LESSON ONE Sometimes Ahimsa is translated as “nonviolence,” and that’s a good place to start. We don’t want our yoga practice to be violent on the body. I like to go one step further, and think of Ahimsa not just as the absence of violence, but as the active practice of cultivating loving kindness. In […]
APARIGRAHA – Deep Hip Opening
LESSON FOUR One of my favorite definitions of yoga is “our connection to reality.” Yoga connects us to what is. Aparigraha literally means nongrasping, or open handedness, and it frees us up to receive reality in the present moment. When we unclench our minds and fists from grasping at the past or the future, we […]