When I first met Brad, I was struck by the precision of his language balanced by the kindness in his voice. Brad is sweet but sharp. A former civil litigation attorney and partner in his firm, Brad brings a lawyer's mind to his teaching, breaking...
Both roles are crucial for each other, especially if you happen to be both. When we teach, we teach what we have integrated during our time as a student. Teaching rests on the fruits of our labor as students, getting things in our bodies and...
We love our 21-day experiments in Purna Yoga. They give us the opportunity to practice svadhyaya (self-study). One of Aadil's favorite 21-day experiments is noticing one's spoken complaints and making a concerted effort never to complain or make excuses. Fellow Purna Yoga instructor and director...
Whenever I talk about the sacrum and the S-I joint in class, I always ask, "does everyone know where the sacrum is?". Sometimes the answer is yes, but I always love it when someone is willing to say, "no". Because even if we do know...
But, now that's it's hot in the mountains, ice cream has been calling me, and since I don't eat dairy or sugar, bananas have made it back into the mix. It's nice to have bananas again for special summertime treats, and the fact that they're...
One of the tasks of yoga is to shine a light on our conditioning so that we can recognize when we're living in a robotic state and perhaps decide to change our behavior, to get out of the rut, and change our habits....
When I do this pose on a daily or every-other-day basis, it balances out the habitual patterns of keyboarding, mousing, cutting vegetables, holding the steering wheel, you name it – all the things that tend to kink my neck and shoulders....
"If you keep [lateral acceleration] constant, the feeling of expansion continues to build. Anything where you can get this lateral acceleration feeling, you can use that for meditation, because it puts you in the zone." Dr. John Kitchin...
When we Center the Mental Energy, we are setting the intention that we are more than just our thoughts. Centering keeps us grounded in the present moment, not in the past and the future....
Meditation is the art of focusing. In Heartfull Meditation, we use our hands, the breath and our imagination to focus on different parts of our body, to visualize light in the body, and to feel beautiful feelings in our heart center....