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Meditating Among The Mortars ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
I often tell people that I learned more about pranayama (yogic breathing) through suffering from asthma and allergies for years than from anything else. A story I tell less often…
Victim or Vigilante: Discerning the Difference While Staying on the Path ~ Maya Devi Georg & Chris Kiran Aarya.
We’ve both been subjected to a lot of violence in our lives. We’ve both had guns pointed at us. We’ve been in abusive relationships. We’ve both experienced the extreme of…
Enlightenment Through Six Pack Abs: Moha Samadhi & Modern Yoga ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
Recently my friend Marci Calabrese, an Albuquerque-based yoga teacher, heard from a young yoga teacher that: “Hot Yoga gets rid of love handles, give you a six pack, and then…
Yoga Is Inherently Feminist ~ Maya Devi Georg
Yoga is inherently feminist And by feminist, I really mean humanist. The first yoga teacher was Shiva. The first student was Parvati. It was a lowly fish that overheard the teaching…
The Yoga of Attention Deficit Disorder ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
I’ve been meaning to write about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) for quite awhile but it often gets lost in the middle of 7-8 other pieces I have in the works.…
An Open Letter to the Yoga Alliance.
Dear Yoga Alliance, Lately, I’ve been hearing quite a few teachers tell me that they don’t see the YA as relevant to yoga in this country. They don’t see where…
Who is your Amy Winehouse? ~ Chris Kiran Aarya.
When I heard the news last week that singer Amy Winehouse had died alone in her London flat, like many people, I wasn’t entirely surprised…and I somehow felt ashamed by…
How To Be A Supportive Friend During A Breakup. ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
The end of summer and beginning of autumn represent a time of change, but also tumult. In any ordinary year, these changes place a real stress on relationships and this…
Putting Peace and Compassion Into Practice. ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
Mindfully Responding to Torture, Terrorism and Fear. When yoga teacher Holly Troy was driving with a friend to a class in Flagstaff, Arizona last year another driver surged into her…