Sarah WinglerDec 12, 20205 min readMy Yoga: East Meets West ExperienceWhen I first started this semester, we were and still are in the midst of a pandemic. This limited the ability for me to maintain the...
Sarah WinglerNov 27, 20201 min readWeek 10: Roots of Yoga: Primacy of the Mind & The Yoga Sutras (11/17-19)This week we discussed the Sutras, which are arguably the first written text that forms the foundation of yoga beliefs. For another yoga...
Sarah WinglerNov 27, 20201 min readWeek 8: Yoga and the Science of "Health"This week we had a Shivananda class lead by Jenn Kretzer from The Yoga Hive. We talked through the definitions that this type of yoga...
Sarah WinglerNov 27, 20202 min readWeek 11: Yoga as MeditationI have tried meditation without the asanas before. I usually would do a ritual where I had the same setting, the same smells, and the...
Sarah WinglerNov 13, 20201 min readWeek 9: Definitions of YogaYoga can be defined in many different ways, primarily a ‘lifestyle’. In Western culture, it is often described as exercise or a healthy...
Sarah WinglerOct 31, 20201 min readWeek 7: Yoga as a Lifestyle & Culture Yoga in Western culture has transitioned into “pop culture.” Once a practice that was traditional and seen as unorthodox, yoga has become...
Sarah WinglerOct 23, 20202 min readWeek 6: Yoga As Medicine and HealingThis week, I took a yoga class on youtube from “Yoga With Adriene” called “yoga for vunerability.” She often uses the terms “healing...
Sarah WinglerOct 23, 20202 min readWeek 5: Yoga Practice as CommunityThis week, I attended two mandatory yoga classes, one being Iyengar yoga and the other being ashtanga. The Iyengar class was met with an...
Sarah WinglerOct 9, 20202 min readWeek 4: Practice as RitualAfter reading the Nevrin article, “Empowerment and Using the Body in Modern Postural Yoga,” I have further analyzed my yoga practice as a...
Sarah WinglerOct 2, 20202 min readWeek 3: Yoga as Physical CultureIn American culture, yoga is commonly thought of as a physical practice. The stigma of yoga as an exercise is due to gyms offering ‘yoga’...
Sarah WinglerSep 25, 20202 min readWeek #2: The Studio as a Ritual SpaceFor my practice, I typically watch YouTube videos with different teachers and intentions each time. I always make sure my room is clean,...
Sarah WinglerSep 14, 20202 min readWeek 1: Starting My Practice OnlineI have been practicing yoga for a few years now. I originally found the studio I considered ‘home’ the summer after freshman year of...