Prana Journal
Sunday, August 24, 2008
  Watch your language

In New York Times Magazine On Language - Namaste, a yoga teacher and writer Jaimie Epstein gives a primer of the Sanskrit that creeps in the vocabulary of people willing to get on the yoga mat.

Guru means "remover of darkness" and is someone who sheds light on your ignorance. Although the word guru (with a big G) is associated with spiritual guides, anyone or any situation can be your guru (small g) if he/she/it teaches you something, and there is surely no end to the opportunities presented to us every day.

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Comments:
After your post about the Gaiam Yoga Club, I joined as well. I just watched the restorative yoga video and am wondering if you are doing any restorative yoga practice while you are pre-habbing with your injury. I have only done restorative yoga once and really did like it. Watching this video prompted me to buy a bolster from The Y Catalog (on sale--last day is today) to start incorporating some restorative poses.

Mary (formerly Anon)
 
Mary (formerly Anon),
I do do restorative yoga as often as I can and have my share of props to realign my body. I've purchased a DVD by Sarah Powers who has a very contemplative style of yoga, called Insight yoga, which incorporates Yin yoga sequences.
 
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