Mindful Alignment Strategies: Ardha Chandrasana (Half-Moon Pose)

Go to No More Pains in the Neck    Go to Misalignments Aren't "Wrong," but Repeating May Cause Injury    Go to Bio-Mechanics of Twists

Go to Supine Twists    Go to Porta-Potty Pose    Go to Seated Mountain Pose    Go to Benefits of Bio-Mechanical Alignment Introduction

My Sanskrit Primer: Manifestations of the Semi-Vowel "R"

Go to My Sanskrit Primer (Introduction - Part One)    Go to Introduction - Part Two    Go to Introduction - Part Three    Go to Mid-Word Vowels

Go to Three Vital Symbols    Go to Euphonic Rules (Overview)    Go to Sanskrit Sounds and the Human Vocal Apparatus 

Go to My Tantric Patanjali (Yoga Sutra I.1)    Go to Willingness to Make an Error Can Lead to Growth    Go to Invoking Shiva 

Go to Our Ancient Ancestors Didn't Have Electricity, but They Weren't Primitive    Go to A Wonderful Line from the Svacchanda Tantra

My Tantric Patanjali: The Secret to Supreme Joy in Real Life - Yoga Sutra II.42 - Part Two of Two

Go to Part One    Go to Kleshas: The Challenges of the Yogic Journey    Go to No One Stays Young Forever    Go to My Tantric Torah

Go to Tantric Torah: Honoring Parents Doesn't Require Blind Obedience    Go to Samskara: A Mostly Painful Aspect of Spiritual Evolution

Go to On Twists, Turns and the Sustainability of Culture    Go to Cultural Maturation and the Hurdle of Stagnant Archetypes

Go to My Tantric Patanjali: How to Live Your Yoga (Yoga Sutra II.46)    Go to Conscious Evolution and the Significance of the Evening Star

My Tantric Patanjali: The Secret to Supreme Joy in Real Life - Yoga Sutra II.42 - Part One of Two

Go to Part Two    Go to Why Truths Aren't Always Real    Go to Breathing New Life into Old Scriptures - Yoga Sutra I.1    Go to What is Yoga?

Go to A Yoga Controversy: What's the Definition of Yoga? (Yoga Sutra I.2)    Go to Tantric Patanjali: Yoga Sutra I.2 (Alternate Translation)

Mindful Alignment Strategies: Supta Baddha Konasana (Supine Bound Angle Pose)

Go to The Value of Asking "Why?"    Go to Four Aspects of Hip-Opening    Go to Femoral Rotation and the Low Back    Go to Muscle States

Go to Lateral Hip Widening and Psoas Relief    Go to Chaturasana (Number Four Pose)    Go to Dynamic Pigeon Prep    Go to Psoas Image    

Go to Misalignments in Yoga Aren't "Wrong," but Repeating Them May Cause Injury    Go to My Musings on Hip Alignment   

Go to Optimizing Downwards Facing Dog    Go to Our Bodies are Sacred (Shiva Sutra II.8)    Go to What is Yoga Anyway?

A Humble Thought Experiment on Dualistic Thinking

Go to Non-Dogmatic Languaging    Go to Ishvara: An Exploration of Ancient Yogic Terms and Medieval English Overtones

Go to Dangers of Dogmatic Dualism    Go to Why Truths Aren't Always Real    Go to The Value of Asking "Why?"

Go to On Twists, Turns and the Sustainability of Culture    Go to Dr. King and the Temple of the Kingdom of God

Go to My Tantric Torah: Ten Commandments? Not Really...    Go to Samskara: A Mostly Painful Aspect of Spiritual Evolution

Go to Willpower and Desire    Go to Do Our Actions Reveal Our Deepest Intentions?    Go to Why One Plus One Equals Three

My Sanskrit Primer: An Intentional Language - "Fully Made" for the Human Vocal Apparatus

Go to Our Ancient Ancestors Didn't Have Electricity, but They Weren't Primitive    Go to My Sanskrit Primer - Part One (overview) 

Go to My Sanskrit Primer - Part Two (consonants above)    Go to My Sanskrit Primer - Part Three (semi-vowels & sibilants)

Go to My Sanskrit Primer - Part Four (mid-word vowels)    Go to My Sanskrit Primer: Three Vital Symbols 

Go to My Sanskrit Primer: Sandhi/Euphonic Rules (overview)    Go to Twelve Robust Sanskrit Words... One Really Ancient Chant 

