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 […]
Me and My Thoughts
What to do!? What to do!? All this thinking is driving me crazy. It seems we are in a massive think-a-long, one thought clambering after another, some overlapping, some tripping over each other, others lagging behind and holding up the rest of the gang for a moment. The whole thought marathon is just barreling along. […]
Nondual approach to Swine flu
Is it possible to get through a day without hearing some new announcement about swine flu? Bombarded by media campaigns from all perspectives, the mind has an opportunity to land in any one of many points of view, for or against, fear or nonchalance, or just plain bored. If we are not our bodies, then […]