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Saluting the Sun #1: Standing Prayer and Mountain
Tadasana 1 and Tadasana 2: Urdhva Baddha Hastasana “People do not pay attention to the correct method of standing,”1 says BKS Iyengar in his comments on this basic, initial pose, from which everything else emanates. May … Continue reading
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Saluting the Sun: The Asanas
There’s 12 steps but only seven asanas, because of course they repeat on the way out and on the way back. Before we get into it in detail, there’s no question that there are many, many accounts of Surya Namaskar … Continue reading
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Saluting the Sun – intro
Although you don’t have to practice yoga as part of the study of the Ecology of the Soul, each chapter of the book includes a detailed explanation of one of the seven asanas or positions of Surya Namaskar, the ‘Salute … Continue reading
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Tagged asana, chakra, consciousness, ecology, ecosystem, energy, Magic Minute, Salute to the Sun, Self, spiritual, subtle, thought, Yoga
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Spiritual / Physical / Conscient
Spiritual/physical; matter is energy and You are energy. Yoga allows you to experience the flow of energy in your body; it opens your physical ‘channels’ up to that universal force. Chinese medicine and a host of other Eastern schools of … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, behaviour change, ch'i, conscient, consciousness, ecology, energy, love, Magic Minute, meditate, meditation, mind, non-physical, peace, pinpoint of light, Power Seed, soul, spiritual, Yoga
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Making inner space
In the early days of my Hatha Yoga study I was privileged to be taught by the powerful, beautiful and eloquent Angela Farmer, who I notice is still working and teaching all over the world (http://www.angela-victor.com). She had a little … Continue reading
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Tagged bliss, body, chakra, consciousness, Magic Minute, meditate, mind, Muladhara, silence, silent, thought, Vishudda, Yoga
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The Chakra Christmas Tree
Who knows where it comes from or where it leads. In this case it’s not rocket science to answer the first question: it comes from the ancient wisdom of the Chakras, which I touch on here and there on the … Continue reading
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Tagged body, ch'i, chakra, consciousness, energy, meditation, mind, power, stillness, Yoga
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Soul conscious, body conscious
The Ecology of the Soul is about consciousness, which, as we all know – or would, if we stopped to think about it for one moment – operates at different levels. Mostly when we say we are aware of our own consciousness … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, consciousness, ecology, energy, Magic Minute, meditate, meditation, mind, peace, pinpoint of light, Power Seed, Self, soul, thought, Yoga
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The 7 Spiritual Powers & The 7 Chakras
I spent about two years thinking about the spiritual powers which are the constituents of the Ecology of the Soul, how many there should be and what they should be. Among my research notes is a file called ‘total powers list.doc’ … Continue reading
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Tagged ch'i, chakra, harmony, karma, love, meditation, non-physical, peace, psychic, sensuality, sexuality, soul, spiritual, third eye, Yoga
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The Blackboard Blog #5: Build a fire inside, solve your own energy crisis
Moving away from those nasty vices, we continue on the theme of Energy. We make the connection between energy efficiency in the accepted eco sense (buildings that don’t waste energy, cars that use less energy to achieve the same performance, … Continue reading
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The Blackboard Blog #2
The point about The Enemy is how to combat it / him / her, which is chiefly a matter of remembering who and what you are, and who and what you are not. The Enemy chapter on the contents page … Continue reading
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Tagged atma, consciousness, despair, ecology, fear, greed, guilt, jealousy, karma, Raj Yoga, regret, soul, Yoga
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The Gist
Hello, I’m Aidan Walker. I’ve been working in design and architecture for more than 20 years, but I’m not a designer or an architect. I’m a Cambridge History MA, a musician, I’ve been a cabinetmaker, I’ve studied yoga for 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour change, communication, community, creativity, eco, endurance, focus, habitat, nature, passion, sustainable, Yoga
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