Category: Yoga & I

  • Yoga Teacher

    “What do you do?” is one question (of a few) I don’t look forward to encountering. The question seems to imply that I should to be doing something. It also seems to imply that if I am doing something it needs to be something specific that fits into a coherent, preferrably short & simple title.…

  • Three Day Reset

    There seems to be a recurring pattern in a kind of energy cycle that I occassionaly to through. The day before yesterday a heaviness and boredom set in me. I felt tired and unmotivated to do anything … to be. I didn’te’t fight it. I stayed with it and witnessed it … I waited to…

  • Yoga On the Mat Practice: Winter 2013/2014

    Shortly after my previous on-the-mat update I asked my teacher to take my practice a step forward. To my understanding, the direction he took was changing from a langhana to a langhana-somewhat-brahmana practice. The previous practice was a healing practice, this practice has been a continuation of that healing togather with a sense of renewed…

  • Retreat Manifested

    Years ago, for some years I had an escapist wish … to retreat from life. Andreea Andreea lives in Cluj and is immersed in a life she is creating there on her own.  While her intentions, which I experience as sincere, are to be a part of Bhudeva, her actions put her somewhere else. So…

  • Yoga On the Mat Practice: Summer-Fall 2013

    During late spring and early summer months I was slowly trying to make my way onto the mat to find a regular practice. I was getting on occassionaly but not regularly. I was getting on the mat, but it wasn’t inviting. I was struggling to make a proper space for it … a daily routine…

  • Something of the Light

    During the last 2 months I’ve been once again visiting the yoga mat for some much-needed practice and regeneration. I don’t (yet) practice regularly but I have practiced a few times. I have written before about wanting to practice from a teacher’s perspective and I want to revisit it from a practitioner’s perspective. I’ve been…

  • Modes of Practice, Modes of Life

    Modes of Practice I was taught that there are three modes of Yoga practice: recovery, preservation and intensification. The mode in which you practice depends on where you are, or to be more precise (and within the spirit of this post) where your energy is. When a proper mode of practice is applied Yoga can…

  • Go along to get along

    As a somewhat established yoga practitioner and teacher I have a view of yoga. Yet different people come to yoga for different reasons and with different views – usually carrying preconceptions and probably misconceptions about what yoga is. If nothing else, then there is usually a conceptual and practical gap between me & my view…

  • Out Rage

    The other day I had an awesome glimpse into the dynamics of energy. It happened as I was driving us to the city after Andreea got bitten by our new dog Rex. The first seeds of awareness were an emotional experience of anger. I was angry at Rex for biting Andreea, I was angry at…

  • Of Nature and Happiness

    From my teacher’s generous and inspiring essays on Ayurveda: “The health of your relationship with the flow of nature will determine the quality of your relationship with the flow of your own life.” Reading this sent me thinking about the physical act of moving to and making a life at Bhudeva. I am so much…

  • Vata here, Vata there, Vata Vata everywhere

    Its winter – the peak of winter. Yesterday we had clear blue skies and the moon shone bright throughout the night. Which means that its freezing outside, possibly -20c or ever lower. It’s jut past 8am and I am sitting in bed writing this post. I didn’t sleep well though I did manage to rest…

  • Mind Friend Heart

    This February comes with a special twist. I’ve been gifted with an opportunity to partake in Peter Fernando’s A Month of Mindfulness online meditation course. For the past 12 years I’ve been studying and practicing exlusively under the guidance of my two Yoga teachers. This is the first time I am venturing off my spiritual-treasure-island…

  • In Pranayama Quality Trumps Quantity

    Pranayama is the most regular practice I’ve taken up since returning to a regular morning practice routine. I am currently practicing once a day with my current morning practice – where the crown posture involves a krama on the exhale (exhaling 8 seconds, holding 4 seconds, exhaling 8 more seconds and holding for another 4…

  • Getting Back to Practice

    It’s been almost two weeks now that I’ve been enjoying a fairly regular practice routine – it’s still building, still taking shape but it’s presence is stabilizing. It was interesting for me to observe a cycle over 3+ months as I moved away from and back towards a practice. Practice >> Wanting to Practice >>…

  • Introducing iBreathe

    This blog has been running for over 3 years. It’s center of gravity has shifted numerous times as has mine. Yet over the last two years I’ve let Yoga insinuate itself into many parts of it – including ~150 posts dedicated to teachings of Yoga as I have receive them and as they reflect through…

  • Just Ujjayi

    We’ve been on the move for a few weeks now- first taking apart our home, then moving to my parents – and next week off to Romania  (this time next week I’ll be waking up for the first time in Romania). I haven’t been able to practice for at least two weeks (except for a…

  • Observing Pranayama – September 2010

    This period of observation continues the previous 10 days and brings it to a total of 30 days. My current morning Pranayama practice is: 10 –  0  – 15 – 0 Gradually build up Ujjayi breath 10 –  0  – 15 – 0 x6 Anuloma Ujjayi 10 –  5  – 15 – 0 x6 Anuloma…

  • Franky Strikes a First Pose

    So after almost a month (I can’t believe it’s already been a month!) of tinkering around with anatomy, logic, trigonometry and javascript programming – the illustrated Yoga figure that just stood there can now be moved fairly well into postures using just the mouse (much more fun then lists of numbers). Joints are used as…

  • What I Like About Intense Yoga Practices

    Once in a while life gifts me with a special on-the-mat Yoga practice session. In my memory they are the most intense rewarding practices I have experienced – they are an event apart from all others. Yesterday I gained some insight into what they are and why I have a fond relationship with them. What…

  • What’s Happening on my Left?

    I’ve been observing a bunch of things on the left side of my body – so I thought to pool them together, hoping that in time it will reveal something to me: During the last two morning practices, when I first bent forward I felt a pressure-pain in the vicinity of my left temple. Though…