Q: I've been coming to Yoga class regularly, and it's really had a profound effect on my life. What is the next step for me to deepen my practice of Yoga?
A: The group Yoga class is a preparation (purvangam) so that you are fit and ready for the Sadhana personal develop trainings or the Yoga Teacher trainings, if that is your dharma.
Patanjali, the great sage who compiled Yoga from the Vedas between 2,000 - 2,500BC, says that a regular daily Yoga practice will give you the siddhi-s...
Q: Chanting helps me focus, what does it all mean? I really enjoy coming to Yoga classes at Yoga Awareness. The chanting we do at the beginning of class always helps me focus, and leads me into a more internal awareness. I was wondering though, what does it all mean? Do you have an English translation?
A: The 'Saha Na' chant is a non-sectarian and non-religous invocation that is typically chanted before every class starts. This in an invocation made between the Teacher and the Student...
Q: What style of Yoga do you teach?
A: I teach Raja Yoga, which means to shine the mind. The purpose of Yoga is meditation and to best achieve this we need to:
1. prepare the physical body, which requires the appropriate asana-s (postures) so that you can sit comfortably with an erect spine.
2. prepare the energetic body, so that our prana (lifeforce) is balanced and calm.
3. prepare the mind so that our thoughts are reduced and my attention is moving inwards.
With this stability...