Category - Yoga
The Kingdom of Bhutan, Druk Yul – Land of Thunder Dragon
Adventure Tours, Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
The Kingdom Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is a magical place. A country where a handsome young Asian Elvis look-a-like became King, cigarettes are illegal, chillies are a staple, rice is red and giant protective penises…
Important Information for Himalaya Tour
Adventure Tours, Bhutan, Yoga, Yoga travel
PREPARATION FOR TRAVEL ON MAGICAL MYSTICAL YOGA TOUR – SIKKIM & BHUTAN: DOCUMENTS: You must have your passport and visa before you leave the US. India has now outsourced its visa issuing to Travisa (800-222-2589, http://www.travisa.com). You apply…
Sikkim Geography & Himalaya Packing List
Adventure Tours, Workshops & Intensives, Yoga
On our Magical Mystical Tour we will return to the Himalayas and the land of our Tibetan friends in Sikkim. We will travel to West Sikkim and visit Pelling, Gangtok, the capital and spend 3 nights in the…
Sikkim = Just Heaven… Call Me OM
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Workshops & Intensives, Yoga
Sikkim …Just Heave Land of Mystery Nepalese call it Sukhirn – ‘The New Place’; and for Bhutias seeing endless tracts of paddy fields it was Demazong, ‘The Valley of Rice’. But the original inhabitants, the Lepchas understood it…
Sikkim, Is THIS the Last Shangri-La?
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
“British authour James Hilton in his novel, ‘LOST HORIZON’ introduces the concept of “SHANGRI-LA”,a mystical, harmonious valley, guided from a monastery. It has now become synonymous with an earthly paradise, particularly a mythical HImalayan Utopia—a permanently happy land,…
BKS Iyengar Advanced Restorative Sequence
Healthy Living, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
Rodney Yee was my first Yoga teacher and he showed me this sequence in the late 90s when we were teaching in Toronto, Canada. BKS Iyengar gave this class in Pune, India in the mid 90s and Rodney…
Summer Heart Sizzle
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training, Yoga
Element – Fire, Color – Red, Nature – Yang, Movement – Up and Outward Organs – Heart, Small Intestine, Emotion – Joy Taste – Bitter, Condition – Hot Chinese Medicine is based on balancing opposites in nature; dark…
Both Sides of the Mountain
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training, Yoga
Traditional health sciences of India and China share many of the same concepts. Ayurveda, the ancient tradition of India, is usually translated as “science of life”. Chinese Medicine is integral to all things in traditional Chinese lifestyle. Ayurvedic…
ShantiDeva’s Prayer
Buddhist, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT
May all beings everywhere, Plagued by sufferings of body and mind, Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits. May no living creature suffer, Commit evil or ever fall ill. May no one be…