Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
David Life and and Sharon Gannon taught a Jivamukhti intensive yesterday. Sharon led the morning with a discussion of yogic practice and the nadhis.
"Our thoughts create our reality...don't negatively imprint your emotional body," Gannon advised. She explained how we have incarnated into this lifetime due to unresolved karmas in past lives. We can choose to work through these karmas, or to create more. Actions (such as unkind thoughts) have the potential to divert energy in the body and create blocks in the chakras. Blocked chakras, in turn, can create a diseased body.
Preventing unkind thoughts not only relates to others, but also to the self. When you encounter a difficult asana, don't blame yourself—simply do your best and employ a mantra of 'let go,' she said.
Final parting words? 
Life continued the class with a request that we, as students, take responsibility for our lives, rather than blame others for the reality we've created for ourselves. One of the final asanas provoked giggles from the class. It was a 'dance' of sorts in bridge pose to the a song entitled "Life Isn't Fair."
"This afternoon, we'll be working on inversions. So if you want to eat a lot for lunch, make sure it's pineapple upside-down cake," Life quipped. (Cue rimshot.)
Sharon Gannon is cofounder of the Jivamukti Yoga method, which integrates asana practice with an ethical lifestyle focused on attaining enlightenment through compassion for all beings, and codirects the 
David Life is cofounder of the Jivamukti Yoga method, which integrates asana practice with an ethical lifestyle focused on attaining enlightenment through compassion for all beings. Coauthor of Jivamukti Yoga and The Art of Yoga, David also codirects the