by Shawn Radcliffe | May 22, 2015 | Health, Meditation, Writing, Yoga
This has been a week of Slowing Down. One moment at a time. And now that Saturday is almost here, it’s a chance to step back from the fast-paced world of technology — iPhones, non-stop Facebook videos, and distracted one-line messages to friends. But it’s not...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 20, 2015 | Yoga
I’m always amazed by how much yoga teachers talk during their yoga classes. Sometimes it feels like I’m attending a lecture on life, the universe, and everything. Not a class where the goal is to quiet down the mind (or the “mind-stuff” as it’s called in the Yoga...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Mar 12, 2012 | Yoga
Along with designer spandex clothes and sticky mats, drop-in classes stand out as one of the signature features of Western yoga. They’re like Match.com for the yoga world. You can hook up with a yoga class whenever you need a booty call (in this case, your real...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Oct 29, 2011 | Yoga
I spend a lot of time encouraging my yoga students to develop a home yoga practice. In my eyes, this is the eventual goal of all yoga — to move beyond the group aerobic class and connect to your own mind and body. If you think showing up at a yoga class once a...