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HIGHLAND
YOGA
ARTICLES
525,600 Minutes
by Jerry Kuhlman
As the Broadway show tune
points out, there are 525,600 minutes per year. How will you count
them out in 2007?
Book Review -
The Language
of Yoga: Complete A to Y Guide To Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and
Chants by Nicolai Bachman
Reviewed by christy linson
Have you ever felt a bit lost
when asked to move into Utkatasana? Do you wish you knew how to pronounce
Ardha-Candrasana? Have you ever been given a mantra to chant in class and
wish you had some idea of what you were saying?
Allergy Antidote
Angela Parisi
While people often think of spring as the beginning of "allergy season,"
there are actually three separate times of year when seasonal allergies tend
to occur: spring (tree pollen), summer (grass pollen), and early fall
(ragweed pollen). Allergy shots (immunotherapy), nasal steroid sprays, and
over-the-counter antihistamines may work for many, but a more holistic
approach can help too. As a lifestyle measure, your yoga practice can help
reduce allergy symptoms by tempering your immune system's response to the
perceived offender—pollen.
Aha! Thai Yoga
christy linson
Thai yoga felt identical to
the massage I would give myself, if I could somehow slip into my higher
Self, knowing all of the secrets of the human body.
Awareness, Breathing
and Gentleness
Bryan Kest
We need to focus: move away
from all thoughts and distraction in order to pay attention to what we are
doing. In doing this, we give our brain a little rest from the constant
influx of our normal, redundant, unnecessary thoughts that are incessantly
passing through our brain
Rubber Soul
Melissa Bean
I once had a serious
attachment to my yoga mat.
The Biopsychology
of Yoga
Frank Murphy
Yoga strikes me as a very
humanistic approach to psychology. It accepts people as they are, and
attempts to get people to accept and love themselves.
Why Do We Practice
Yoga and Meditation?
CM Brown
We have a vague sense that
this thing we call myself is a fraud, a pretense. We know there is
something more. We know that yoga and meditation are a means of helping us
return to this something that IS.
Book Review - Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar
Reviewed by Eva Kuhlman
Known
as the “Bible of Modern Yoga”, Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, which was
first published in 1966, is considered THE yoga pose reference manual
used by beginners and experienced yoga teachers alike.
The Meaning of
Aum (OM)
John Schumacher
...the interpretation of Aum
that is most meaningful and powerful to me is as the representation of the
Primordial Vibration, the Original Sound, the First Word.
Chatting About
Chanting
Stephanie Gailing
As more
and more people turn to yoga and the inspirations of Eastern wisdom in their
quest for peace and understanding, the traditional Indian style of
devotional chanting known as kirtan (pronounced “KEER-tun”) has
been growing in popularity.
Things I Learned on a Mat
Lynn Sullivan
I had
trouble with that whole concept of surrender and letting go. Breathing?
What are they talking about?
Meet Stuart Corn
Jerry Kuhlman
...and then he hits you with a
twist or two, a few zingers, some home-spun knowledge.....voilà, yoga with a
New Jersey edge. We're quite lucky to have him here at Highland Yoga.
Everyday Yoga
Eva Kuhlman
If only you could bottle up
that feeling to remind yourself of that peaceful place when job deadlines
loom over your head, or you get into an argument with someone close to
you, or the drain clogs up (again)...
Reminiscences - Part 1
Jerry Kuhlman
Me and yoga are like an old married couple. We just are, but I still ask
questions and marvel, and sometimes even ogle. Mainly I’m in the here and
now, not pondering much on the past, but once in a blue moon I reminisce…
Reminiscences -
Part 2
Jerry Kuhlman
At that
point in my life, I was convinced that I could do anything, and talk to
anyone. It was just a matter of freeing the mind, and opening to the
possibilities, right?
Reminiscences -
Part 3
Jerry Kuhlman
When we
gaze into the mirror of introspection, what we see, sometimes, can be such a
surprise, and so psychologically discomforting, that we sweep it under the
rug or fog the reflection over with our internal babble….anything to avoid
the truth.
Megan R.
McDonough
Last week my husband and I went to war with each
other.
Mind Weeds
Jerry Kuhlman
"But what'll my friends say.
They think it's weird."
Chronic Injury and Yoga
Rehabilitation
Sam Dworkis
Because many of us were brought up believing in
the saying “no pain, no gain,” most of us, at some time or another, will
experience a yoga injury.
Medicine and Yoga
Sam Dworkis
Although many people feel strongly
about one approach or the other, many are confused as to what holistic and
alternative medicine is.
My Aching Lower Back
Dr. Chieu T. Nguyen, Ph.D
“Si jeunesse
savoir, si vieillesse pouvoir”…-- “If only young people knew, and if
only old people could”….
Why Yoga Works
Dr. Donald Glassey
When the cerebrospinal fluid is
circulating freely we are truly "in the flow"
Health Benefits of Yoga
Trisha Lamb
What are the health
benefits of Yoga?
How does it differ from
conventional exercise?
And Men Can Come, too...Yoga
for Men's Health
Phil Aston
Men have
never needed the benefits of yoga more than they do now.
Yoga in the Office: A
quick and effective stretch
Evamarie Pilipuf
It's great when we can
escape to a full hour of yoga, be it in a class or at home in front of a
video, but let's face it, that's not always possible.
Resisting Yoga
Kristine
M. Maselli, RYT
Books, videos, and calendars have infiltrated your grocery store and
library, and your doctor thinks it would be a good idea. And why
haven’t you tried yoga?
"...hamstrings holler and calves cry out...
"Learning is as much an art as teaching."--B.K.S. Iyengar
“In the struggle alone, there is knowledge.”--B.K.S. Iyengar
"Yoga means meditation."--B.K.S. Iyengar
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