by Keya Williams | Feb 12, 2017 | Spirituality
I had a meeting with a very nice, inquisitive and religiously conservative woman not too long ago. We met to talk about me teaching yoga classes for her church organization. She had plenty of questions for me (which I welcomed) about what yoga is and is NOT. And how I...
by Keya Williams | Jan 29, 2017 | Spirituality
Satya, the yogic principle of truthfulness, has been interpreted many ways. One of my favorite definitions of this concept states that: “when thought, word and deed are aligned, the mind is put at ease. Saying what is beneficial and measured in a pleasant way is...
by Keya Williams | Dec 18, 2016 | Spirituality
Remember these words: “Integrate, don’t separate.” Recently I’ve been teaching these Lunch and Learn workshops to employees of a huge corporation. The workshop is called “The Secret To Work Life Balance” As a yoga teacher, my job is to teach those super busy, super...
by Keya Williams | Dec 11, 2016 | Spirituality
Very often I do this one particular posture (Marichyasana A). I do this pose for very specific reasons. To stretch the muscles that surround my shoulder blades because when those muscles get tight for me a headache is not far behind. In this posture I normally take a...
by Keya Williams | Dec 4, 2016 | Spirituality
The word “ignorance” has such a negative connotation. I don’t know about you but when I hear that word I think of other words, like stupid, moronic and dumb. But ignorance in its literal definition is not about being dumb. It’s simply about you not knowing something....
