Posted by makko ho on 31st March 2010

Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming

Most spiritual traditions recognise the importance of dreams and dreaming and often there is a method for using dreams to further explore and develop oneself. I’ve always loved the term Dream Yoga; for some reason it sparks my imagination. Most Dream Yoga, be it from the Tibetan Buddhist traditions or from the Yogis or just [...]

Posted by makko ho on 22nd March 2010

The Yoga Cult

An interesting article about a cult that used yoga as one of its draw cards. And in a similar vein, here’s a little something on Fake Gurus. There’s a lot of thought provoking info in both of those articles. It is always sad when people use something like yoga to basically enslave others when true [...]

Posted by makko ho on 2nd March 2010

The Ultimate Downward Facing Dog

Downward Facing Dog on Adho Mukha Savanasana is such a yoga staple. It is one of the most recognisable yoga postures and there isn’t a yoga practitioner around who doesn’t (or at least shouldn’t) train this one daily. It’s there in the sun salute, so you really have no excuse. This asana is excellent for [...]