the Zen of Jen

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I.2  Yogash chitta vritti nirodhah - Yoga is to still the fluctuations of the mind Understanding this sutra requires a recognition of what makes the mind fluctuate.  We can all relate to the feeling of being agitated and unfocused, yes?  This is part of what is meant...

Often we think of joy as success and sorrow as failure.  We easily celebrate peaks and we resist and complain about valleys.  Of course this is natural.  Joy is our nature, we live for the peaks and the sweet downhill slide that comes when we are "on top of the...

The yoga sutras are poetic texts of ancient wisdom.  But their power lays dormant until we understand them well enough to apply them in a way that clearly enhances our lives and our communities.  A good yoga teacher is a bridge builder; someone who can create...

One of my teachers once said, "It is more important to Love than be loved."  Our Love is a vector of energy, Cupid's arrow if you will, and it needs something to flow towards or it stagnates and weakens.  I took this wisdom to heart recently when I decided to adopt a...

Do you have a coach who keeps you growing?  I do and I'm willing to share.  Alison Miller, owner of NEXT Coaching, has been my friend and coach for years and her effectiveness comes from her steadfast focus on what's next. NEXT Coaching and Consulting helps you to...

Often the eight limb system we call Ashtanga Yoga is not understood completely.  The intention and intelligence of the system, the sequencing of the limbs holds powerful wisdom.  The first limb, the Yamas, help us clean up our outer relations, the way we interact with...

I am here on Oahu with friends and teaching assistants Sarah-sassin and Tish Brook.  I was invited to teach at the festival and was not sure what to expect or how my teaching style would be received.  So far we've offered a guided meditation class overlooking the...

Can we really 'see' with our third eye? In our attachment to reality many of us have come to believe that we see with our eyes. While our eyes discern millions of bits of information carried through light, it is our brain that deciphers  and interprets the material...

The third eye as Command Central? In some traditions the third eye is associated with the pineal gland. This tiny piece of the endocrine system about the size of a grain of rice, and lives right in the middle of your brain, tucked between the two hemispheres.  All...

Third eye Schmird eye, what gives?  We've seen the jeweled dots worn between the eyebrows we even hear reference to the third eye in modern music but do we really get what its all about?  Do we know how to use it?  As I dug deep to answer these questions, I discovered...

Today in class Amber spoke about maintaining alignment while moving from one side Vashistasana to the other. She mentioned that in keeping strength and integrity through the movement we would be saving ourselves extra work that comes from falling in and out of...