06/05/20170Comments

Heartbreak

Please accept this as the first of several posts designed to illustrate seasons of life where your yoga and meditation practice will be helpful. Raise your hand if you've ever had

by Libby Creagh

04/26/20142Comments

Sahasrara, the Seventh Chakra

We complete our study of the chakras with the seventh chakra, known as the Sahasrara Chakra. Each chakra has been a progressive journey from our connection to self and the world

by Libby Creagh

04/07/20140Comments

Hunger

My ability to eat the food I am offered has gone down during my time here. Now, even when I am hungry, I am unable to stomach the starchy white

by Libby Creagh

04/05/20141Comments

American Culture Through Guinean Eyes

Just as we learn more about ourselves by visiting other cultures, so can we learn more about our own culture when seen through the eyes of others. For this, I

by Libby Creagh

New Tampa Yoga Studio | Essential You Yoga

04/02/20141Comments

Little Heartbreaks

It’s hard not to get mad about bad medicine. On the one hand, I want to respect the culture I find myself in, and that includes respecting their beliefs about

by Libby Creagh

03/27/20141Comments

Ajna Chakra

The sixth chakra is located between and above the eyebrows. Most often referred to as the Third Eye Chakra, the sixth chakra gains the moniker Ajna in Sanskrit meaning “to

by Libby Creagh

03/23/20140Comments

Historical Manifestations of Poverty and Class Divisions

I’ve been doing a lot of reading. With the African sun beating down, I don’t have much energy for a vigorous yoga practice, so I find a nice shady spot

by Libby Creagh

03/18/20140Comments

Movement as Memory

Snapshot She walks here barefoot every day, sometimes wearing a little shift of a dress, and sometimes, inexplicably, wearing a knit sweater over it. Her name is Rama and she just

by Libby Creagh

03/14/20141Comments

Medicine

One of the things I’m asked for often as a foti is medicine. When somebody isn’t feeling well, they assume that I have the cure. I count myself blessed that

by Libby Creagh

03/10/20145Comments

Vishuddi, The Throat Chakra

The fifth chakra vibrates to the color blue and governs communication. This chakra sits over our throat and literally gives a voice to our internal inspirations and creativity. Thus, the

by Libby Creagh

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