by yogadmin | Oct 4, 2017 | blog
Fall – The time of letting go – Releasing the leaves it’s been creating since Spring, trees let all that work go, and rest back into their essence. “But I worked hard on that,” said no tree ever. The leaves were there for a reason, two...
by MahaDavid | Nov 17, 2016 | blog
Post Election Trauma Yoga Out here in the Berkeley area, I, and most of the people I’ve talked to, have anxiety about Drumpf’s election. People tend to be braced for the worst, depressed, and grieving. So what does yoga have offer us in this situation? Plenty. First...
by MahaDavid | Jul 22, 2016 | blog, featured
While you may have smelled hot chocolate a million times, that smell might just trigger one specific childhood memory. For me there is one winter day: coming inside from playing in the snow, shivering, my mom wearing that welcoming smile, the chocolate smell filling...
by MahaDavid | May 21, 2016 | blog, featured
If you want to live from your heart you’ve got to live in your heart Living in your heart requires a willingness to face everything contained there, including the hurt. Yes, your willingness to face your hurt, old and new, is a prerequisite to living in love. Any fear...
by MahaDavid | Apr 12, 2016 | blog, Uncategorized
a seed pure potential lies dormant safe, listening awaiting ideal conditions to crack open and live the life it’s meant to live cracking open protective shell roots down roots shoots up shoots nourishing, exploring formerly dormant potential living fully as...
by MahaDavid | Nov 20, 2015 | blog
I took a training a while back for workshop leaders to improve the workshops and retreats I’m leading, and during the intensive weekend, when we were talking about marketing, he asked what people get from my workshop, and I shared in front of the group that it...
by MahaDavid | Jun 30, 2015 | blog, featured
“Thank you for helping me break my addiction,” he said, with a grateful look in his eyes. I didn’t know what he was talking about. “You sent an email to our list with the steps to healing an unhealthy habit. They made the difference. Thank you.” I felt that familiar...
by MahaDavid | Jan 12, 2015 | blog, featured
Today I am writing about New Years Resolutions, and how yoga practice supports the growth you want… There is a tradition here about setting New Years resolutions, and a trend of people not even bothering because: who keeps them anyhow? People have made...
by MahaDavid | Dec 12, 2014 | blog
For many years I’ve counseled people around forgiveness. Forgiveness of themselves, forgiveness of others. We’ve all been on both sides of the desire for forgiveness. The issue is, as Nelson Mandela said: “Holding on to resentment is like drinking...
