To live our practice in every way is to bring the awareness of unity into the simplest and most mundane as well as the most challenging areas of our lives. This section is dedicated to providing practical means to apply our yoga in the external world in order to reduce distractions and support our inner alignment with Self. Go Organic… …
No-Thing to be Thankful For
by Jeff Martens The water was loud enough to drown out shouted conversation. Rain poured from the night sky and flooded through the ceiling of the large studio in a waterfall larger than any monsoon had a right to deposit. A half hour later we found that, in addition to the torrential storm, one of the main fire sprinkler lines …
New Yoga Products You Won’t Find Anywhere Else! (Hopefully)
by Jeff Martens We at Inner Vision Yoga are always striving to remain on the cutting edge for offering you the very best in yoga products and practice aids. We think you will be as pleasantly surprised with these NEW products as we are… NEW! Yo’diaper Yoga Diapers Has this ever happened to you? You are flowing through your perfect …
My Relationship with Yoga Props
by Maredith Schroeder The first yoga class I attended five years ago was in a small studio my friend dragged me into. The room was carpeted wall to wall with three stripes down the center of the room, a mirror from the floor to the ceiling that I could not escape from and stark walls. I was asked to bring …
me vs. Me
Why I entered the Arizona Asana Championship by Jeff Martens If you bring forth what is within you, what is within you will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what is within you will destroy you. – Jesus, Thomas Gospel *** The amplified voice booms like thunder beyond the relative safety of the stage …
Student Essay: Me teaching yoga?
TAKE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING? ME? I DUNNO by Nancy Cole Having taken yoga classes over the past four years or so, beginning slowly with one class each week, and moving forward to about year ago when I began taking a class every day, I had serious questions about making a commitment to teacher training. Would doing so ruin my love …
“Knowledge is Power”
Knowledge is Power, Not-Knowing is Pain By Jeff Martens anitysuci-duhkhntmasu nitya-suci-sukhtma-khytir avidy Ignorance (not knowing) is mistaking the transient for the eternal, the impure for the pure, pain for happiness, and the false self for the God-self. Yoga Sutra 2.5 In the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Avidya is the first of five Klesha or afflictions. From this root of ignorance …
“How I Spent my Winter Vacation (Ownership. Peace, and the One Who Is Beyond Greed)”
by Jeff Martens It is a rare thing in my life, not to see another human being for five days. My wife at the time, Michele, was out of the country for almost four weeks and I found myself visiting a friend’s cabin in Northern Arizona with my dog Ginger. The long drive from the city and I have arrived, …
Happy and Well
by Jeff “Would you rather be happy and well, or would you rather be right?” –from A Course in Miracles, as quoted by Louise Hay When there is confusion regarding the Self,,, one mistakes misery as happiness.” –Yoga Sutra 2.5 It is a late Thursday night and I am driving to pick my mom up from the airport. She is returning …
“Good Space”
Good Space: The Cultivation of Sukha by Jeff Martens Sukha: To Be at Ease The Sanskrit Sukha is a somewhat common term in the Yoga Sutras, appearing in five separate verses including the first verse on asana or physical posture. Usually defined as happiness, pleasure, ease, joy or agreeableness, much can be learned about sukha by taking a brief look at its …