The Wisdom of the Community
A thrilling week for me in terms of social media connection and the Anusara Kula. In Los Angeles, the shakti filled Advanced Intensive took place, and from what I have read and gleaned from the online kula, John infused it by invoking from each participants a level of commitment to the whole experience that came from a deep sacred space within each individual heart which infused both the space and the kula as a whole. My first love link gives you a bit more insight into this, written by powerful and wise teacher Christina Sell:
“John wrote a letter that was sent out to the participants outlining the protocol for the three days: He wanted everyone to treat the practice space as a temple, or mandir and observe silence while we were in the practice hall. There were some other instructions about not chatting, not leaving the room unnecessarily and he asked people if they could not perform an asana to simply stand in tadasana or sit quietly doing japa.”
You guys have got to read the whole article as she even gives us the sequences that John Friend taught through the weekend!!!!!!!!!! LOVE
♥ Not At The Advanced Intensive in LA? 3 Ways to Align With the Kula From Far Away– This is me sharing my feelings and process of being unable to travel around easily to practice with John and the kula. Oh being a householder yogi, what a journey! Check out a bit of the lovely conversation in the comments 😀
Just discovered Bay Shakti! A blog dedicated to Anusara ™Yoga in the San Francisco area! It’s a great source of inspiration. It has awesome interviews with Anusara ™ teachers both in video and in transcription (MY FAVORITE!!!! I absolutely ♥ that they do this) Plus awesome insights by the writers.
These next 2 posts are of a series and they all have to do with John Friend himself 😀 Not to be missed!
Interview with John Friend: Founder of Anusara Yoga
♥ Part 1
♥♥ Part 2
♥♥♥ Part 3
These next 2 posts are really fun. Do you guys know that I have a gazillion yoga asana pictures over in Flickr? They are all the pics that I use in the posts. Did you know that you can use them in your blogs if you want? All you need to do it just give me attribution (a link back to me!) In the following posts they did just that. Love them!
♥ The Ultimate Downward Facing Dog
♥ 10 Yoga Postures Performed By Cats
Did you all know that I have another podcast? Yep. It has been a while since our last posting. It’s called Mudra Moments and it’s aimed specifically at yoga teachers, yoga teacher trainees and yoga teacher wanna bees 😉 My friend Hillary and I basically have candid conversations pertaining to the life of a yoga instructor and the realities behind being a yoga teacher. In our latest episode we have our first ‘guest’ call in! She is a Mudra Moments listener and relatively new yoga teacher. We chat all about what it means to change careers, identities or perhaps titles in your life and work. Check it out. It’s really great conversation 😀
♥ Re-Inventing Yourself and Your Life: Actor to Yoga Teacher, Yoga Teacher To…Who Are You?
Hope you guys enjoy these!
As always these links are taken from the posts to the Elsie’s Yoga Kula Facebook Fan Page. Come join the fun 😀
Thanks to @toffernelson for the Twitpic
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thanks E for the mention.. it was a great time with john. xo
Thanks for the connections! I am going to a John Friend workshop in Columbia, SC this comming weekend. My son is heading back to school from Miami where he spent spring break, and stopping off at home on Sunday. So I am only going to the Saturday portion of the workshop, I was sort of bummed about missing an entire day until I read your post and realized there are so many other ways to connect and family is so very important. Thanks for your positive outlook and your great podcast! I love, love, love them. Namaste’ Nan
Thanks for the link love, Elsie. Ginger worked hard on getting the John Friend interview together. Glad you enjoyed it + love what you’re doing here. Keep up the great work!