by Mugs McConnell | Mar 30, 2024 | Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama
I am hooked on this mantra. I say it with my mala beads, with hand mudras, with finger-tip touching, and during the “hold” in my asanas, and in this delightful, long-form Gayatri Salutation. This Gayatri Salutation is a beautiful practice, turning it into a sacred prayer for your body, mind and spirit.
by Rebecca Stone | Mar 9, 2024 | Asanas
In Mugs’ blog post this month, she talks about the contradictions in the names of various yoga asana and pranayama techniques. There are many names that are more commonly accepted, but it is just as common to hear them called a different name based on who is...
by Mugs McConnell | Mar 4, 2024 | Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs
When I wrote my book Letters from the Yoga Masters, it became clear that my teacher Hari was learning multiple ways one can practice the yoga techniques. He wrote to yoga masters of various traditional lineages, asking for clarification on how they instructed a...
by SOYA admin | Feb 4, 2024 | Asanas, Meditation and Pranayama
From the SOYA Archives, originally submitted by Emma Barata, SOYA500 from Prince George BC Ananda Madirasana activates the Ajna Chakra The vajra, the thunderbolt, is said to be the weapon of Indra king of the devas or gods, just as the mind is the king of all the...
by Mugs McConnell | Oct 6, 2023 | Asanas, Musings From Mugs
In this part 4 of the Yoga on the Trail study we will take a look at balance poses and inversions. I have already talked about the importance of asanas in general. Without a regular practice of asanas I begin to feel very muscle-bound in the arms, shoulders and legs....
by Mugs McConnell | Sep 8, 2023 | Asanas, Musings From Mugs
Hiking and backpacking continue to be a passion of mine. Being in nature and breathing in the pure air fills me with energy and gratitude for this lifetime. Discovering with such intimate closeness the trees, desert, plants, water, atmosphere, and the earth in all her...
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