Vikasa Blog

THE WINDS OF PRANA Prana is the all pervasive energy of the Universe.  It’s the secret, subtle thing at work which makes gravity draw inwards,  propulsion push out, and life expand and contract. These movements are derived from that source energy and they are called the Vayus (winds) in Yoga. You can become aware of these […]

PRACTICE STEAMING AWARENESS MODERN PHYSICAL YOGA CULTURE That Present Feeling… What makes yoga practice, yoga practice?It is the consistency of streaming your awareness to a simple aspect of your existence.  It doesn’t matter what it is, just that it is simple. What is streaming awareness? Take a deep breath in and just experience it, let all […]

TADASANA OR SAMASTHITI STANDING IN BALANCE Mountain pose is often touted as the prime posture for experiencing the inherent poise of properly performed Asana. What is poise, first? We should perhaps consider. Poise comes when we feel present in every fiber of our being. It feels like all your inner resources are right there at your […]

MEDITATION TIPS VIKASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING Meditation can seem like a daunting practice, but it can actually be quite simple when correct techniques are applied…here I will tell you the key elements that will lead you to your own successful meditative process. With regular enough practice to build up a connection within, you might feel the benefit and […]

YOGA HYGIENE: SHAT KRIYAS A preparation for Hatha Yoga practice is to make the body clean. The body is the tool and our first subject in experiencing how everything is connected. By “cleaning the tool” we make it more sensitive and thus have clearer observations. We also keep “the lab” up and running without any difficulties. […]

SIMPLE DIET ADVICE MEAT OR NO MEAT? When making choices about your diet you need to know what it is you want. Lose weight? Build muscle? Respect the Earth and the animals? Nurture your spiritual sense of being? By any of these choices also be clear that you want to be vibrant and healthy! In this […]

YOGA & RAW FOOD RAW FOOD So your curiosity has brought you to read my article about raw food here today. In gratitude, I’ll do my best to make it a little different than other  articles you may have read about raw food. Everyone pretty much agrees that some amount of raw food in our diet is basically […]

THE SPACE BETWEEN: SHAVASANA SHAVASANA One element that distinguishes Hatha Yoga  from other physical disciplines is the practice of Shavasana, the corpse pose. My favorite part is that it starts as a physical experience and then can take me to spaces between thoughts and illusory identities.  It’s first role is to let the body completely rest […]

SUCCESSFUL HABITS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK LAZINESS The awareness of “being” is very important to me in my teaching. It’s practice to be able to abide peacefully in yourself and know a more fundamental sort of identity. It’s what you do differently after experiencing it to live more genuinely and go even closer to the soul. […]