Go to Willingness to Make an Error Can Lead to Growth    Go to My Tantric Patanjali: Yoga Sutra I.1    Go to Shiva Sutra I.1

Mindful Alignment: Dynamic Pigeon Prep - Part Four of Four

Go to Part One    Go to Chaturasana (Number Four Pose)    Go to Basic Energetics    Go to my Musings on Hip Alignment

Go to Optimizing Down Dog (for more on abs)    Go to Samasthitihi and Mula Bandha (for more on abs)    Go to Painful Muscle States

Go to Trika Philosophy OR Why One + One = Three    Go to How to Live Your Yoga (Yoga Sutra II.46)    Go to The Eight Limbs of Yoga    

Mindful Alignment: Dynamic Pigeon Prep - Part Three of Four

Go to Part Four    Go to Part One    Go to "Release Valves" and Balanced Stretching    Go to Misalignments Aren't "Wrong" (foot images)

Go to "Our Bodies are Sacred" (Shiva Sutra II.8)    Go to Can Yoga Help Ease Suffering? (Yoga Sutra II.16)    What Exactly is "Hatha" Yoga?

Myth and Modern Meaning: The Demon King Ravana of the Ramayana - Part Three of Three

Go to Part One    Go to Part Two    Go to Adhikara: A Process of Becoming Your Deepest Self    Go to An Ego Isn't an Error to Be Fixed 

Go to Samskara: A Mostly Painful Aspect of Spiritual Evolution    Go to Practicing the Buddha's Four Noble Truths    Go to What is Karma? 

Go to Yo-Yos, Yoga and the Dynamics of Healthy Relationship    Go to Can Yoga Help Ease Suffering?    Go to Willpower & Desire

Go to Conscious Evolution and the Significance of the Evening Star    Go to The Value of Asking "Why?"    Go to My Sanskrit Primer

Go to Conscious Evolution and "Coming Home" to Anatomical Alignment    Go to the Most Profound, Inner Actions of Yoga

Go to Brokenness and Healing    Go to Looking Glass Integrity    Go to Ten "Commandments"? Not Really...    

Mindful Alignment: Dynamic Pigeon Prep - Part Two of Four

Go to Part Three    Go to Part One    Go to Musings on Hip Alignment    Go to Chaturasana    Go to Femoral Rotation     Go to Hip Widening

Go to Basic Energetics    Go to Muscle States: Not Just Contraction and Extension    Go to my Musings on Shoulder Alignment 

Go to Floating the Shoulder Girdle   Go to Seated Mountain Pose    Go to Seated Half Sun Salutes    Go to The Value of Asking "Why?" 

Go to Most People Value "Goodness," but What Does That Mean?       Go to Potential Relief for the Persistently Overwhelmed

Myth and Modern Meaning: The Demon King Ravana of the Ramayana - Part Two of Three

Go to Part Three    Go to Part One    Go to Tantric Shaucha Practices (Personal Boundaries)    Go to What is Yoga Anyway?

Go to Cultural Maturation & Stagnant Archetypes    Go to How is Knowledge like Food? (Shiva Sutra II.9)    Go to Lotuses as Symbols    

Go to Where Have All the Grown-Ups Gone?     Go to Refining Energetic Awareness    Go to Is Human Violence Inevitable?    

Go to Shiva's Fury: The Story of Fierce Warrior Virabhadra    Go to a Taoist Story about Values and Choices    Go to What is Tantra?

Mindful Alignment: Dynamic Pigeon Prep - Part One of Four

Go to Part Two    Go to Skills of Turning Yoga Poses into Engines for Health and Healing    Go to The Most Profound, Inner Actions of Yoga

Go to Benefits of Bio-Mechanical Alignment (Intro)    Go to Changing Habits    Go to Painful Muscle States    Go to What is Yoga Anyway?  

