... "I always liked surprises, and this book was a complete surprise. It is an unexpected book in the sense that I didn’t make the decision to write it.

 

... "Diane Clevenger, one of my students, presented her “Yoga Creative Project” for my class at the Yavapai Community College in Prescott.
It was a selection of threads from a compilation of notes that she had carefully written down over a period of 4 years while Meditating, Breathing and getting herself through hundreds of Sun Salutations."...

 

I have taught this one credit Yoga class for Yavapai College Community College since 2001.
When I began teaching, the class was pretty much about presenting the students with a series of poses and ending with Savasana (Relaxation pose); basically following the recipe I had experienced in my 7 years of personal practice.

With the added benefit, in my opinion, of some cool music to stimulate the appetite for the poses and raise a wave of vibration for the students to ride on.
 

I was consciously moving away from the mandatory, silent environment I had experienced, and it felt good. Needless to say that this new way of sharing Yoga also revealed a new way to approach the 1 Credit Class and its assignments.

 

... "As the years progressed my classes became less about a series of poses and more about honoring the moment and sharing life as it came.

It became more about integrating the idea of a human being as a beautiful unified field of awareness, comprised of much more than just the physical body, and creating the space for that to be explored in a regular 50 minutes class.
The poses were an inspirational springboard to wild discoveries into the mystery of the human body, mind, emotions and heart." ...

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~ Maria McGonigal