Questions for Erich

falling-down amateur pranayama revisited...

feeds@yuku.com (forrest) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:40:52 GMT

I'm still not inclined to regular asana practice (much as I sometimes wish I were.) But I've kept on playing with my breath.

Sometimes one obsessive way of doing it will work for awhile; then that loses its flavor & becomes another unnatural compulsion to be discarded. But I feel like there's been a sort of progress.

The latest is a seated breath-pause-breath-pause (etc) inhale followed by the same sort of exhale. I'll vary the count each time for a...

There are Three Groups that Incarnate

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:42:41 GMT

At the present time there are three types of incarnations occurring.

One is those who recognize, as almost all of you do, that a shift in consciousness, an Awakening process is occurring which will culminate very shortly, and who are wanting one last fling, you might say, in the experience of sensuality--which I am not using negatively--one last fling in the experience of being limited and attempting to overcome the limitations.

A second type is, those who are incarnating...

Prerequisites for a teacher

feeds@yuku.com (yogaspy) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:36:41 GMT

Dear Erich:

I write a blog called Yoga Spy: http://yogaspy.wordpress.com/. Earlier in October, I posted on the low admission standards for yoga teacher training programs: http://yogaspy.wordpress....s-for-teacher-training/. I got both positive and negative feedback, no surprise. The question "When is a yoga...

Standing poses

feeds@yuku.com (yogi67) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:44:37 GMT

Hello erich!!excuse for my bad english language,but i'm french and it is difficult for me to write in english!!!!!I practise yoga for 20 years and i have bought your book ,and i want to tell you it is very interesting and original,congratulations!!!!! My father is a yoga teacher too ,he practices yoga since 50 years .I have a QUESTION on standing poses: TO GO OUT standing pose as trikonasana or uttanasana for instance,my father tell me it's better to do IN EXHALING ,but you and...

iMeditateWithErich

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:44:37 GMT

Hey, look at what my older brother, Karl, did!
He made an iPhone app
and it's really cool.

APPLICATION DESCRIPTION

Here is a great meditation tool for both beginning and advanced meditators alike. Over 20 different guided meditations and talks by Erich Schiffmann, recorded live, full of shakti and in-the-moment wisdom!!! Each meditation has the ability for you to specify exactly how many minutes you want it to last. Meditation has been...

the next step...

feeds@yuku.com (Chaya2) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:41:51 GMT

This isn't really a question, but more of a thank you..

I finally decided to take the plunge and do a full-out 200 hour teacher training. I'm doing it at Yoga on Main here in Philly, where I've become more and more at home due to my involvement in the kirtan scene. They also do a training that is in a very gentle, Deskichar style tradition...( it was orignally developed by David Newman and he calls it "Inner Fire Yoga" ) so of course, it fits in...

a blond moment and an energy shift

feeds@yuku.com (mugwagilly) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:19:32 GMT

Hi all-- Well, talk about having a blond moment..... Remember I said I was coming to the freestyle class this month? Yeah, well, I sat outside at my friend's house in manhattan beach last night waiting for laura to pick me up to go to class (can you see where this is going?) and after 15 minutes decided to call her. Laura, bless her heart, was very kind in explaining that the 23rd is, in fact, NOT the last wed. of the month. ...

Hot Tub Meditation

feeds@yuku.com (Speakfreely) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:53:56 GMT

Hi Erich!

You frequently mention meditation in the hot tub. I tried that yesterday evening, and didn't get that deeply into it. But the idea seems to have potential because of the wonderfully relaxing immersion in hot water and also the buoyancy which takes most of the load off the spine in a seated position. Do you generally try to get in a seated position, or just lounge back into one of the chairs? Jets and bubbles, or still quiet water? I know these are silly questions, but...

spontaneous healing

feeds@yuku.com (beckyn) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:49:10 GMT

hi erichji,

woooooonderfullllllll workshop!

much love and gratitude,

becky

thanks for this...

feeds@yuku.com (simpleyogini) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:41:15 GMT

http://web.mac.com/erichyog/ERICHYOG/In_a_World_of_Suffering.html

i have been listening to "you" most of the morning.....but this one hit me....
i feel the same sometimes....like guilty that I enjoy life so much and have fun and good times....
in my mind....comes that thought and then guilt...but so and so is in the hospital suffering...and so and so is enduring this challenging time, so and so is lonely and unhappy...etc...you get the drift...

thank...

Loved one with mental health problem

feeds@yuku.com (Joy) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:31:47 GMT

Dear Eric,

Before asking for your advice, I'd like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing your book Moving Into Stillness. My sister gave it to me, and it has been a major source of guidance and inspiration while I have embarked on a jouney into healing and spiritual exploration. My sister and I come from an abusive family, and I suffered from clinical depression for several years before beginning my healing journey. My sister just had her second breakdown...

Being a yogi in a sea of confusion

feeds@yuku.com (lightdancer) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:38:03 GMT

Hey dear friends,

I'm sure we have discussed this somewhere, probably many times over the years, but couldn't find the old dialog. Apologies for starting a new thread, but I'm just feeling so sad today. It seems like the leaps and bounds that we humans make toward waking up, toward actually being the conscious presence of living love, gets met with leaps and bounds of resistance. It seems like the closer we get to seeing real evidence of collective change, the more the...

Y Yoga

feeds@yuku.com (SimplyBill) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:57:49 GMT

So Erich how was it working with Arthur on this endeavor of his?

I liked that it was you that opened the movie with that well known whoosh. I knew it was your voice when I first heard it.
Thanks for your contribution.

a course in miracles

feeds@yuku.com (beckyn) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:24:32 GMT

hey erich,

i know that i asked you about this a long time ago - but i can't find the thread. is there a particular version of the course in miracles that you recommend?

are you having a good vacation?

becky

Teacher Training

feeds@yuku.com (Inkmananda) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:02:30 GMT

Erich!! I am dying to know...do you have another teacher training planned for this year? If not, when will it be next year? So looking forward to it!!!

Have a beautiful day

Prem

Integral Consciousness-- What a Group of International Scientists are up to . .

feeds@yuku.com (omcasey) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:26:55 GMT

.
You heard this right,

SCIENTISTS

Listen . .

.

THE LESSON IS FREEFORM

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:53:30 GMT

This is from yesterday's class, Thursday August 13, 2009
Among other things it talks about me when I was 15,
getting stoned, brushing my teeth,
and really enjoying it for the first time ever.

The Lesson is Freeform

enjoy!

Erich

VIDEOS FROM OJAI YOGA CRIB 2007

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:31:31 GMT

Hey, look at these videos from Ojai 2007

Kira just posted them

Ojai Yoga Crib 2007

Erich

MEDITATION 2009.08.06

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:32:58 GMT

This was the meditation in this mornings class.
It came right after the "Oh Yeah, GOD!" discourse.

Try it!

Meditation 2009.08.06

Erich

"OH YEAH, GOD!"

feeds@yuku.com (Erich Schiffmann) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:29:36 GMT

This was the opening talk from this mornings class, Thursday August 6, 2009.
Thank you for listening.

"Oh Yeah, GOD!"

Erich