Yoga Links, all YCM related

3 Bijas. The 3 Bijas are Kaja, Zoe, and Laurel. Never met them. Kaja and Zoe teach at YCM. "Bija" I am quite sure, in Sanskrit means "Seed Sound", so I wonder which one of them represents the muladhara chakra. :-p

Blue Moon Yoga Studio is in Rochester, MN, and

Catherine McBrideteaches in Rochester, MN at Blue Moon Yoga Studio. Catherine taught the Yin Yoga workshop at YCM in February at which I learned a lot about what it takes to stretch what we normally think of the unstrechable parts of ourselves, the tendons and ligaments. She also leads a fantastic vinyasa flow which was a nice challenge. Her perspective on this is that instead of warming up first, the Yin can come first so that the body can get streched out, in preparation for the vinyasa. The concept of Yin is one I am quite familliar with due to previous study of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Chinese prounounce Yin as "yeen" and not "yin" with a short "i" sound.

Union with Divine is Jaina Portwood's new site that just opened, just the homepage so far, looking forward to seeing what happens in that space. Jaina and her husband taught the Raw Foods workshop that I attended in December, at which I received a taste of the possibilities of raw food. This subject deserves its own set of links.