http://sophieherbert.com/blog1 Sophie's Blog on SophieSundar.com Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:17:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Because I love Jal Neti and recently bought a new ceramic neti pot, I've decided to rerun a post from a few months back. Please enjoy reading about this wonderful shat karma. Here I am, setting up to do jal neti in Chamrajanagar, Karnataka, India. Jal neti, or nasal irrigation, is ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/07/19/jal-netic-revisited/ Here is something a friend of mine recently passed along. I thought I'd share it. Clarity Statements 1. These are the ways my childhood affected me. 2. These are the problems that I cause myself. 3. This is how I work on myself. 4. This is who I am. 5. This is ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/07/14/good-questions/ I am happy to announce the opening of my photography exhibit at Stain in Brooklyn! The show, which features 41 images from India, officially opened last night. The opening party will be this Thursday, July 10th, starting at 7pm! Stay after 9 and here live jazz music by The Tom ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/07/08/photography-show-in-brooklyn/ If you're in the United States, I hope you've had an enjoyable long weekend. I spent a bit of time on the North Fork of Long Island with my family, which was lovely. Before leaving the city on Friday, I taught a morning class at East Yoga in Alphabet City. En ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/07/06/a-new-york-article/ “Without firm foundations a house cannot stand. Without the practice of the principles of yama and niyama (social and self discipline), which lay down firm foundations for building character, there cannot be an integrated personality. Practice of asanas without the backing of yama and niyama is mere acrobatics.” - B.K.S. ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/07/03/respecting-your-limits-2/ Enjoying the heat of a steamy New York Sunday morning. The humidity is actually ideal practicing yogasana and I look forward to a somewhat gentle self-practice before teaching in Park Slope this afternoon. My experiments in Macrobiotics have been going well and I apologize for not providing more information over ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/06/29/positivity-light-wellness-and-warm-sundays/ The following is a quote I find very grounding and try to remember if I feel my concentration involuntarily shifting elsewhere. It is quoted in B.K.S. Iyengar's Light on Yoga. He does not directly reference the source. "Yoga is not for him who gorges too much, nor for him who starves ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/06/25/a-quote-about-moderation/ The latest blog topics seem to be food. A few weeks back, I decided to eventually experiment with a macrobiotic diet and write about my experience and exploration. Well, the time has come. Until recently, I knew next to nothing about macrobiotics, which means “large/ long life” in Greek. My ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/06/20/macrobiotics-part-i-of-some/ The following is a very good and important question: How long should I wait after eating before practicing asana? Just as you don’t eat right before going for a run, it is important to have the stomach (and preferably the bowels) as empty as possible before performing yogasana. Not only will ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/06/18/eating-before-asana/ Before heading out to class this morning, I wanted to share two little things with you. The first is a quote by Swami Sivanada. “A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied, immediately, another comes. In the interval which separate two desires, a perfect calm reigns in the mind. ... http://sophieherbert.com/blog1/2008/06/14/santosha-more/