yoga nidra: beliefs
How do we respond when we believe something to be true? Or not true? What sensations arise? How is the breath impacted? What emotions are present? During this practice we explore our reactivity to a number of suggested beliefs. As well, a portion of the practice is devoted to developing and cultivating one’s inner resource.
yoga nidra: why practice?
Why do we practice anyway? Are we trying to get better at our meditation? A portion of this yoga nidra “practice” is devoted to exploring the very notion of practice and its value in our lives.
yoga nidra: vulnerability
When we say that we feel “vulnerable,” the word describes a set of sensations. In this practice we explore the very human experience of vulnerability and what it actually feels like as body sensation. Read poet David Whyte’s essay on vulnerability from his book “Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words” found on the […]
Jean Klein June 5th 1992
nurturing the sacred feminine: 3-day retreat for women
Co-led with Naki (Kim) James.
Details forthcoming as soon as booking a retreat centre becomes feasible!
yoga nidra: five elements
Our embodied existence is explored using the framework of the five elements. The guidance leads us to recognize ourselves as that which we fundamentally are, open space, while simultaneously we experience the world through the vehicle of the body.
yoga nidra: experiencing tension?
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga March 23, 2020. In this practice we explore, firsthand, what tension actually feels like, using the technique of progressive muscle relaxation. PMR is used to manage anxiety and stress, to relieve insomnia, and to facilitate deep relaxation. If you know someone who is struggling under the enormity of the COVID […]
yoga nidra: exploring wariness and contagion
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga, March 17, 2020. My students (spaced more than 2 meters apart!) asked to use their practice time to explore their thoughts concerning contagion – possibly being contagious or wondering if those around them might be contagious – and the discomfort of feeling wary around even people they love. May the […]
yoga nidra: an ocean of availability
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga, March 18, 2020. I continue to post these imperfect, unedited, live recordings in hope that they will be of benefit to all of us as we navigate unfamiliar and changing waters. There is a short introduction from the conversation I had with my small group of (well spaced) students. If […]
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, […]