Yoga, Meditation, & Kirtan by Douglas Johnson
Here is my girlfriend Dr. Maggie Diller’s Grand Rounds talk on “Integrative Surgery” which she hopes will become a new paradigm for enhanced recovery for surgical patients. I hope you enjoy it and learn a lot from watching it, I know I did.
Jai Bhagwan
-Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500, YACEP
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Here is a version of my Yang Yoga class that I teach weekly at Evolation Yoga in Midtown Atlanta. I hope you enjoy it!
Jai Bhagwan
-Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500, YACEP
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Here is a short hour-long version of my Five Rites Flow from back in October.
Even though the name of the sequence has the word “flow” in it that most people associate with Vinyasa or Power yoga styles, this is actually a mix of short Yin-style holds with short repetitive Tibetan Vinyasas mixed in.
I first created this style of class when teaching Yin Yoga in the early morning and wanting to give people a Yin experience that would be as invigorating as it is relaxing to get them ready for their day. To do this I set the goal of articulating all the major joints (hips, shoulders, spine) through all their major articulations and of also taking people through The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation taken from the book The Eye of Revelation. On retreat I teach a version of this class that lasts several hours.
I use to call it Yin/Yang and that is not an inaccurate description of the class as it has both stillness (yin) and movement (yang), and lower body (yin) upper body (yang). I changed the name because I wanted both to draw out this style’s unique quality of using the Five Tibetan Rites, and because I wanted to leave room to teach a Yin/Yang class in the style of my teachers Paul and Suzee Grilley.
Jai Bhagwan
-Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500, YACEP
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Here is the final in my series of posts about meditation. The first post was about seated meditation or Zazen. The second post was about walking meditation or Kinhin. The third post was a recording of an actual meditation session so you could see how it was all put together. This final post is the question and answer session from that same class. I hope you got a lot out of these recordings. If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact me.
Jai Bhagwan
-Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500, YACEP
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This is an introduction to meditation I taught at the Mahāpatha Popup just before leaving for California in August. It covers what I see as the basics of Zazenor seated meditation which are: posture, breath, and awareness, as well as walking meditation or Kinhin.
Please think of these instructions are a starting point and by no means exhaustive. I’ve been meditating for over 20 years now and the practice continues to unfold for me. The title of Suzuki Roshi’s book ‘Zen Mind Beginners Mind’ is very apt when it comes to Zen which basically means meditation.
I decided to make this recording free for anyone it could potentially help. In my experience, it is difficult, if not impossible, to start a truly transformative home meditative practice without a good and supportive teacher and/or community. However, not everyone has those things available to them when starting out. So I am offering this recording as perhaps a reminder for those who have received meditation instruction from me in the past as well as perhaps an introduction to the practice for those new to it.
If you are looking to connect with a meditation teacher or community in the Atlanta area or would like to receive these instructions in person, I will be offering meditation instruction again on September 28th at the Popup from 7pm to 9pm. Please feel free to join us. Another alternative is the Atlanta Soto Zen Center which is the community that I started meditating with.
Jai Bhagwan
-Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500, YACEP
To see more articles, instructional material and exclusive content visit Mahāpatha Yoga, Kirtan, & Meditation on Patreon.com.