Life Is A Wheel
The Buddha talks about how the wheel of life keeps on moving, and how the wheel turns around a fixed center. If you only look at the periphery of the wheel, you are looking at the outer form. If you become capable of accessing the hub, the core center, you will be able to connect […]
Savasana: The Practice of Non-Action
Savasana is the completing pose of yoga practice. It is an opportunity to come home to yourself— where you can see that there really is no “home” unless you find it within yourself. It is the place where your whole being is awakened, where you allow and accept all feelings and emotions to arise—comfortable or […]
A Response Is Different Than A Reaction
A response is different than a reaction. A reaction is automatic—out of default—and a response is conscious. On the mat and off, it happens like this: some default thought arises, and if you immediately react to that thought, then you resist or quit, and there is not a single gap of time and space to […]
Leveling Up Our Accountability
To bring a new level of possibility into existence, we must develop a whole new capacity to be accountable. Accountability is accepting 100 percent responsibility for taking effective and productive action within a domain and accounting for your actions. There are two aspects to accountability—what it is to have an accountability, and what it is […]
Be Where You Are
We live in a world that teaches the importance of ambition, efficiency, expediency, getting things done to produce the quickest results. It does not teach or encourage us to relax and just be where we are. In fact, if we are not crazy active and doing a million different things, we get labeled as lazy […]
What You Say Is So
There’s a story about two baseball umpires talking about a more seasoned umpire. One of the umpires says to the other, “Old Bill is a master. There are balls and there are strikes, and he calls them like they are.” The other umpire responds, “Yes, Bill is a master umpire…there’s balls and there are strikes, […]
Perfectly Imperfect Review by: Chris Jankus
Review of Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice by Baron Baptiste “This book will shine new light on your journey, ignite your practice with new power, inspire new possibilities for growth, and infuse your life with the grace and confidence you seek.” —Baron Baptiste I was first introduced to Baron Baptiste over […]
What Really Happened At Level One For Me
At the end of January I was laid off from my 9-5 desk job in downtown San Francisco. Some people would be really upset about such a big life change, but for me it was an opportunity. Not only was I miserable working at a desk at a job where I had no passion, but […]
Why Being of Power?
A lot can happen in just one day. For example, take Being Of Power : an all-day intensive taking place one month from today, at Baptiste Yoga San Francisco. It’s a relatively new program, designed for anybody and everybody wanting to create a shift in their life. We decided to ask Suzie Newcome – Owner […]
Play Within The Thorns & The Roses
I was excited to head to BIG in Houston, TX, to help Jenny Noonan with the Baptiste Kid’s Yoga Teacher Training Program. I always look forward to being on program, and I was very focused on being able to create with Jenny, but also how I was to bring it back to Albany, NY this […]