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Fierce Winds in a New Year

By Sue Lyn, on January 8th, 2010%

I taught my first classes of the new year this week. I am teaching four classes a week this session, which is one more than I have done for the past several months. I’m a bit worried about juggling everything, but I forget all about that when I walk into the studio each time. I do love my students! . . . → Read More: Fierce Winds in a New Year

Desire and Attachment

By Sue Lyn, on July 10th, 2009%

I had an interesting exchange with a student last week. He was asking about desire:

I’m really curious how we can, in this modern world, purify things so simply down to renunciation of all desires and attachments to attain true freedom. Didn’t I see you zip away after class in a plum colored convertible?

Here’s my response:

Eradicating desire . . . → Read More: Desire and Attachment

Happy New 2009

By Sue Lyn, on January 9th, 2009%

I’ve been to New York several Januaries now. (This was not Mark’s first New Year’s broadcast). Yet I’m always surprised how cold the city can be, temperature-wise. The people I find quite warm. . . . → Read More: Happy New 2009

Aaahhh

By Sue Lyn, on September 23rd, 2008%

That’s how I feel after a three-day weekend of yoga with Kofi Busia. Since Kofi lives and teaches on the west coast, I am trying to take advantage of every opportunity when he travels east. Last week he was at Greater Baltimore Yoga on the north side of Baltimore, MD.

As at Omega, which I wrote about . . . → Read More: Aaahhh

Kofi at Omega

By Sue Lyn, on August 8th, 2008%

Mmmm. Still haven’t come down from a week of yoga with a teacher I admire immensely. Last Sunday I returned from the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, where Kofi Busia was teaching. This came along at just the right time for me. To have the luxury of a full week where I had nothing else to do but work on my own form and strength was heavenly. . . . → Read More: Kofi at Omega

Review: Eat, Pray, Love

By Sue Lyn, on February 12th, 2008%

A week ago, a friend gave me a copy of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book “Eat, Pray, Love.” I was aware of the book when it came out last year. A book with a focus on food and yogic philosophy? You’d think it would be right up my alley. But I waited to read . . . → Read More: Review: Eat, Pray, Love

Yoga Music – Indian Sounds

By Sue Lyn, on December 19th, 2007%

Several of my yoga students have asked about the music I play during class. I know many teachers disapprove of music during practice, but I feel it helps create a unique mental space for the practice and also creates an aural buffer for those of us living in noisy urban environments! I’ve set up a couple of music mixes that I play on my iPod during class, and have posted three of them on the iTunes website. Here’s the first one I thought might interest my blog readers. . . . → Read More: Yoga Music – Indian Sounds

Another Gift from the Mulberry Tree

By Sue Lyn, on November 29th, 2007%

There is no word in English to describe the feeling of mingled joy and sadness at the beauty of fleeting experience. The Japanese have the concept of “mono no aware,” or the sadness of things. It’s very much connected to a Buddhist sense of the brevity of life and the transience of beauty, summed up in the old Japanese phrase “swirling petals, falling leaves.” . . . → Read More: Another Gift from the Mulberry Tree