The Yoga Manifesto: How Yoga Helped Me and Why it Needs to Save Itself

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Lorna Fisher, yoga teacher @dynamicflowyoga “An honest retrospective on the highs and lows of yoga. Nadia expresses complete truthfulness and openness about her growth alongside the practice. Anyone who is interested in their relationship to yoga and themselves should read this book. I cannot recommend it enough.” Nadia is a brilliant and vibrant voice on social media who I've enjoyed following for a number of years and so I was chuffed to hear that this book was to be published. In yoga, all actions are sacred. Cleaning and preparing the space is part of your practice. From sweeping the floor to laying out props for your students, every action you do can be one of devotion. 3. Greeting Your Class

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In 1973 David discovered Ashtanga after he met David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in Encinitas, CA. In 1975 David and Nancy brought K. Pattabhi Jois to the U.S. for the first time and Swenson was fortunate enough to be there. He then initiated studies directly with the master. He made his first trip to Mysore in 1977. David is one of only a handful of Westerners to have learned the full Ashtanga system including all of the asana sequences and pranayama as originally taught by K. Pattabhi Jois. In this deeply inspiring and wide ranging conversation Scott talks to Waylon Lewis on his life as a buddhist and the growth of the world renowned yoga and wellness magazine, Elephant Journal.When I first read this, I was at the very beginning of my yoga journey. I didn't own a mat, wasn't sure about it, and just looking at positions online made me wince and convinced I'd never start. I read this which gave such useful insight from the history of yoga, to your own relationship with yoga, to the different types, and making it work for you. I am really grateful for Nadia’s courage to step up and share her truth about Yoga and the wellness industry in general: how flawed, racist and exclusive it is when we are practicing just for the sake of it. Share this event Save this event: Jo Caulfield comedian and author. A Book Week Scotland free event. I have read a lot of yoga books and this is definitely one of the more readable ones. It is a unique mashup of Nadia’s personal yoga journey (which like mine starts in the 1990s), yoga philosophy and history …with a focus on decolonizing modern yoga. Her paragraph on what Om means made me cry. I also think it is written in a very approachable way - there is even a reference section on types of yoga explained in very concise snippets.

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The solution to bringing about real change must include everyone. If we’re in the business of yoga and get paid for selling it in some form, it’s our duty to ensure we’re doing it with respect and integrity. Those changes alone could revolutionise the way yoga exists in the western world. Above all, we all have a responsibility to make sure that yoga is available to anyone who wants to practise it. I was starting to feel anxious about the night ahead, and wondering whether the journey was going to have been worth it. I was on my way to teach a yoga class for refugee boys at a community centre. I had been told that they were aged sixteen to nineteen, so some of them were already young men. I regularly led classes for people from vulnerable communities like this through a charity, but I had not yet taught teenagers. Now that I thought about it, facing a roomful of boys and getting them to do strange things with their bodies was beginning to sound scary. I realized that they might not be interested, just as I hadn’t been when I went to my first yoga class. I had been initially drawn to the idea of sharing yoga with these kids because the longer I taught yoga, the more I felt a calling to take the practice to those who might not otherwise find it. It made me feel useful and gave me a sense of purpose. I wanted to show them some resources to help them, like yoga had worked for me. If they weren’t interested, then never mind. It was worth a try. Teenagers could be cruel though, couldn’t they? I wasn’t exactly great company when I was their age. I hadn’t thought this through. I've now done three classes and can see how beneficial this will be for me. This book gave me the confidence to try. I have just started, but following the author on Insta is great to keep my confidence going, and get top tips along the way.His aim: to bring the good news re: “the mindful life” beyond the choir & to all those who didn’t know they gave a care. elephantjournal.com His dream of 12 years, the Elephant “Ecosystem” will find a way to pay 1,000s of writers a month, helping reverse the tide of low-quality, unpaid writing & reading for free online. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! I had ended up on the course because I needed a break. I had decided to look upon it as a retreat and form of healing because after many years of troubles with food and alcohol and almost a decade of working as a news journalist, I was exhausted. I needed a rest but was also searching for some serious discipline in what had otherwise been a chaotic life for too long. The Yoga Manifesto excavates where the industry has gone wrong, and what can be done to save the practice from its own success.

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His first book, Things I would like to do with You, touches on modern relationships from a Buddhist point of view. His second book, It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with Your Life, is available, here. We were halfway through the first Sun Salutation sequence when the giggles started. I couldn’t help but feel myself almost laughing too because, looking at it from their point of view and given that we had only just met, what we were doing was pretty odd. But I remembered my authority, I was the teacher so had to keep myself together. I did my best to cajole them along, walking between their mats and waving my arms to show them the way, exaggerating my movements the way people do when they don’t speak your language. ‘Breathe out and bend the knee,’ I called out, getting them into Warrior Two pose. ‘Bend the knee,’ I said again when no one responded. ‘The knee is bending, more bending, bending more...’ Everyone’s legs were shaking, but I could see that they were strong so I held them there a while longer. Nadia Gilani has been practising yoga for 25 years. She has also worked as a yoga teacher. Yoga has saved her life and seen her through many highs and lows; it has been a faith, a discipline, and a friend, and she believes wholeheartedly in its radical potential. However, over her years in the wellness industry, Nadia has noticed not only yoga's rising popularity, but also how its modern incarnation no longer serves people of colour, working class people, or many other groups who originally pioneered its creation. In this beautiful and enlightening conversation Scott Johnson talks to Zen teacher, poet and author Peter Levitt about his book Fingerpainting On The Moon, his life as a Soto Zen practitioner and poet and how we can all use contemplative practices to find our own unique creative process. In this wide ranging conversation Scott Johnson talks to Dr Mark Williams, professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford and director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, about mindfulness meditation and its ability to treat and prevent depression. Mark was raised in a devout Christian household, and at a young age believed his calling was with the ministry. His path changed while studying clinical psychology at university, where he was drawn to the field of treating adult mental health.When inviting students to set an intention for class, you can refer them to yoga philosophy. For example, you can mention they are exploring their own satya , or truth, and engaging in vichara and svadhyaya as they self-reflect. 8. If You Teach Asana Class

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The Yoga Manifesto is about equality, creativity and revolutionary hope - and you definitely don’t need to practice yoga to know these things matter.” Together, I know we can use the power of yoga to connect with one another and spread inclusion, diversity, and positivity. And Legendary poet, Robert Creeley, wrote that Peter Levitt’s poetry “sounds the honor of our common dance,” and, in 1989 Peter received the prestigious Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry.A thorough and honest dissection of the ups and downs of modern yoga through the lens of one young woman's experience of yoga. Journeying through discovering yoga when at such a low point in adolescence, through abusive relationships, addiction, grief and in to teaching yoga, this book is both a tribute to the wonderful connection yoga brings and a stark warning of its flaws and what needs to change. i enjoyed reading this- very readable and combines yoga history, current yoga and the authors personal story well. Share this event Save this event: Group exercise classes - Yoga at the Bandstand (Wednesdays) - 12pm About Waylon Lewis Waylon Lewis, founder of Elephant Journal & host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat.” The Yoga Manifesto is about equality and creativity and revolutionary hope – and you definitely don’t need to practise yoga to know these things matter.