by Jurian | Jun 26, 2021 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga of Yes (Joy)
Where I live, summer’s keynote is abundance. The forests fill with undergrowth, the trees with fruit, the meadows with wild flowers and grasses, the fields with wheat and corn, the gardens with zucchini, and the yards with weeds… Summer is the season when all...
by Jurian | Jun 11, 2021 | Yoga off the Mat
I would never call myself a pessimist, yet it seems clear to me (and I think most people would agree) that, over the course of the last several decades, our society has become less concerned with thoughtfulness toward others and increasingly focused on the individual....
by Jurian | Jun 11, 2021 | Health and Wellness
If you participated in my free Gentle Kripalu Yoga class on June 9 (see the video, here), you heard me speak of this recipe. You’ll see that it’s actually less a recipe and more a “starting point.” I had a simple list of ingredients on a package when I made this for...
by Jurian | May 11, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Yoga and Dance, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
The last of the Yamas and Niyamas (yoga’s 10 ethical precepts) is Ishvara Pranidhana, which has been translated as everything from “surrender to God” to “offering the fruits of one’s actions to the Divine” to “unshakeable faith in the guiding and protecting power of...
by Jurian | Apr 25, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
I keep coming back to Danna Faulds’ poem, The Pendulum Swings: Have patience. The pendulum that swung too far in one direction will swing back. At the moment of its turning, everything hangs in the balance. All the momentum of past actions is suspended in mid-air, and...
by Jurian | Apr 9, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
“Little things mean a lot,” the saying goes. And thank goodness. Hope, healing, relief – these aren’t to be found solely in large things. They don’t require a lavish trip, fantastic news from a doctor, a new love, a new job, a new home. Sometimes, thankfully, hope,...
by Jurian | Apr 2, 2021 | Health and Wellness
A CHAKRA BLESSING Muladhara I greet you, my feet, my root, all that keeps me solid and steady on the ground, in tune with Mother Earth. I know that I am whole and safe. Swadisthana I greet you, my belly, my hips, my flowing waters of deep feeling and creativity....
by Jurian | Mar 24, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
The ancient Japanese art of kintsugi takes broken pottery and makes it whole again – not by trying to hide its brokenness – but by celebrating it. After the piece is put back together, powdered gold or silver is applied to the cracks, “transforming what was an...
