The Language of Yoga

The Language of Yoga: Duhkha

Duhkha is almost always translated as suffering and something to avoid. But it’s more like uneasiness, or discomfort. Duhkha is not something that we can really get rid of, it’s something that resides within us, always. Even when you’re…

Meditation basics

Deep Healing

In this week's Overheard in Yoga Class, David Harshada Wagner explains that like the physical body, our psychic and subtle emotional layers of our being have an innate healing power. …

The Language of Yoga

The Language of Yoga: Bandhas

So, bandha can have a lot of different connotations. In yoga class, it typically refers to the more advanced practice of the yogic locks. Philosophically, it has different meanings, which, in various ways, all conjure up the larger aims…