Go to A Therapeutic Union of External Form & Internal Action (Porta-Potty Pose)    Go to Chaturasana (Number Four Pose)

Go to Four Aspects of Hip-Opening    Go to Optimizing Downwards Facing Dog    Go to How to Live Your Yoga (Yoga Sutra II.46)

Myth and Modern Meaning: The Demon King Ravana of the Ramayana - Part One of Three

Go to Part Two    Go to My Tantric Ramayana (the Myth Behind the Yoga Pose Hanumanasana)    Go to The Procrustean Bed

Go to Invoking Universal Consciousness (Om Namah Shivaya Gurave)    Go to Demons of Ancient Myths 

Go to Symbols of Kali Ma    Go to Symbols of Shiva Nataraj    Go to Leveraging the Power of the "Gods" Inside of Us

Mindful Alignment Strategies: Chaturasana (Number Four Pose)

Go to Hip Widening & Psoas Relief    Go to Four Aspects of Hip Opening    Go to Femoral Rotation    Go to Muscle States   

Go to Musings on Hip Alignment    Go to A Therapeutic Union of Form and Action (Porta-Potty Pose)    Go to The Inner Actions of Yoga

Go to Skills of Turning Yoga Poses into Engines for Health and Healing (image of flointed foot)    Go to Basic Energetics

My Sanskrit Primer: Sandhi/Euphonic Rules Overview

Go to Sanskrit Primer: Intro (Part One)    Go to Sanskrit Primer: Intro (Part Two)    Go to Sanskrit Primer: Intro (Part Three)

Go to Sanskrit Primer: Mid-Word Vowels    Go to Sanskrit Primer: Three Vital Symbols    Go to Universal Chant Translation (Loka Samastha)

Go to Sanskrit Primer: An Intentional Language "Fully Made" for the Human Vocal Apparatus    Go to So'ham/Hamsa   

Go to Shiva Invocation    Go to The Essential Nature of the Universe is Sacchidananda    Go to the Name of the Goddess Akhilandeshvari

Go to Twelve Robust Sanskrit Words... One Really Ancient Chant    Go to Most People Value "Goodness," but What Does That Mean?  

Go to Shiva Sutras I.1    Go to A Wonderful Line from the Svaccanda Tantra    Go to Yoga Sutra I.1    Go to Yoga Sutra I.2

Benefits of Bio-Mechanical Alignment: No More Pains in the Neck

Go to More on Head Alignment (Shirsha=head)    Go to Floating the Shoulder Girdle    Go to Alignment Wrinkles    Go to Changing Habits  

Go to Musings on Shoulder Alignment    Go to Benefits of Bio-Mechanical Alignment (Intro)    Go to Seated Mountain Pose

Go to Everyone Loves a "Mommy" Massage... Guys, Too!      Go to Samskara: A Mostly Painful Aspect of Spiritual Evolution

Go to How Ganesha Got His Elephant Head    Go to Microcosmic Orbit Meditation    Go to Optimizing Downwards Facing Dog   

Mindful Alignment Strategies: Tent Pose

Go to Seated Mountain Pose    Go to Porta-Potty Pose    Go to Mindful Alignment Strategies: Samasthitihi and Mula Bandha

Go to Misalignments in Yoga Aren't "Wrong," but Repeating Them May Cause Injury    Go to Basic Energetics    Go to Painful Muscle States

Go to Refining Discernment: Mostly Led Yoga Classes and Mostly Taught Ones    Go to the Value of Asking "Why?"

Go to Changing Habits    Go to Conscious Evolution and "Coming Home" to Anatomical Alignment    Go to Inner Actions of Yoga    

Myth and Modern Meaning: The Procrustean Bed

Go to Cultural Maturation and the Hurdle of Stagnant Archetypes    Leveraging the Power of the "Gods" Inside Us    Go to Dharma

Go to Why Truths Aren't Always Real    Go to Know Your Heart (Yoga Sutra III.35)    Go to Looking Glass Integrity

Go to On Twists, Turns and the Sustainability of Culture    Go to Metaphors of Govinda (Krishna)    Go to Symbols of Shiva Nataraj 

Go To a Taoist Story of Values and Choices    Go to the Myth Behind the Yoga Pose Hanumanasana    Go to A Tantric Creation Story

Go to Dr. King and the Temple of the Kingdom of God    Go to Ten Commandments? Not Really...    Go to What is Yoga Anyway?

Step-By-Step Dynamics to Relieve Common Postural Pain: Porta-Potty Pose - Part Five of Five

Go to Part One    Go to Part Two    Go to Part Three    Go to Part Four    Go to Basic Energetics    Go to Muscle States

Go to Seated Half Sun Salutes    Go to Benefits of Bio-Mechanical Alignment (Intro)    Go to Twists    Go to Supine Twists

Go to Forward Bends    Go to Potential Relief for the Persistently Overwhelmed    Go to The Significance of the Evening Star   

Go to Tending Compassionately to Our Wandering Minds    Go to Conscious Evolution and Coming "Home" to Anatomical Alignment