BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | May 28, 2009

In class, many of you have asked me about home practice. I sense much insecurity about practicing :”the right way.” Some have expressed fear of doing IT WRONG, worried that they’d hurt themselves.
Maybe some of this comes from over-emphasis on CORRECT alignment.
Correct alignment needs to come from inside the student.
ONLY YOU KNOW HOW YOU FEEL! [...]

Category: Life, yoga | 2 Comments »
Tags: alignment, Erich Schiffmann, inner listening, practice, yoga

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | May 22, 2009

A Yogini’s Recipes for Happiness
MIKE’S DAL
(a South Indian Sambar style Dal – what you might enjoy in a thali platter)

INGREDIENTS
8 oz. split red lentils (1/2 package)
1 T. ground turmeric
½ choppd cauliflower
2 chopped carrots
1 diced and seeded jalapeno (or chili) pepper
Optional: 2 chopped stalks of celery
1 chopped onion
1 T. canola oil
1 T. black mustard seed
2 [...]

Category: Recipes | 4 Comments »
Tags: black mustardseed, carrots, cauliflower, dal, onions, recipe, red lentils, sambar-style thali, South Indian, tomatoes, vegan, vegetarian

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | May 21, 2009

A sense of abundance is deeply connected with a sense of gratitude. Here I broaden the topic to include developing a sense of abundance in life. Really life is too short to live any other way, isn’t it?
I practice my lovingkindness meditation using repetition of the four line mantra:
May I live without fear.
May I [...]

Category: Life, Meditation, VIDEO THURSDAYS, happiness, transformation | 2 Comments »
Tags: abundance, Gratitude, lovingkindness mantra, poverty-mentality, sharon salzburg

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | May 20, 2009

Saturday, May 14, blossomed cloudy and rainy – a fabulous day to drive through the vineyards into Westfield NY’s brilliant yoga studio PANTERRA for an afternoon exploring standing poses with teacher, Dariel Woltz. If you missed the poem I posted regarding my classes at Panterra, you may wish to read “body heart and soul” first.

Here [...]

Category: Workshops & Training | 3 Comments »
Tags: Ardha Chandrasana, Dariel Woltz, Eric Franklin, Forward Fold, HalfMoon Pose, Parsvakonasana, Revolved Right Angle Pose, Seat of Power, standing poses, Stonehenge Savasana, Studio Panterra, Trikonasana, Utkatasana, Uttanasana, Warrior One, Warrior Three, Warrior Two, Westfield NY

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | May 14, 2009

Today we celebrate Nepal’s Tibetan Singing Nun, Ani Choying Dolma. The footage of Ani with the elephant calf is worth the time you’ll invest watching this gorgeous film. But there is so much more beauty here. Settle into your chair, or spread yourself into savasana pose, and invite peace into your life with the sound [...]

Category: Life, Peace, VIDEO THURSDAYS, journaling | 2 Comments »
Tags: ani choying dolma, deep listening, impermanence, Journaling, Nepali Peace Song, savasana, tibetan singing nun, video thursday