Tag Archive for ‘anusara’
Interview with Suzie Hurley
Suzie Hurley is a certified Senior Anusara Yoga Teacher and Director of the Willow Street Yoga Center in Takoma Park, Maryland. In this interview, Suzie shares with us her fated journey from student to teacher and her early beginnings as a reluctant teacher at Pope Airforce Base in Fayetteville, NC. Suzie has been a student [...]
12/15/07 10:47 PM
What is Anusara Yoga?
Anusara means “flowing with Grace” or “following your heart.” Developed by John Friend, Anusara is a style of hatha yoga that encompasses the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of yoga. Anusara Yoga is an exceptionally therapeutic system because it is founded on Universal Principles of Alignment that bring the body into balance. This specific alignment [...]
12/6/07 8:01 AM
Living with Virtuosity
The Tantric Philosophy that underlies Anusara Yoga is a philosophy of intrinsic Goodness. The absolute essence of everything is Supreme Consciousness that pulsates with pure Goodness. Out of its infinite freedom, Supreme Consciousness chooses to limit itself by becoming embodied as the material universe in order that it may enjoy the experience of diversity. Living [...]
11/25/07 5:07 PM
False Ceilings
Six Years ago I attended an Intermediate/Advanced Yoga Workshop taught by John Friend in Utah. We practiced all kinds of challenging and unusual poses, as well as the more typical postures. One day John had me demonstrate Adho Mukha Vrksasana, the Handstand Pose. I love this pose and have practiced it for years. However, he [...]
10/19/07 8:02 AM
A Most Honorable Profession
When I first began teaching yoga in 1981, yoga wasn’t exactly entrenched in the mainstream as it is now. I had been meditating for four years and doing asana out of a book daily. There was never a thought about becoming a yoga teacher, as I had four children, ages 7-14, and it was all [...]
10/8/07 3:06 PM
Yoga and Seva in the Sacred Valley of Peru
Anusara Yoga teacher Tanya Beilke is leading a Yoga and Seva Retreat May 10-19 to the Sacred Valley in Peru. While there the retreat participants will be volunteering at Casa de Milagros (House of Miracles), a home for orphaned and abandoned children. Tanya is currently working to raise money and supplies needed to complete a [...]
03/29/07 9:03 PM
Philisophical Perspectives
See God in yourself and see God in others”. When I heard this from meditation teacher Swami Muktananda in the 70’s it was a revolutionary concept to me. However, something deep inside resonated with this teaching and I felt especially uplifted. It felt like a way to connect with the best in myself and with [...]
12/28/05 5:00 PM
