Thera Yoga: Learning How to Use Your Body Better Text by Malcolm McLean, photos by Darren Ell. Hips, knees, ankles and feet were the topic of the Thera-Yoga workshop on October 19, with athletic therapist Stephanie Russo and yoga teacher Eva Brune. “Our intention is injury prevention — in our practice and in our daily…
DetailsI have had a number of ‘doom and gloom’, ‘the end is rushing towards us’ conversations recently. For the times, this is not unusual. What strikes, surprises even, is how much fatalism and pessimism can be found. The attitude of ‘what can one person do’ seems prevalent. And then the fellow who says since the…
Detailsby Julie Nadler This week I was supposed to be at a five-day silent meditation retreat led by Pascal Auclair, True North Insight Meditation. I was looking forward to the change of pace/focus that a silent retreat offers. A respite. A chance to self-heal. An opportunity to be device-free and to let the retreat schedule…
Details“Have fun,” one of my students called out just before she floated down the stairs and out onto the street. I was quite sure fun was not going to be on the menu for this 6-day silent meditation retreat. A more appropriate wish might have been, “Have a meaningful time.” Previous to this I had…
Detailsby Malcolm McLean I have been meditating on the term “pro life”: literally, to be on the side of life. Surely a worthy place to be! In the yoga tradition, reverence and defence of life flow from the yamas, our code of conduct, which includes ahimsa, non-violence. So we answer yes to…
DetailsLast winter, when you picked your way down an icy NDG sidewalk, did you do so with purposeful, prudent steadiness; or with mind in turmoil and fearful footing. Did you have balance? That graceful Tango progression you pulled off, finally, after an evening of struggling and feeling like roadkill? When your balance kicked…
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