BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 21, 2010

Yoga Sutra 2.40: saucat svanga jugupsa parairh asamsargah Purity protects one’s body and brings nonphysical relationships with others. (trans. B. Bouanchaud) Yoga Sutra 2.41: sattva suddhi saumanasya ekagrya inddriyajaya atma darsana yogyatvani ca Then, purity, clarity, and well-being of the spirit come to flower, as well as concentration, mastery of the eleven sense organs, and [...]

Category: Recipes, Sutra, Yamas & Niyamas, chanting | 2 Comments »
Tags: Amy Weintraub, Cleanse, liver cleanse recipe, mantra, purity, shauca, vegan recipe, Yamas and Niyamas, yoga niyama, Yoga Sutra, yogic observances

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 1, 2009

During the workshop at Studio Panterra last weekend, a question surfaced regarding mantra. Since Francois Raoult is an ethnomusicologist by training, it is perhaps natural that mantra and sound are components of his practice and study. Here is some of his discussion: We are interested in how the sound is embodied and how it flows [...]

Category: chanting | 3 Comments »
Tags: chanting, Francois Raoult, mantra, sound healing, Studio Panterra

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | August 16, 2009

I’m still wheeling over the sudden and tragic death of this young woman, my almost daughter-in-law. We expected wedding bells to ring this spring and to officially welcome her into our tribe. Instead, I am looking for a vessel for my grief and tonight I found one in an ancient Vedic mantra. Since there was [...]

Category: Life, chanting | 5 Comments »
Tags: Deva Premal, Gayatri Mantra, Lenise, mourning

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 27, 2009

I was sooo excited about the poetry collection I began organizing Wednesday that I entirely forgot about posting a Thursday video. So sorry to those of you who have been enjoying the Thursday visual infusions. I’ve been receiving questions from students regarding mantra, which I’ll try to field in more detail in later posts.In the [...]

Category: Life, Meditation, VIDEO THURSDAYS, chanting | 4 Comments »
Tags: Bainbridge Island, Deva Premal, Gayatri Mantra, Girl's Group, mantra, Miten, wahidudden

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 29, 2008

It’s ironic that at a workshop titled Inner and Outer Strength, chanting made the strongest impression. Well, maybe not; maybe the hard asana work prepared the channels and enabled an opening as never heretofore experienced? Chanting does require inner strength of the vocal chords and deep release of the diaphragm. In the white studio, thirty [...]

Category: chanting | 1 Comment »
Tags: asana, bliss, chanting, inner strength, om, primordial voice