kirtan with joan – NOT CANCELLED
Today when I got in the car, out of the blue, a voice memo of a kirtan from October 2015, recorded five months before Joan’s death, started playing. I don’t know how or why, but there it was coming through my car speakers. Although she hadn’t been able to teach formally for almost a year, […]
yoga nidra: wanting things to be different
What does it feel when we want things to be different than they are? A Yoga Nidra session recorded live at Pathless Yoga in Montreal, May, 2019. I have strongly resisted the move toward on-line teaching as I do not believe it is an ideal medium for sharing the nondual teachings. However, given the circumstances, […]
yoga nidra: quarantine
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga in Montreal, March 10, 2020. By request, I led an iRest Yoga Nidra practice this week exploring the possibility of quarantine. Feel free to listen and share with others. It might be a helpful inquiry for anyone considering or experiencing a period of self-isolation. Namasté, Kathleen
hand-washing with gayatri mantra
For years, I’ve been chanting the Gayatri Mantra while washing my hands. During this time of heightened awareness around hand-washing, I highly recommend the practice. OMBhur Bhuvah SvahTat Savitur VarenyamBhargo Devasya DhimahiDhiyo Yo Nah PrachodayatOMWe meditate on the self-effulgent light of the Source.May our hearts and minds be illuminated. From Travels Through Sacred India by […]
deconstructing iRest webinar
A fun, informative, and interactive community hour. Using the 10-Step iRest Yoga Nidra Protocol as a framework, Kathleen analyzes the structure, pace, components, and language of one of her iRest practices, discussing the rationale for each of the various elements included and, in particular, offering a methodology for investigating a series of beliefs during an iRest group practice.
Le Yoga de la non-dualité
Le Yoga de la non-dualité : Une autre perspective » Article par Joan publié dans « La Voix du centre » Vol. 16, No. 1 Le seul fait de l’énoncer, « le yoga de la non-dualité », fait surgir son opposé — « le yoga de la dualité », ce qui nous place dans une […]
The Yoga of Contradiction
What kind of lineage is this? …… where self means no-self, where emptiness means fullness, and fullness means emptiness, or both. If you think you know, you don’t and if you don’t know, you do. Even the notion of lineage collapses in the timeless, as no transmission can occur anyway, since there is no other. […]
Joan’s Only Cartoon…
On distinguishing the Roller Coaster from the Amusement Park
Here we go again, riding the roller coaster of rapid change… up the slope, over the top and plunging back down, squealing, shrieking or otherwise, as megafires devastate the landscape, massive financial insecurities sweep the planet and global political systems sclerose and transform. Who’s in charge here? What’s the 800 number? We’d like to report […]
In Praise of Ordinariness
So here we are, just doing the daily business, whether it’s called a work day, a retreat, a sabbatical, a goof-off day, or a super-intense practice day. We do what we do, the doing happens by itself, and then we name it, or claim it, perhaps weighting it with a certain value or perhaps not […]