Category - Yoga
Welcoming the Light
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasons, Teacher Training, Yoga
As days grow warmer and longer, coats and sweaters are put away, and we wait anxiously for spring to burst in our gardens! The cold, grey days of winter begin transition into spring’s warmth and sunshine, and the…
Winter = Warm Kidney
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training, Yoga
WINTER Element – Water Colour – Black Nature – Yin Organs – Kidney/Bladder Emotion – Fear/Willpower Taste – Salty Condition – Cold Direction – North Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year. In…
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…
From Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #6
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
RAINBOW OVER RUMTEK from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour Blog published October 6, 2010 In this part of the world, all seems magical and sometimes it challenges your view and viewpoint. There is a statue of Guru Rinpoche,…
From Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #7
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
INCONVENIENCE REGRETTED from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour published October 29, 2010 As our group gets ready to depart to North Sikkim, I am left wondering if I should have asked everyone to bring winter clothes and…
from Yoga Journal TOT – Himalaya Tour Blog #8
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, YTT
PRESSING INTO PELLING _ HIMS THE VIEWS from Yoga Journal Teachers on Tour Unpublished November 2010 As the last stop in the Sikkim Himalayas, we journey to West Sikkim with some of the best views of the Kanchendzonga…
Autumn Aequinoctium – Equinox Health
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasons, Yoga
Autumn Season Element – Metal Colour – White Nature – New Yin Organs – Lung, Large Intestine Emotion – Grief/Courage Taste – Spicy Condition – Dry The Autumn Equinox marks the official end of summer. Nights become longer…