“I started teaching yoga in 1974 in Colorado, I was living in Winter Park, and I started teaching skiers. At that point I was teaching more of the Sivananda system and just pushing it up a little bit to make it a little more rajasic a little more active, a little more physical. People would come, and feel great, and by the time I left Colorado in 1980 I'd taught pretty much everyone in town - the ski patrol, ski instructors, the bar owners.” PeopleFeelsLittlesLeftBitsTeachingTaughtLittle BitYogaTownsWinterActiveBarsParksOwnersPushingSkisColoradoInstructorsSkiersPushing It Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“Lots of media people ask me what do you think of yoga in the gyms, and what do you think about this article and what do you think about that, and how about it's so commercial now. I say, look, whatever gets people turned on to it.” PeopleThinkingLooksAsksMediaYogaAsk MeGymArticles Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“I really think there's an evolution to the practice and the individual no matter what brings you in, whether it's wine and yoga or chocolate and yoga or surfing and yoga.” ThinkingMatterIndividualPracticeEvolutionYogaNo Matter WhatWineChocolateSurfing Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“Practice means making an effort to keep your mind steady. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. That's what drives transformation.” MindMeanEffortPayAttentionPracticeYogaTransformationPay AttentionSteady Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“I always tell people, I can't teach you yoga. Nobody can teach you yoga. I can't teach you to teach yoga. All I can do is teach you a set of instructions and if you follow these instructions, hopefully it will lead you to the experience of yoga.” PeopleIfsI CanCan DoTeachYogaHopefullyInstruction Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“The experience of yoga is unspeakable. It's the experience of samadhi. It's the experience of connectedness, of oneness, boundlessness, merging with God consciousness... even if it's just for an instant.” IfsConsciousnessYogaOnenessInstantUnspeakableConnectednessSamadhiMerging Author:Beryl Bender Birch