Beyond Postures: The Art of Yoga

Meditation of Death, Life

Posted by Derek Beres on July 30, 2009 - 10:59am.

Philosophy is almost the easy part. Gripping with the reality of death, another story.

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The Work of Happiness

Posted by Derek Beres on July 23, 2009 - 10:05am.

Happiness is a career quite a few of us would do well in pursuing. As we get better at it, maybe we’d see how much work it is, and how large the payback for ourselves and everyone else really is.


The Evolution of God. Part One.

Posted by Derek Beres on July 16, 2009 - 1:24pm.

What is clear across the board is this: the bigger the god, the bigger the ego that created it.

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Flying $tyrofoam and American Overdo$e

Posted by Derek Beres on July 9, 2009 - 9:05am.

Healing happens when we overlook the large print in flashing lights and read the small. The truth resides inside the fine print, as those are words we need to understand.



Dharma Mittra and Moving Beyond Fundamentalist Yoga

Posted by Derek Beres on July 2, 2009 - 11:45am.

All postures teach meditation, and any sequence that can offer you a greater understanding of this is just right for you. Leave the “rules” behind and get lost in the movement.

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Little Angry Man and the Perception of Perception

Posted by Derek Beres on June 25, 2009 - 3:37pm.

This morning a friend of mine, discussing a new documentary on free speech, said that we only want the speech we want to hear to be free; what we don’t want to hear, we want silenced.

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Put Down the Phone, Up the Eyes

Posted by Derek Beres on June 17, 2009 - 11:18am.

Every distraction is another moment that we’re not paying attention to exactly where we are. And that’s another moment that we lose, which is a shame, as there is so much life out there and our time here so short.


The Mortality Reality

Posted by Derek Beres on June 10, 2009 - 1:37pm.

Recently I noticed a “new” therapeutic massage that actually claims it “targets the fat-producing areas of your body” and helps trim you down. I’m not kidding.

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Facing the Music

Posted by Derek Beres on June 4, 2009 - 12:11pm.

We have so much to learn, about ourselves, about each other. When you recognize where your roadblocks are, you can move around them. Don’t set them up for other people to stumble over.



Yoga Like a ... Rock Star?

Posted by Derek Beres on May 28, 2009 - 5:07pm.

Attempting to be a yoga “rock star” defeats the very first principle Patanjali put forth, that yoga is the cessation of the mind-stuff.

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