by Shawn Radcliffe | May 22, 2015 | Health, Meditation, Writing, Yoga
This has been a week of Slowing Down. One moment at a time. And now that Saturday is almost here, it’s a chance to step back from the fast-paced world of technology — iPhones, non-stop Facebook videos, and distracted one-line messages to friends. But it’s not...
by Shawn Radcliffe | May 12, 2015 | Meditation, Yoga
Meditation has never been fun. In his first sermon at the Deer Park, I doubt the Buddha said to his disciples, “You should stop by BuddhaWorks on Friday night. We’ll be sitting around until our butts go numb and we come face-to-face with our annoying monkey minds. And...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 20, 2015 | Yoga
I’m always amazed by how much yoga teachers talk during their yoga classes. Sometimes it feels like I’m attending a lecture on life, the universe, and everything. Not a class where the goal is to quiet down the mind (or the “mind-stuff” as it’s called in the Yoga...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Aug 19, 2013 | Fitness, Yoga
Ready to sweat it out in the yoga room? A new study examines the safety of hot yoga, and finds that doing yoga in a heated environment may not be that much different from less extreme styles. The moment you open the door to the yoga room, already packed wall-to-wall...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Sep 18, 2012 | Yoga
In addition to being overly focused on poses (asanas), there’s a glaring lack of diversity in yoga in the West. While some groups, like Street Yoga and the Prison Yoga Project, have taken important strides in reaching out to underserved communities, a more...
