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There are many instructions given to students of yoga. They are not all created equally. Some are supported by evidence, […]

It may seem obvious that if we want to learn we need to be curious. But curiosity is not just

Until now, we’ve focused on repetition, frequency and precision. The last aspect of practice we will add is appropriateness. We

We can’t just show up, do whatever we feel like doing on any given day, and expect to make progress.

Last time we started to explore what it means to practice. We talked about repetition as a key element. This

Practice is a word that is used constantly. Everyone agrees it is a necessary part of progress. Rarely however, does

Often in the yoga world, we talk about things like “going deeper”. Many talk about the desire to take their

When we deepen our physical practice there’s a weird wall that appears in front of us. We spend time learning

Occasionally we will hear that people feel worse after taking class than before. Maybe the body hurts, there’s tension or

This year, Ida will be speaking at the Kolkata Lit Meet. She is part of a panel talking about “Forgotten

Are we doing the postures or are they doing us? When we practice physical postures, it’s easy to think that

Scott and Ida with (L to R) Srinjoy, Muktamala, & Shantanu Mitra – Taj Mahal, Agra India January 2025 (Photo

This year, I’m taking a different approach to my list. It’s all fiction. I also read a lot of non-fiction