Think you're too old for starting up with Yoga? No way! I'm really grateful that I started learning yoga in the 60's when I was still in my twenties, but that doesn't mean folks my age--mid 70's-- can't start now! There are so many adaptations we can...
Happy Practitioners Call It “Big Ass Yoga!”
A FLUFFY OMELET OF LUSTMeera Patricia Kerr has been big since childhood. Even during a short run of relatively skinny - but still amply curvy - days around her college years, an admirer called her his "flufry omelet of lust." Kerr has always been comfortable with her...
What Is Big Yoga, Anyway?
Recently, I met a woman at Yogaville, at the Satchidananda Ashram who wanted to know what Big Yoga meant. So I thought I'd take a minute to tell the world! Big Yoga, patterned after Integral Yoga, is first and foremost a classical, heart centered approach to the...
Amba Parameshwari
Salutations to the Highest Goddess, the First Energy of Creation After taking some time off from my blog, I am getting ready to come back to life! I have moved to Yogaville, an ashram located in central Virginia, where I...
Roll Around Yoga
I just checked out this blog:It's a fun and useful article about the value of just rolling around on the floor to reduces stress and tension. It's from a website called Yoga With nadine. She sounds cool-- I thought you'd like to read it!
Mantra is a Mystic Word
This came in a newsletter from Satchidananda Ashram in Virginia, where I was trained in Integral Yoga®. The mind should dwell on a mantra and its vibrations so that it will not divert its attention to anything else. The more you repeat the mantra, the more you produce...
Relaxation Response
I'm working on a new book, tentatively titled Big Yoga Stress Strategies, for Square One, and am boning up on the most recent research about the effects of meditation on the body and mind. Something I didn't know--but probably should have--that, according to Herbert...
Big Yoga Flex-Ability
This new DVD is for us! It doesn’t expect you to bend over backwards, sit like a pretzel, or stand on your head.
Well, here we are!
Or I should say, here I am; launching into Big Yoga's first adventure in blogland... Have you ever wanted to try yoga, but didn't want to go to a regular class because of Your size? Your age? A disability? Well, you don't have to be thin, young, or flexible to enjoy...