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Exploring Contradictions in Yoga – or are they really?

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...

YOGA ON THE HIKING TRAIL: Part 5 – A Sadhana by Mugs McConnell

by Mugs McConnell | Nov 6, 2023 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs

© Marion Mugs McConnell   The Pacific Crest Trail is the highest, most scenic trail from Mexico to Canada. The Continental Divide Trail divides the continent with its mountain ranges, so rivers that flow from it to the west go into the Pacific Ocean, and rivers...

YOGA ON THE TRAIL: Part 4 – A Sadhana by Mugs McConnell

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....

YOGA ON THE HIKING TRAIL: A Sadhana by Mugs McConnell (Part 3)

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...

YOGA ON THE HIKING TRAIL: A Sadhana by Mugs McConnell (Part 2)

by Mugs McConnell | Jul 31, 2023 | Asanas, Musings From Mugs

Backpacking has been a great love of mine since childhood. As a child, my mother used to hike along the Dewdney trail to visit a family friend and gold prospector, Ed Jordan. He had a cabin in the mountains outside of Creston, BC, and her family was very close to him....

YOGA ON THE HIKING TRAIL: A Sadhana by Mugs McConnell

by Mugs McConnell | May 3, 2023 | Asanas, Musings From Mugs

Whether you hike 5000 kms or 50 kms, you can integrate your yoga sadhana (spiritual practices). Everyone needs to stop and rest numerous times a day so there is plenty of opportunity to meditate, breathe, and stretch out those muscles.

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