Category Archives: Chakras

The wheels of our soul!

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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The title may be deceiving.  This is not a post about Communist Czechoslovakia.  I just liked the title! Yoga often works with dualities.  These dualities are interpreted in different ways depending on the philosophical approach; Classical Yoga holds duality to a black versus white approach and Tantric thought holds that all is really one.  A…

The Yoga of Education

  Recently I took a part-time position tutoring in an after-school program with 5th graders in Columbus City Schools.  In a very serendipitous way I am working for a non-profit that I was associated with in the past during my service with AmeriCorps and not teaching the science that I went to school for.  Instead…

1st Chakra: Experiencing our Ground

  The 1st Chakra , the Muladhara, or “root” is the baset of everything.  Located at the botmmon of the spine it is the ground on which we hold our experiences and the basis for everything above. If this chakra is deficient or excessive then it manifests in each chakra above.  The basic instinct rooted…

Introduction to the Chakras

  Often when we think about yoga we think about the physical postures, however the yoga universe is vast and the physical, or asana, is only the tip of the iceberg.  Much of the yoga tradition hasto do with what exists outside of the physical realm.  The chakras fall into that category.  Chakra is a…

Monkeying Around

You may have noticed a lot of changes as of late at Balancing on Two Feet.  I’ve totally redone the webpage, added links, become a part of the Body Image Warriors, and also become an affiliate of evolve fit wear.  My goal is to become more of a presence in the blogoverse, posting daily on…