Light on Yoga – fNIRS and the science of Asana
Both the yogic mind and the truly scientific mind must be a living mind, learning, never ending. Gently holding onto observed truths and patterns, but willingly letting them go if proven to be false. In this way, the flow of knowledge is constant and is never dead or stagnant. It is this curiosity that sheds […]
The Enteric Nervous System and Vagus Nerve Function
The ENS (enteric nervous system) is composed of the largest accumlation of nerves in the human body. Yes. Even more than your brain!!! What and where is the ENS? The ENS is one of the three branches of the autonomic nervous system. It consists of a nerve plexus embeded in the intestinal wall that extends […]
The Mystery of Light & Atma – Yoga & Physics in Conversation
So I have a neighbor who lives downstairs from me. He is a physicist. And Sunday afternoon as we sat enjoying enchiladas potosinas and guacamole, he began to explain to me the concept and problem with the speed of light. Here it is summarized below. Imagine you see a train traveling at 50km per hour. […]
Yoga Therapy: The True Self vs. Obedience & Authority
Observing and releasing the binds of the conditioned mind through Yoga Therapy and Meditation. ´Give me child until age seven and I will show you the man´ – Ignatius of Loyola The whole point and purpose of the art and science of Yoga and Yoga Therapy is to help each individual experience for themselves their own […]
Hatha Yoga: The Union towards Liberation
All search is in vain until we begin to perceive that knowledge is within ourselves, that no one can help us, that we must help ourselves. – (Patanjali-Vivekananda 2: 27) I started to write this blog a few weeks ago. With the quarantine for COVID-19, I am even more convinced of the wisdom and liberating power […]
Left vs. Right Brain: Dharana, Dhyana, Samahdi and FLOW
In his book, The Master and his Emmissary, Dr. Ian McGilchrist takes the reader through how the structural differences in attention of the left and right brain affect individual and societal perception and behavior. Illustrating in allegory and story what McGilchrists research and work of 20 years conveys, the Yoga Sutras describe 3 different perceptual […]
Hatha Yoga: La unión hacía la liberación
Empecé escribir este blog hace unos semanas para contestar unos alumnos que me han preguntado ´¿Qué significa Hatha Yoga?´ ´¿Que significa Karmuka Yoga?´Qué es su propósito?´`Por qué siento tan relajado y BIEN cuando lo practico?´ Mis alumnos ya saben que a mi me ENCANTAN las preguntas. Estos son preguntas que yo podría pasar horas explorando […]