I got a Bento Box My daughter returned from Japan after being away for a year at University. She brought a gift for me. She got me a Bento Box. A Bento box? What’s a Bento box? I had never heard of them before. Wikipedia describes a Bento box as a single-portion takeout or home-packed […]
This is the fourth article in the Yoga Etiquette series. The first article dealt with what to do before you come to the studio take a class. Be clean No Scents Proper clothing No eating Arrive on time The second article covered setting up your space in the studio. Roll out your mat Do not […]
There were 10 blog posts during the month. We actually talk about 12 posts below. The first of the Mysore series was published in March and the last of the Yoga Etiquette series will be published during the first week of May. Mysore class is scary I started teaching Mysore style Ashtanga classes at the […]
This is the third of a four part article about yoga etiquette. In the previous two articles we covered: What to do before you come to yoga class. What to do once you enter the practice space. In this article we will be talking about how to behave during a yoga class. Remember that the […]
This is part two of a four part series on Yoga etiquette. The previous article talked about what to do before you went to yoga class. Some of the items covered in the previous article were: Proper clothing Be clean No scents Do not eat No cell phones or pagers . . . Yoga etiquette […]
You have never been to a yoga class before A friend has invited you to take a yoga class with them. This is your first yoga class and you are not sure how to act. Are you concerned that you will stick out like a sore thumb, or that you will commit a horrible faux […]
On Saturday afternoon, 10 April 2010, Siobhan Russell contacted me on Facebook chat and asked me a series of very penetrating questions that I tried to answer as best I could. Our conversation is below. Siobhan: What is your philosophy as a yoga instructor? Jack: To teach yoga in a safe and accessible way. Everyone […]
One of the often repeated quotes of Pattabhi Jois is “Practice and all is coming”. We know that there two things that you need to do to accomplish any task. They are: Work and Mindset This article is going to focus on the second element: Mindset. But first lets talk a little bit about Work.
This is the final part of a two part series. Why do some people succeed at adopting a yoga practice and others fail. It’s easy to put success down to luck or natural talent, but while there will always be an element of that, it does not seem to be “the answer”. While reading some […]
Why do some people succeed at adopting a yoga practice and others fail. It’s easy to put success down to luck or natural talent, but while there will always be an element of that, it does not seem to be “the answer”. While reading some blogs I came across an article about why some people […]
