posted on November 18th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
Even after the yoga revolution of recent years, women still dominate the yoga scene. We’re the majority in the classrooms, we’re on the covers of the yoga magazines, and we make up the bulk of the teacher trainings. Yoga has become known as a woman’s activity. And some people have been trying to change that. Read More »»
Do Yoga and Alcohol Mix?
Posted on October 2nd, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
I gave up drinking within about a year of starting to do yoga. It wasn’t a moral issue. But with regular asana practice, I simply began to see more clearly what the alcohol was doing to my body. And it wasn’t pretty. Read More »»
Q&A: Leslie Howard On the Pelvic Floor and Yoga
Posted on October 2nd, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
Leslie Howard is a Bay Area-based yoga teacher who runs workshops nationally that teach women about the muscles and potential dysfunctions of the pelvic floor. She talked to The Sacred Cow this month about misconceptions and realities of the pelvic floor and whether or not modern yogis should be practicing mula bandha at all. Read More »»
Do You Have (or have something against) Yoga Fashion?
Posted on September 14th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
I spent this past weekend again at the incredible Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree: Four days of chanting, yoga-ing, and dancing in the desert. It was an amazing, loving, exuberant, and healthy atmosphere. But it was also, like many large yoga events these days, a bit of a fashion show. Read More »»
Does Your Yoga Tradition Matter?
Posted on September 1st, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
In modern culture, choosing a style of yoga is akin to strolling through the ice cream section at the local co-op natural foods grocer. The choices are many and everything looks good. But why are there so many styles of asana these days? And does it truly matter which one you do? Read More »»
Q&A: Teja Bell On the Intersection Between Aikido, Qigong, and Yoga
Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
Teja Bell has been steeped in martial arts for more than 40 years. He is a 5th degree black belt in Aikido, and teaches Qigong and Aikido throughout the world. He also teaches Buddhist meditation, and is an ordained Rinzai Zen Priest. He talked with The Sacred Cow about the intersection between yoga, qigong, and Buddhist meditation—and how the practices can serve each other. Read More »»
Is Asana Enough?
Posted on August 16th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
I read an article once in a magazine that had this headline: “Is Asana Enough?” The article was about whether or not practicing yoga was enough for someone to stay in prime physical shape. But that’s not what this piece is about. I’m wondering if asana is all one needs for a yoga practice. Read More »»
Should Your Teacher Be Your Friend?
Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
In the early traditions of yoga, your teacher was your master, and you’d sit at his feet and obey what you were told. The teacher was the guru, someone who had reached a higher level than you, someone you revered and, to a degree, probably also feared. The guru and the student probably did not go out for lattes and discuss their respective romantic relationships. Read More »»
Attached to Your Practice—Or Just Disciplined?
Posted on July 16th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
We practice yoga and meditation for many reasons, one of which is to let go of our attachments to emotions, relationships, and habitual patterns and addictions. But what if we start to develop an attachment to our practice? And how do we know if it’s an attachment—or if it’s discipline? Read More »»
