Category - Buddhist
What is a Teacher
Buddhist, Featured, inspiration, Personal, Teacher Training, YTT
This practice of Yoga has transformed life in many ways, and the most of which is to move with the breath, to allow life to flow. This year I listened to my own advice and took some time off of teaching, and gave myself permission to take time and rest. To not teach, or blog, or spend any time telling people where and what to move their bodies
Ive now spent more than half my life teaching yoga.
That is a lot of time to commit to something.
Cultivating Balance
Buddhist, Healthy Living, inspiration, Personal, Seasonal Living, Uncategorized
Yoga for Balance & Self-Care is a restorative practice to help regain and reaffirm a connection to yourself. Leave class feeling calm, centered, clear and able to stand in a grounded, balanced way. Thursdays at The Mindful Body,…
Baci Ceremony – Calling the Spirits
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Featured, inspiration, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Stories and Tales, Yoga travel
BACI ບາສີ Baci is an important ceremony in Lao culture, a ritual to celebrate important events and occasions, like births, marriages, monkhood, travel, or ill health and to honour guests. Baci can take place all year, any day…
Mudras to Manifest Energy
Bhutan, Buddhist, inspiration, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
My last post talked about what Mudras are and what they represent. There are many mudras and variations in each country for usage and meaning. Ive put together a list of some of the most common ones found…
Mudras for Meditation
Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
मुद्राis mudrā, literally means a “seal” in Sanskrit. A mudrā is a symbolic gesture in Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism, and a spiritual and energetic seal in the spiritual practice of East Asian religions. Some mudrās involve the entire body,…
Lost in Tibetan Translation
Adventure Tours, Bhutan, Buddhist, Personal, Yoga, Yoga travel
Have you ever felt some things just don’t translate completely? I was recently having a conversation with my Tibetan friend Thinlay, who lives deep in the Himalayan range of Northern India. Thinlay and I met years ago at…
From Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #3
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
THE ELUSIVE MOUNTAIN from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour published October 6, 2010 by Cora Wen The first few days of being back in the Hims, and I am once again sinking into the feeling of returning home.…
From Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #4
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
WAITING AND WANDERING THE BARDOS by Cora Wen from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour published October 13, 2010 This morning we went to see Dul Drop Chen Rinpoche, the abbot of the local monastery. It is a highly…
From Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #5
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
GRATITUDE IS AN ATTITUDE from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour published October 10, 2010 Our morning trip was to Enchey monastery, which is very special in this area and is considered home of the guardian spirit Kanchendzonga. Local…