When we think of love we almost always think of it in terms of relationship, as in someone other than ourselves. When we are with other people it can seem effortless to share our love and in so doing we are happy in that moment. So what happens then when you are alone? Are you still feeling that love? Are you able to access the happiness? The term self-care has become a new hot buzz Read More
Tag: yoga
Explaining Yin Yoga
As a Yin Yogi, I cringe at how this practice is misrepresented on most yoga studio websites and throughout the yoga industry. It begs the question WHO is actually teaching authentic Yin and who is putting their students at risk of serious injury or simply not actually teaching an authentic Yin class? First of all Yin should NEVER be taught in a warm room or after a physical workout whether that’s a Vinyasa class or Read More
The Magic of Imagination
What many of you may not realize is that I live in an imaginary world. I do. It’s okay. It’s a really happy place. Actually many of your children may know it well because I share it with them. We all have an idea of what it looks like, what the characters look like and together, regardless of the differing views, we love our time virtually being there. This place is Farmer Brown’s Farm. Go Read More
Spring Poems
A sampling of some of the poems being published in the upcoming Musings from the Mat; Inspirations and Poems by Lydia Nitya Griffith. Seeds and Dreams Under the filling moon I saw them, The first sprouts rising up, misted and sparkling like gems. What grows in this garden of my heart, Unleashed in forgotten dreams, creased on the pillow, Pressed and fresh come morning? And like a child anxious to open a gift, I Read More
And the Rooster Said…
Wednesday January 31st offers us a rare Blue Moon, the second Full Moon of the month and it appear reddish orange, a Blood Moon, plus a full Lunar Eclipse. BUT this is not all this powerful event offers, it is also the full moon that marks the end of the Year of the Rooster. I cannot wait to see what the old bird kicks up in the barnyard on her way out. For this most Read More
Drum Roll….Nitya Announces
Yoga with Nitya is now… NITYA LIVING Over the past 13 years my journey as an Integral Yoga teacher, as a children’s yoga teacher has transformed and evolved over and over again from the early years at Just Be Yoga on Main Street to Richmond Kids Yoga, to Yoga with Nitya. In that time I have released a DVD and published 3 books; a Child’s Journey into Yoga, The Yogaville Coloring Book, and The Yoga with Read More
Are You Drinking from the Well of Your Self?
I had the extreme privilege of hearing my Yin teacher, Biff Mithoefer, speak at Satsang in Yogaville this past Saturday night. I couldn’t be there in person, but rather watched it on Livestream. Here is the link https://livestream.com/yogaville/biff-mithoefer-2017/videos/165104878?origin=stream_live&mixpanel_id=136ac768f41187-0a97310953e1f38-371f2b3e-1fa400-136ac768f4220e&acc_id=20657620&medium=email What he said blew me away. Sometimes it is just the right message at just the right time that really makes an unexpected impact. He spoke of recovering from the loss of his wife, the well of grief Read More
Nature is Medicine
When was the last time you spent time in nature? Summertime is such an incredible invitation to get outside and play - hiking, biking, walking, canoeing, swimming, meditating, reading, painting, photographing, climbing trees, hugging trees….There is SO much to do and you don’t have to be active, you can just sit with it. Have you ever hugged a tree? Have you ever sat and listened to a tree? The most primal act I can think Read More
3 Little Things that Make a BIG Difference
How can finding peace within your Self seem so complicated? Why do we push ourselves all day, day after day, until we are sick or so disconnected that we don’t recognize ourselves? Life is so simple, we complicate it. Connecting to peace within ourselves is also really simple, we just have to train ourselves to stop. Really? Yes. Just Stop! Like that red light up ahead, start braking now before you have to slam on Read More
How I Became Nitya
I know in that way of knowing something without actually knowing it that I have always been a deeply spiritual person. As a child my religion was nature and my church. They both opened my heart and gave me a freedom of soul that I craved without realizing I was craving it. It was just something I innately gravitated towards. There was a long empty period of my life when I did not have a Read More