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January 16, 2006

Video: Spiritually Seane

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In an earlier post, Senior Editor Kaitlin Quistgaard described how Gary Kraftsow had been teaching svadhyaya (self study). "Figure out who you are," Gary said, "then decide for yourself where to put your attention."

In the afternoon portion of today's all-day intensive, Seane Corn expanded on the same theme. Using the Chakra system as a map to self study, she demonstrated how to identify where we might find blockages, resistance and judgement impeding our self-actualization and hampering our actions in the world.

In this video Seane beautifully concludes her "Spiritual Activism: Cultivating Awareness through Intuition, Mysticism, and Yoga" workshop. Click to watch video.

The yoga of action, or Karma Yoga, will be one of topics covered in our ongoing Yoga Journal blogs. Be sure to check this space, or subscribe to our newsletter, to stay abreast of the dialog. If you have a topic that you would like to see covered or have any comments, please feel free to send me an email.

Photo Credit: Todd Semo

January 15, 2006

Seane Corn Reloaded

seane corn.jpgIf Neo and Trinity were yogis, their slow-motion fight scenes would look much like what Seane Corn demonstrated in class yesterday.seane.jpeg

The room was silent, save for the sound of Seane's breath. Full of fluidity and control, Seane was oblivious to the laws of gravity as her body seemed to float from pose to pose. The time it took for her to move from Uttanasana to Plank was beyond amazing.

The scores of yogis sitting in front of her were still in awe as she finished the flawless routine, then took a seat and a gulp of Starbucks. A unique blend of grace and irreverance, The Jersey girl's preamble to the demonstration involved a confession that she had just woken up 10 minutes prior to class, and 'does anyone have a hair thingie?'

Seane proceded to outine both the virtue and the dangers of vinyassa flow. She likes the style for the flexibility it lends to her practice and to her teaching. "There's no dogma, no teacher, and no leader—as long as I'm teaching breath, I can pretty much do anything I want," she said.

She's also drawn to vinyassa for the innate beauty of the breath. "Vinyassa practice with intention and breath can become a journey that opens your heart to the world around you," she said. "When you use your body to pray, the world changes."

However, the potential for injury is an issue in vinyassa flow, Seane said. Teachers have trouble sacrificing the pace of the class to correct students' incorrect poses. So correct alginment is the responsibility of each stduent. A tip for students to remember? Stability over flexibility is the key. "Don't exploit areas of flexibility," she advised, "and honor your lung capacity."

Photo Credit: Todd Semo

January 10, 2006

Seane Corn

Seane Corn has devoted more than 16 years to various healing modalities, including yoga, meditation, psychospiritual therapies, and sacred ritual. In 2000, she created the yoga program for Children of the Night, a shelter for adolescent prostitutes. Seane is the resident yoga expert for www.myss.com, Dr. Caroline Myss's Web site, and has recently released her first video, Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Uniting Movement and Breath.











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