When I first did yoga, it slapped me in the face. It knocked me down, spun me around and picked me back up, just to knock me down again. It tasted both sweet and sour. I knew I knew nothing but I knew I wanted to learn more. I didn’t know what I was getting […]
Author Archives: Rina Jakubowicz
This marks the first article I write to parents on behalf of children and a bystander who used to be a child, just like you. My background is in yoga and my “frontground” is in fun and joy. I see the world as one big cartoon so I am able to relate easily with children […]
10. Identify three things that cause you stress. It is very difficult to change a current situation if you don’t know what is causing the problems in your life. Take a few moments to list three areas in your life that cause you stress. Awareness is the first step to making a change. 9. Ask […]
I have recently been introduced to the video below titled Alice Herz-Sommer. It is one of the most profound and beautiful videos I have seen in awhile. I’m sure it will be one that stays with me my whole life. Unfortunately it only has 124,000 right now and it was posted at the beginning of this […]
It’s hard for me to pinpoint one exact moment in my life where I felt was the most impactful transformation of all. This is due to the feeling that every little breath and every little action I take is impactful in its own way. Although this article is meant to show a transformation through yoga, […]
“No special practice is necessary for God Realization, I see God everywhere. If God is not there, how do so many things happen?” “My contention is that sickness is sin… Don’t kill other animals, don’t make the belly as a burial ground. I teach hatha yoga, but I don’t subscribe to the idea that hatha […]
During every yoga training I teach, there is always a confrontation with a very lucky or unlucky cockroach. We periodically meet in a room where it seems there is a colony of roaches within the walls that on occasion come out to say hi or to scare the crap out of us. And each year […]
Every time I practice asanas I connect to a deeper place. With each breath, each movement, each taste, each smell and each sensation, I make love. Yoga has taught me to love myself first as I am, with all my imperfections. So as I practice yoga on my mat, I make love with myself and […]
A couple weeks ago I had the “F&*k-it! I-gotta-get-out-of-here” moment and the first place I thought of, or rather my intuition connected with, was New York City. In fact, it felt like I was being called by Mr. NYC himself and he was sounding like an angry boss saying, “Where the heck are you? You’re supposed to […]
Hey everyone, So I had decided to stop posting because no one was posting with me. This is ideally a community collaborative effort. What incentive do you guys need in order to help us all share here together? Maybe you just like to read the posts and you BOOM on your own time but you […]