I've been unbelievably lucky running into so many talented, kind, and generous-hearted teachers. When the student is ready the teacher will appear? Isn't that what they say? I must have been good and ready, because they've been appearing everywhere. In yoga studios, on tree limbs, streaking across skies, in subway trains, and with refreshing frequency in the fairy-dusted forests of Montana. My teachers nudge me to hit the reset button whenever I get a little (or a lot) lost. My gratitude for them extends infinitely.

cool links

what yoga's all about

• Erich Schiffmann's book, Moving Into Stillness (take some chapters for a free test drive here)
• Joel Kramer's article on Yoga as Self-Transformation
• My cherished friend Alex Levin's website
• Divine yogi Neva Ingalls' website
• The lovely Carie Garrett's website
• The nifty iHanuman website put together by yogi-extraordinaire, Tilak Pyle
• Erich on why the pause matters
• Gary Lemons' sublime poetry book, Fresh Horses
• Erich's audio on 'The Big Picture'
• Erich's audio on 'Getting Online'
• Tom Pilarzyk's book on yoga's roots, and why its about way more than physical fitness

practical stuff that's still fun

• A nifty Sanskrit pronunciation guide to asanas
• Paul Grilley's Anatomy for Yoga DVD
• Krishna Das' story on learning the Hanuman Chalisa
• Erich's tips on meditation posture

video

freeform yoga at feathered pipe ranch, 2009

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the mat as practice for life

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theory of yin yoga

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easy back twist and stretch

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. . . You can escape if you remember
A time when you were not a guest in your own house.
Then you see them on the distant
Hill, waving you closer, calling your name --
They are the ones who draw a circle on the ground.
At the edge of every darkness love is burning candles.

~ Gary Lemons, from his poem, Freedom, in his exquisite book, Fresh Horses