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Satyana Yoga

a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. -lao tzu Wide open windows in the summer and heated floors in the winter.

We offer hatha yoga classes and private sessions for students of all experience levels and interests. We have a beautiful renovated space in downtown Watertown in the Paddock Arcade, second floor. Licensed masssage therapy and/or thai yoga bodywork available. Feel invited to drop in!

01/19/2026

how's that new years resolution going? statistically, almost all quick change makeovers don't survive the first missed opportunity. that's because it isn't because we're weak but because we're creatures of habit. habit (patterns) are what our minds love.

so to change a habit, we must change the mind, and not temporarily, but for good. centuries ago the skill of meditation was developed exactly for this purpose- to quiet the jumping of the mind.

you needn't travel to india, or buy a zazen cushion or pay someone for a mantra. meditation is a practice of centering your thoughts upon one seed. i kinda like using the breath... it's free and convenient.

(to be continued).

12/30/2025

it's not that we shouldn't wish to change things up a bit around new years- most sentient beings are (at least) closet-dwelling critics and believe anyone, including themselves, might benefit from some tucking in.

but, trying to modify our behaviors alone focuses on the symptoms and fails to address the real culprit- our thinking mind.

(to be continued).

12/29/2025

about this time every year those of us who would like to evolve and become a better person are tempted to make new years' resolutions.

there's nothing wrong with this. but- it's impossible to change overnight because while we are indeed carbon-based creatures, we're also mostly made of patterns and habits.

what to do?

(to be continued).

11/20/2025

a long time ago in a universe far away, the bamboo floor was the final touch in renovating this corner of the arcade. what year was that?

09/24/2025

non-duality, called 'advaita' in sanskrit (literally 'not two'), is the sublime realization that there do not exist any divisions separating things into polar opposites- such as up/down, hot/cold, etc., nor dividing our emotions into good/bad or us/them. the ancient yogis recognized it's specifically our mind's job to categorize reality- in an attempt to make sense of it and thereby try to gain 'control.'

the mind (manas), is like a supervisor in a factory- responsible for daily functioning, but was never meant to be existence itself. and because it's so much easier to delegate than to sort out reality we have given manas the reins and we no longer realize who we are.

when we can step back, way back- we gain perspective. yes, a cook stove is hotter than a popsicle but is cold in comparison to the temperature of the sun. a person who sees life in black and white is incapable of experiencing nuances like shades of grey. which of course is actually the marvelous continuum of reality.

to a yogi, a life lived in peace is non-dual. they understand that the thinking mind is trained to see differences, but our hearts see connectivity.

09/14/2025

the most powerful illusion of all is the one that sees life as a separation from- instead of a invitation to, the party. life is a wonderful gift, and the material world comes with a time stamp.

either you're here, now- and grateful for the gift or you're caught up in the hustle. nothing else matters because there is nothing else.

06/28/2025

sorry for the short notice.

after today, i'm taking the remainder of the summer off from teaching saturday morning class. it's been a long run of 22 years, with short breaks during a couple sebaticals in india and over the long covid crisis. i have loved and enjoyed your encouragement and support and commitment- and patience and tolerance, surely. let's not worry about the next step or have any regrets. yoga is, was and shall always be about right now. om shanti.

06/15/2025

in every sense, yoga involves learning. learning requires a willingness to transform. transformation is about change. change should be based upon honest self-reflection. honest self-reflection leads to the understanding of cause and effect. understanding cause and effect is learning.

om shanti all students!

01/28/2025

heh heh.

01/21/2025

heh heh. sun salutations for septagenarians.

01/16/2025

we come into the world with nothing and we leave with nothing- not the world's best kept secret. how we choose to live is the only ripple we can make.

11/12/2024

so sad to hear of the passing of sharath today, son of dear saraswati. this is how i'd like to remember him- with a big smile and most likely at something silly we did. later he became the director of the ashtanga shala in mysore after the death of guruji, his grandfather and student of krishnamacharya. this pic is from nyc in 2006 when ayri was a traveling show of sorts when india got too hot in the spring.

thousands of miles, or the passing of years- no difference. your memory will always be alive and close by.

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Watertown, NY
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