Here | There September 22, 2023. On this day the Moon passes the local meridian of 180° due S at 7:01 pm Pacific time, just as Christopher’s Yin Yoga class is beginning, and ten minutes after the Sun has set. The Moon touches its light / shade equivalence at 12:09 pm. The next day, on […]
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Awakening Your Yoga Practice
Yoga Yoga is a lifestyle practice. A process delivering perhaps at some point, enlightenment, and positively providing a set of guidelines with which to harmoniously navigate the human experience spiritually, morally, mentally, and physically. The discipline leading to self-knowledge is the unity offered to the ancients, and to us. From my observations, most practicing “yogis” […]
Stimulation
Stretching | Stressing Stretching is a misnomer, but for lack of a better word for something that conveys the idea of pulling on tissues it’s sufficient, albeit inaccurate. Never mind that my second book is called, A Righteous Stretch — Yin Yoga: What It Is, How To Do It, And Why. The reality is that […]
Breathing
In | Out It’s self-evident. The natural cycles playing out over the course of each year, each month, each day are elements of life itself. The four seasons, a synodic lunation, day & night, and even our own breathing. And they’re reflective of each other. Consider the Summer Solstice, where the Sun reaches its highest […]
Complete
Work | Play On February 1, 2022, at the outset of the Spring Festival — otherwise known as the Chinese New Year — I released the Kindle edition of A Righteous Stretch. This, my second book, explores precisely what Yin yoga is, how to do it, and why you should. Six weeks later the print […]
Voila
Lunar | Solar The Full Beaver Micro Moon occurs at 02:59:15 PST on November 8th, but at that moment it’s obscured by the Earth’s shadow. This lunar eclipse is notable due to its extended duration. That is, the event begins as the Moon passes into the penumbra, Earth’s wider shadow, at about 12:02:18. Then, what’s […]
Balance
Fifty | Fifty Just after noon (12:21 PDT) on September 22, 2021, the Autumnal Equinox occurs. At this cardinal point Summer officially becomes Fall. The Sun rises due East, sets due West, and traverses the sky directly above the Equator. Its axial tilt points neither at the Northern nor Southern hemisphere. Day and night across […]
Yin Yoga and the Fire Trigram
In General You’ll notice that my Yin yoga classes are organized around the synodic lunar cycle, and the Early Heaven Bagua. Each 29.5 day lunation includes eight specific phases of illumination. The varying illumination of the lunar surface reflects greater or lesser manifestations of Yin and Yang. The Bagua, or Eight Changes, provides a step […]