by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 2, 2012 | Meditation, Writing, Yoga
If you have the right intention while writing, you will never fail. Intention shifts the focus of your writing from where you are headed—your goals and dreams—to how are you “being” in the present moment. This not only helps you write better by freeing you from...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 29, 2012 | Meditation, Writing, Yoga
In a quest to write better, you wake up early each morning, while the kittens are still snoring quietly on the windowsill in the living room. After a quick breakfast, you sneak out of the house to write in your wasp-infested plywood writing shed, stopping only when...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 26, 2012 | Yoga
“Downward-facing dog is the most ubiquitous pose in yoga,” writes Sara Calabro on the Huffington Post. That’s very true, but is this actually a good thing? This popular pose is the yoga world’s ambassador to a largely inflexible public. You see it in advertisements...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jun 22, 2012 | Meditation, Writing, Yoga
When I sat down to write this post, my intention was to describe how to write more creatively by setting your own intention. I also intended to clean out the garage this weekend, and I’m certain that the President intends to solve the crisis in the Middle East. Most...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Mar 12, 2012 | Yoga
Along with designer spandex clothes and sticky mats, drop-in classes stand out as one of the signature features of Western yoga. They’re like Match.com for the yoga world. You can hook up with a yoga class whenever you need a booty call (in this case, your real...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jan 27, 2012 | Yoga
Teaching yoga is an extension of a yoga teacher’s practice. So it is not surprising that many teachers focus mainly on yoga poses (asana). Many teachers come to yoga because of the physical practice. When they end up teaching other teachers, asana becomes even...
