Namaste! This year so far couldn’t share some thoughts on New Year. Today, Sunday morning, with sun blazing, Sandhya dancing, Shivani singing, Sidharth sleeping, let me try.
Among the many fascinating aspects of the concept of New year, one thing which struck me this time is this word ‘ resolution’. It definitely should rank second among the most repeated phrases of the season, after of course ‘Happy New Year’. Being so, the word ‘resolution’ merits a deeper attention. In a simple …
Manasa teachers, where do you place your mat in class?
When we understand yoga as karmasu kausalam (skillfulness of action), then the position where we take the teachers position in our class is also an important karma. The position we choose should have a skillful (kushala) context. So, if the context of our teaching is to get our students to ‘conform’ their bodies to the ‘form’ we are ‘showing’, then it is important we place our mat in a position where all students can ‘see our body/ pose’, which they …