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winter 2007 - This season's exploration at the studio centers around the seasonal rhythms. According to Ayurveda, we're in the season of VATA, which is the element of wind, air, space and ether. Vata is the winter season and its qualities are cold, dry, brittle, airy and mobile. As the trees have long let go of their leaves and drawn back to their roots, we see the expanse of sky much more readily. The wind is unobstructed by these slimmer branches. And at their tips they grow brittle, and sometimes snap.

fall 2006 - Blessed Solstice! We've spent the last season at the studio exploring the Shadow of self, consciousness, yoga, life and love. This time has been an appreciation of the Power held in the Shadow and an exploration of what it means to Allow, to Taste, to Touch, to Understand, to Nurture and, finally, to Enlighten the Shadow material. I use the acronym ATTUNE to remind myself that each of these approaches to the Shadow material is a way of creating sensitivity and allowing discovery.




The essence of Yoga, as an understanding, is the recognition of the true nature of life as a timeless, inseparable, infinite, immersion in Consciousness. In this recognition, one sees the divine infused in every aspect of the universe, in every person, mountain, creature, and galaxy; every experience, season, generation and age. By this recognition, there is a natural outpouring of reverence and gratitude for all aspects of life. The lived expression of Yoga is at once prayerful and devotional and an absolute celebration of the Mystery of life.




Though countless translations for any of these mighty words exist, I often refer to the Dharma as a field of wisdom, a ground of timeless and unconditional ‘wiseness.’ I do experience it as an energetic field of wisdom, palpable, immediate and instinctive. It is an energy that, when it permeates a room or a gathering, one feels oneself to be immersed in a wisdom that is larger than one’s own personal ideas, conclusions and agendas.



by sarahjoy marsh:

Practice in the Shadows Alternatives, Fall 2007
The Altruist Ultimate Northwest Magazine, November 2007
Taking Refuge #19 Alternatives, Fall 2001
Taking Refuge #18 Alternatives, Summer 2001
Taking Refuge #17 Alternatives, Spring 2001
Taking Refuge #16 Alternatives, Winter 2000
Doing Time in Timelessness (2/2) Alternatives, Summer 2000
Doing Time in Timelessness (1/2) Alternatives, Spring 2000
Yoga and Sky Gazing Alternatives, Summer 1998

by other authors:

The Story of Amrita


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