by Sherri Koehler | May 27, 2020 | Blog Posts, Practice, Pranayama
Keep checking back on this page, it is slowly expanding into a resource for learning the chants we do together after Yoga in Chairs. What is Kirtan? Kirtan is a form of both meditation and devotional, Bhakti Yoga, practice. It is done through chanting mantra...
by Sherri Koehler | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog Posts, Practice
At the beginning of December I was on my way to Puerto Vallarta, the first stop on my way to attend a transformational retreat on offering yoga at end-of-life. Mexico was an astounding place to visit. From delightful people, happy to help me practice my very rusty...
by Sherri Koehler | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog Posts, Practice
In 2015 I was asked to sub a class for older adults, Gentle Hatha Yoga. The teacher was going to be gone for a couple of weeks and I was in the system as a sub, the club was running out of options and gave me a ring. After a couple of weeks I was asked if I’d be...
by Sherri Koehler | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog Posts, Practice, Yoga Philosophy
This post originally appeared on the Yoga Service Council blog in April 2018. “Why do we do Restorative Yoga?” Recently a student asked me this question at the beginning of a class. They added, “I mean, it feels good, but what good is it?” Restorative Yoga is unlike...
by Sherri Koehler | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog Posts, Meditation, Practice, Yoga Philosophy
The endless cycle of daily outrage and despair over events of the day is exhausting. There is so much to worry about; climate change, Supreme Court vacancies for those of us in the U.S.A., the rights of asylees and refugees, the rising tide of white nationalism, etc....
by Sherri Koehler | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog Posts, Practice
New Year’s is a traditional time for new beginnings. I began studying yoga in January 2003, one of those many people trying out yoga for the first time. Overwhelmingly there is a message to change your body. Holidays are over, you overate, and clearly it is time...