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Your Environment- Your Body- Your Mind
"The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in." -BKS Iyengar The Saucha Bhartha (Clean India) campaign is designed to remove the garbage
Why Preserve Nature?
Once I visited Purvotar in NE India near the Nepal boarder to deliver a 10-day yoga programs in two prisons. I witnessed in the Himalayas many automatic machines cutting down
Mindfulness
Many people complain to me that they love coming to yoga classes, but they find it impossible to focus their mind enough to continue the practice alone at home. If
Soothing Sciatica Pain With Yoga
Growing up my mom would tell me every day: "Sari stand up straight." I wonder if it was my asthma that made me slouch, or my lack of confidence. Whatever
Whisper It and They Will Come
It is 6 A.M. on a Thursday morning in a suburban town of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, northwestern India. I'm on stage about to demonstrate basic Hatha Yoga asanas, looking out at
Original Spine
By Sari Skinnider We are all born with accurate, flexible spines. The curvatures provide an ideal foundation upon which to build an entire infrastructure of strength and flexibility, as well
The Importance of Marriage
In Western Rajasthan with Summer comes marriage season. India is an agricultural country. Farmers finish their winter harvest of wheat and mustard in February so they have no more work
Passion and Patience
I have come to this blog repeatedly during this month's Yoga Jagran in Bophalgarh, trying to finish it. But like many projects in my life, more important interruptions occur and
Karma Yoga ““ Stepping Into the Stream
"Give yourself up "“ it is the best way of finding yourself." The Mother, Sri Aurobindo Ashram I arrived a little early to lead yoga class this morning so I
Retreat to Meditate
Last month I participated in a 10 day silent course at Vipassana Meditation Center in Jaipur, along with approximately 200 other students from around the world. Vipassana centers are located
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