Sri Dharma Mittra has devoted much of his life to service and teaching. In 1967, he founded the Yoga Asana Center in New York City, which is known today as the Dharma Yoga Center, and he’s been teaching weekly classes and offering his wisdom there ever since. The Sacred Cow talked to Dharma this month about ahimsa and vegetarianism. Read More »»
Posts Tagged ‘Discipline’
Q&A: Sri Dharma Mittra on Ahimsa and Vegetarianism
Posted on December 27th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.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 »»
A Vacation … From Yoga?
Posted on July 4th, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
It’s Fourth of July … or Christmas, or spring break. You’re leaving behind your job and your daily routines to take a pause from life and your myriad responsibilities. Yes! It’s a good thing to do, no doubt. But temporarily letting go of your regular routine may also mean letting go of your regularly scheduled yoga classes or home practice. For most of us, a vacation from work can also mean a vacation from yoga. Read More »»
Not in the Mood for Yoga?
Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
Even yogis have bad moods. Just because we have a mindfulness practice doesn’t mean crappy stuff doesn’t happen. A lousy day at work. A breakup. An unsettling email. Or maybe someone steals your parking spot as you’re trying to make it to—of all things—a yoga class. And then suddenly, things feel terribly wrong. And, of course, sometimes nothing happens and things still feel terribly wrong. Read More »»
Welcome to The Sacred Cow
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
Welcome to The Sacred Cow! This is a new blog that I have developed in conjunction with Pranamaya to further the company’s mission of creating thoughtful and unique conversations about yoga.
If you aren’t already familiar with Pranamaya, it’s an innovative San Francisco-based company that creates one-of-a-kind media—mostly DVDs—with modern yoga masters like Sri Dharma Mittra, Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, and Gary Kraftsow. The company was founded in 2002 by longtime friends Ian Albert and Mark Holmes to capture the teachings of these great thinkers and practitioners, and offer those teachings to the world. Read More »»
Q&A: Mark Horner on Preparatory Practices
Posted on July 10th, 2010 by Karen Macklin — Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
This month, The Sacred Cow talks to Mark Horner, a San Francisco Bay Area-based Shadow Yoga teacher, about the importance of preparatory work in asana practice.
Preparatory work consists of simple, yet dynamic movements and positions that are given to a student to practice before he or she even begins an asana practice. They are an important part of Shadow Yoga, which was developed by master teacher Zhander Remete and is an evolving style of yoga that draws from the shared principles of Hatha Yoga and self-cultivating arts like martial arts and dance.
