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September, 2016
Nature vs Nurture: Are Yoga Teachers Born or Made?
by Jill Abelson
“Intuition is not a gift but a skill.” – Carolyn Myss There’s an inevitable week during every teacher training, usually about halfway through, when every student hits a brick wall. You’re forced to set aside your training notebook, stand up in front of …
June, 2016
Teaching Yoga
by David Life
1. Q: Why do you teach yoga? SHARON: To teach provides me with an opportunity to purify my perception of others—to practice seeing others as holy beings. 2. Q: What is Yoga? SHARON: Yoga is Enlightenment—the ecstatic realization of the Oneness of being …
June, 2016
The emergence of Jivamukti Yoga
by Sharon Gannon
1. Q: Can you provide a brief description of what Jivamukti Yoga is? SHARON: Jivamukti Yoga is a path to enlightenment through compassion for all beings. The method, developed by Sharon Gannon and David Life in 1986, is taught as spiritual activation/a …
March, 2015
The Most Asked Question About Sanskrit Is…
by Manorama
Do I Derive the Benefit of a Mantra Even if I don’t Pronounce it Properly? I’ve been asked this question many times over the past 25 years: “Do I derive the benefit of a mantra even if I don’t pronounce it properly?” In the beginning, the most importan …
December, 2013
Time Poem
by Sharon Gannon
I wrote this poem and I think it goes well with the December 2013 Focus of the Month, Time Management. They were walking down by all those trees That used to grow there along there along time ago But neither one of them remembered the trees That had gr …
December, 2013
Sharon Gannon’s Pumpkin Recipes
by Sharon Gannon
Pumpkin Scones ⅓ cup vegan margarine, or ⅓ cup tofu sour cream 1 15-ounce can of pumpkin, or 1 cup of cooked and mashed fresh pumpkin ½ cup safflower oil 2 Tbsp soy milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 Tbsp maple syrup 2 cups pastry flour 1 tsp baking powder Pi …
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