by Bruce Bowditch | May 7, 2018 | Wisdom, Yoga Practice
When there is something bothering me or something I’m worried about, I tend to churn it over and over in my mind in hopes of finding a solution and relief. I think I have done this for most of my life. This seems to be part of the human condition since we all do it to...
by Bruce Bowditch | Mar 29, 2018 | Yoga Practice
When my yoga practice and I were younger, I remember seeing incredible feats of strength and flexibility in books (the internet was barely a thing then). Seeing those images was sort of intimidating. But I was also fascinated and inspired. I wanted to be able to do it...
by Bruce Bowditch | Jul 12, 2017 | Yoga Practice
I’m a yoga teacher and I weight train. There. I said it. Now let me explain. The fine teachers who mentored me early on often took a dim view of weight training (and most other forms of physical exercise). It was thought that resistance training was completely...
by Bruce Bowditch | Sep 6, 2016 | Yoga Practice
My practice now is less about performing difficult or flashy asana (what I call “circus tricks”) and more about learning to truly inhabit my body. It’s about refining my intentions and personal integrity. Can I be ever more present and aware of how I live on this...
by Bruce Bowditch | Jul 20, 2016 | Yoga Practice
I often come across strong opinions on “what is yoga” or “what is true yoga” and what is not. What constitutes legitimate practices and how should they be performed. Before we begin to make any sort of determination, we should explore what the word “yoga” is pointing...
by Bruce Bowditch | Jun 9, 2016 | Yoga Practice
(Excerpt from The Problem of Pain in Yoga by Matthew Remski) (My preface) I believe this is a very timely article about the tendency in some of us for yoga to become a showy performance, pushing past our limits in a way that can become consciously or unconsciously...
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