Part of the journey in my book Minerva’s Owls is an unplanned odyssey, a yogic journey through consciousness. I went to yoga one day on a whim, with no idea how it would change my life for the better. Yoga opened the connection I needed to weave hundreds of disparate strands into one solid rope, […]
Yoga Journeys Series by Mary Petiet
Savasana – Corpse Pose {Yoga Journeys Series by Mary Petiet}
Savasana is a Sanskrit word, forming a compound of the words shava, which means death, and asana, which means posture. The two words joined together mean corpse pose. Savasana is a yoga session’s final powerful pose and can be a hard to define experience. Where, exactly, does savasana take us? Savasana is the end pose […]
Goddess Pose – Why Yoga Evokes the Sacred Feminine {Yoga Journeys Series – Mary Petiet}
Stand tall with your legs bent and your feet pointing out. Raise your arms as goal posts, hands up with palms facing forward. Stand straight and strong from the torso while grounding the legs. This is the yoga pose of the goddess. Each time we assume the pose of the goddess we evoke the sacred […]
Why Yoga Transcends Duality {Yoga Journeys Series – Mary Petiet}
Duality: An instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism. (Oxford English Dictionary) Transcendental: going beyond normal or physical human experience…existing apart from and not limited by the material universe. (Oxford English Dictionary) When my kids were really small they used to journey. They’d ride their magic carpets […]
The Precipice and the Bridge – Yoga Beyond the Stretch {Yoga Journeys Series – Mary Petiet}
The modern, industrial West is in the throes of a growing fascination with the ancient practice of yoga. On our yoga mats, we can bridge the precipice between old and new realities as we explore new spiritual territory. According to The United States Yoga Federation, there are 22 million Americans currently practicing yoga. Additionally, in […]
