by Jacqueline Morasco | Meditation, Yoga |
According to the Hatha Yoga Padipika, which is an old text that describes the practices of hatha yoga, trataka is, “looking intently with an unwavering gaze at a small point until the eyes begin to tear.” Trataka is a kriya or cleansing practice. I find it...
by Jacqueline Morasco | Yoga |
As I have discussed in previous posts, meditation has many positive effects and no negative side effects. It’s amazing that most of us aren’t taught from an early how to meditate or at least to be mindful. Of course, I look at my own children and know...
by Jacqueline Morasco | Yoga |
Energy is the ability to do work. Most of us talk about our energy level–we’re jazzed, tired, fired up, lethargic. What we eat, what we do, how we sleep and think affect our energy level and our ability to do work.In a yoga practice, we look at the result...
by Jacqueline Morasco | Yoga |
Discipline and routine haven’t come easy to me, yet there is one area I don’t stray from, my daily skin care. As a teen, I spent lots of time in the sun, with lemons, baby oil, iodine, and a salt water spray, attempting to tan. Before too long that I...
by Jacqueline Morasco | Yoga |
Continuing our discussion with the 2nd limb of Patanjali’s ashtanga yoga, the 3rd niyama, tapas, which literally translates to discipline from the sanskrit root tap or heat, is the niyama most of my college students connect with. When they first read...
by Jacqueline Morasco | Yoga |
Today, let’s explore the 2nd niyama from Patanjali’s 2nd limb of ashtanga yoga, santosha or contentment.Happiest with some sweet treat in each hand as a child, I wonder how much I’ve changed in my search for joy and fulfillment. What...
