by Mike Berghan | Apr 6, 2011 | Mike's Blog, News
One of the wonderful things about teaching yoga is how much you learn from your students. I have a guy who has been coming to my classes regularly 3 times a week for over 10 years. He is a pleasure to have in class. He comes in and works his way slowly and surely...
by Mike Berghan | Mar 3, 2011 | Mike's Blog
There seems to be some concern being expressed in the “Yoga Media” about the current state of Yoga in the West. I have read several articles of late questioning whether the asana oriented practice we do is really Yoga. Most of these articles use Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga...
by Mike Berghan | Jan 20, 2011 | Mike's Blog, News
Remember that your first practice of the New Year does not set the tone for the rest of the year, just as your first Suryanamaskar does not set the tone for the rest of your practice.
by Mike Berghan | Oct 12, 2010 | Mike's Blog, News
I am constantly receiving emails and requests to attend or advertise workshops that involve learning Meditation or Kirtan or Chanting or Pranayama or any of several other yoga related activities. These are all well intentioned and I always put the posters up at the...
by Mike Berghan | Mar 23, 2010 | Mike's Blog, News
Yoga is a lineage. What has this got to do with becoming a Yoga Teacher? The first step on this long journey, is to find a lineage, or method of presenting Yoga that you like and that resonates deeply with you. Yoga has always been passed from teacher to student and...
by Mike Berghan | Mar 10, 2010 | Mike's Blog, News
Yoga is unlike any other study in that learning more about Yoga doesn’t necessarily make you better at it. Here is the anomoly. Yoga is the un-learning of everything into the “All Knowing” Yoga is a practical science. Practice, practice, practice,...
