Most Emailed on NY Times yesterday - YOGA

WATCH your back.

William Broad's New York Times article yesterday HOW YOGA CAN WRECK YOUR BODY is an eye opener and something no one talks much about. There are too many injuries in yoga, which is why I advocate restorative yoga, and gentle yoga. There is too much ego in doing the posture correctly. Be the posture. Competition (in yoga) leads you nowhere.

This is the one and only body I am going to have, and besides, the physical part is only one part of yoga and was designed to relax the body in order to sit in meditation.

Thank you William Broad and the New York Times.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?scp=2&sq=yoga&st=cse

Yoga & restoration with Jillian Pransky

 Restorative Yoga with Jillian Pransky




Herein lies the rub: it's not about doing, it is about "be-ing." Jillian Pransky, of Yoga Jillian, is doing just that on the east coast. I took her teacher training. Train in relaxation? Yes, learning how to prop with blankets and bolsters, blocks and mats, learning how to let go, unlock, roll clear, drain down tension out of the muscles. Let go of what is holding in the muscle, then we are more free to stretch.

She teaches in New York City, in Hoboken, at Kripalu, does special trainings at Yogaworks in California.

Restoration yoga takes a great big dive inside, clears the muscles, the mind, the heart & spirit. Fresh air. Try it.

http://www.yogajillian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=209   Jillian's page or

Kripalu:

http://www.kripalu.org/?gclid=CJiOmPuN-KwCFQh9hwodQTTWTw