
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.

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.

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.

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.

Posted by
Derek Beres on May 21, 2009 - 12:35pm.
The challenge of the
yoga practice is not movement, but stillness.

Posted by
Derek Beres on May 14, 2009 - 11:47am.
Researchers are finding that the art of self-control can be taught by a variety of techniques to children — something yogis have known for ages.

Posted by
Derek Beres on April 16, 2009 - 1:39pm.
Filmmaker Kate Churchill's new documentary on
yoga,
Enlighten Up!, offers great glimpses into the lives of important teachers and calls out the fashion of yoga, though at times falling into the fashion of "reality" fillmmaking

Posted by
Derek Beres on March 5, 2009 - 12:11pm.
How often do we allow our expectations to disappoint us? As a
yoga instructor, like any form of teaching,
expectations are sometimes the hardest beasts to conquer.

Posted by
Derek Beres on February 5, 2009 - 3:43pm.
After a few spins in my
yoga classes, Lal Meri's debut album gets a big thumbs up. It’s one of those records that work in many situations, under many circumstances

Posted by
Derek Beres on January 29, 2009 - 12:40pm.
Science is not a monument of received Truth but something that people
do to look for truth.