I always believed that a good yoga class is not only about physical poses. A more important and crucial factor is what is being learned and shared in class. Perhaps that is why I love Anusara yoga as part of the requirement of an Anusara class is to have a theme to set you thinking. However, if you noticed, there are many many other yoga practitioners who complain that the teacher talk too much! When I heard such comments, I just smiled and walked away. ( I sort of sigh in my mind too… )
Being women, we are blessed with the ability to give life. 
But with this ability comes with the monthly “hassle” - menstrual cycle. With it, comes the hormonal changes that often wreck our emotions as well.
During our menstrual cycle, it is advised that we rest! DUH… however, I have noticed that many women ( including me… guilty as charged sometimes ) are still going for tough yoga classes. However, I do notice that doing some easy yoga like restorative yoga and certain light hatha yoga is very helpful in keeping those cramps at bay as well as helping me feel less uneasy on the tummy.
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I just got an email from yoga journal that is about standing poses. In it, it shared the video of John Friend teaching the standing poses… it’s really beautiful…. I love the love and meaning that John gives to the practice. Beautiful energy and how he paints each pose.
He’s funny too! Just delightful!
www.yogajournal.com/video/112?utm_source=MyYogaJournal&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=myj_361
The amazing thing, the class is over 800 people!
PS. I gotta transcribe this!
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I think yoga chants are beautiful to listen to.
Especially when the person chanting has a beautiful voice. It is soothing, calming and captivating.
When you chant at the beginning of a yoga practice, you are setting the intention of your practice. I always feel calm and at peace when I do a chant at the beginning of my practice.
In the studio where I practice (very commercialized), most teachers do not do any chants. Probably due to the fact that some students there are not comfortable with the chants. They are of other religious groups that may deem yoga and the chanting inappropriate for their followers.
Here’s a wonderful story that my yogi friend shared with all of us in our facebook community. I think its a reminder to all of us of what yoga is about as well as what life is about. Enjoy and tell me what you think!
This is taken as is from what my friend wrote :
