Even during pandemic times, we are almost terminally busy. We know we need to continue yoga study, but it’s hard to determine what to read. With that in mind, I highly recommend the works of long-term UC Berkeley professor Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999). As a writer, Easwaran had the ability to write for both the currentContinue reading “Eknath Easwaran, author”
Category Archives: Yoga People
Yoga People: Addie deHilster
It’s fascinating to see the circuitous ways that some of the best teachers come to yoga. Take Addie deHilster, creator of Moved to Meditate, an Internet site dedicated to all forms of slow yoga practice. As a music major, Addie found herself constantly critiqued, growing increasingly frustrated, grumpy, and edgy. When a friend suggested sheContinue reading “Yoga People: Addie deHilster”
Yoga People: Ellen Mathews
When Tolstoy wrote that ‘all happy families are alike,’ he certainly wasn’t speaking about the yoga family I’ve been blessed to enjoy. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you won’t regret making a trip to the San Gabriel Valley – or reaching out on Zoom – to take a class with the incandescent EllenContinue reading “Yoga People: Ellen Mathews”
Book Review: Bent
Bent is an interesting addition to the current published literature on yoga. Written as a memoir, it begins when the author is diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease and then weaves its way back and forth in time. We discover that Anne Clendening began her recovery from alcoholism in her early twenties, and that she staysContinue reading “Book Review: Bent”
Yoga People: De Jur Jones
I first learned about tree inequity from De Jur when we met to discuss yoga over high tea in downtown Los Angeles. For the similarly uninitiated: studies have shown that low-income areas have less trees. Because of this, these neighborhoods are hotter. In addition, residents are more eight percent more more likely to experience heatContinue reading “Yoga People: De Jur Jones”
Yoga People: Bethany Hallquist
We come to our yoga practice in many different ways. As a registered nurse workman’s compensation case manager, loving wife, and the mother of two very active boys, Bethany Hallquist often finds her mind stretched to its limits. In order to take care of herself, she takes classes in a variety of movement disciplines. WhenContinue reading “Yoga People: Bethany Hallquist”
Introductions Are Important
Nice to meet you! My name is Korie Beth Brown, and I’m a yoga teacher. I’m also 59, short, round, and part of the starry sky of yoga. I believe that each of us adds our own unique part to the whole, and that everyone — every body, every mind, every soul — is neededContinue reading “Introductions Are Important”
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