Yoga and the Creative Life

Type:      ● [C] "The Divine Is Within" / "Feeling The Presence" ●

INSTRUCTOR:   Inez Baranay

Class Description:  How can you live both the life of a writer and the life of a yoga practitioner? For a long time after I began my serious yoga practice (1980) I felt as I led two separate lives. Writing's personal and social demands seemed incompatible with those of yoga. But I realized that BKS Iyengar's emphasis on the constant and never-ending refinement of asana, based on rigorous self-examination and awareness as well as regular practice, is applicable to the writing life. I began to study and write about the relationship between the two disciplines, published a book about it, and continue to examine the synergy and the duality. Sometimes yoga and writing pull me in different directions. Sometimes I have to challenge others's perceptions of what a writer is and what a yoga practitioner is. There have been many travels, challenges and changes in those 25 years and both my writing and my yoga have reflected and supported them.

Please Note:  Athough the emphasis is on writing, this talk with question and answer session will be of value to anyone interested in the creative process