Trinity Yoga

I recently received an email urging me to stop buying gas from Petro-Canada. The goal, effectively, is to see if us consumers “can bring this giant to its knees and force them to lower their prices.” I’m all for consumer activism - but it seems like we’ve got this one backwards. In my mind, the best thing for the planet (and our growing obesity) is to reduce our reliance on cars. Raising gas prices is an… More..

Here’s an excerpt from a mind-boggling New York Times article: I GREW up watching my father stand on his head every morning. He was doing sirsasana, a yoga pose that accounts for his youthful looks well into his 60s. Now he might have to pay a royalty to an American patent holder if he teaches the secrets of his good health to others. The United States government has issued 150 yoga-related copyrights, 134 patents on yoga… More..

Before I met Rik, I thought that Vanity Fair was a fashion magazine. I soon discovered that it’s brimming with awesome, intellectually stimulating material. Of course, it has an tasty amount of eye candy. Here’s a link to their yoga slideshow, “Spiritual Stretching"(wow - Iyengar has a supple spine!). These photos were taken by Micheal O’Neill. “Spiritual Stretching” Thanks for the link Paul! More..

Are you thinking of becoming a teacher? Perhaps you’ve registered for a yoga teacher training program; you’re currently training, or you’ve recently graduated. Now the question is swimming in your brain - am I ready to teach? I myself wondered: am I prepared for the responsibility of guiding a yoga practice? Do I have enough wisdom to impart? These questions kept me stuck for a while. I was… More..

Traveling with my partner Mairen, Trevor and Ally a few weeks ago I noticed a very interesting difference. A seeming division with Trevor and I on one side of the car and Mairen and Ally on the other. The discussion, primarily around global warming, was split down the middle and yet there was this balance between emotional, tangible and witness, acceptance. I have been doing a fair bit of reading lately on Tantric belief and philosophy,… More..

I’m heading back to Vancouver, to complete the second weekend of the Level One course.  The first weekend infused my practice with mindfulness.  I’ve had a wonderful few days with my brother and sister-in-law.  What a pleasure to walk in nature, to sit in stillness, to read under the sun, and to be alone.  I love being in the company of kindred souls.  I also savour my… More..

This month, it will have been a year since I was handed my very first yoga book.  Certainly at that point in my life, if I was to choose a yoga book, it wouldn’t have been “Yoga from the inside out”, by Christina Sell.  The book, with a forward by John Friend, Anusara Yoga Founder, is a teaching on grace and how to make peace the body. Despite the emotional upheavals from reading the book,… More..

This evening was the first day of a 3 day workshop with Sianna Sherman - a senior certified Anusara instructor. If I was to sum up this evening in two words: Authentic Compassion. Lots of people from around Calgary have gathered to attend Sianna’s first Canadian workshop. She has a wonderful presence, full of vibrant genuine strength, along with immense compassion and direction. She begun by saying that Yoga is… More..