The Yoga Life--Questions

Do yoga and meditation change our lives? Are there any long-term benefits? Do yoga and meditation make us happier human beings? Do we become more productive? Do we become more our authentic selves?

The Yoga Life--Twist & Shout

The Yoga Life--Stretching

The Yoga Life--Chi/Energy

It is all about energy. Western science deals with skeletons and blood circulation. But if you think about it, something must make the blood circulate. What gets things going? What is the life spark? Eastern philosophies acknowledge the role of blood, bones, and tissues, but asks further questions. And the answer is that energy is real. It moves in our bodies--it moves us...

The Yoga Life--Core Issues

The Yoga Life--Meditation

Meditation is an integral part of yoga. That's because if we can't still the mind, it has control over us. Sometimes, we lose the use of an arm or a leg. Does that control us? No, we can will the mind to transcend physical limitations. Likewise, the mind doesn't control us (at least if we are aware of where the ultimate control lies--it's in the spirit). First and foremost, we are spirits. We just happen to live in a physical world in a physical body. But what makes us tick--move forward? What makes us go on when the mind and body are tired?

The Yoga Life--Breathing

How important is breathing to yoga? How important is breathing to life? We all used to know how to breathe. Look at any baby and you will notice the smooth and effortless way that they breathe. That is because they haven't learned to hold their breath yet. Tension hasn't taught them to hold anything in. Air goes in--air goes out, it's really that simple...