Wellness: Think Like an Engineer

Photo courtesy of Marcin Szczepanski, www.marcinvisuals.com, Multimedia Producer University of Michigan by Prof. Jasprit Excerpt from “Karma Wealth and Wellness: Mindfulness Tools for the Age of Science and Technology,” the RussaYog® Training Manual. The purpose of engineering and technology is to create paths that are not normally available to us. Technology allows us to fly [...]

Mom and Daughter Retreat

…by Poonam. My Mom and I came on this retreat together, arriving in frazzled states (which is how we usually roll). After staying with Jasprit and Teresa for just one day, I noticed the stomach problems I’d been having disappeared and that it was far easier to focus on the present moment instead of stressing about the [...]

One Way to Think About Yoga

A Teacher’s Perspective by Jane Allen Sometimes people are concerned that RussaYog is new, and thus not “real” yoga.  I think of the human body as notes of music, and yoga is the music genre, like classical or jazz.  Jasprit is the composer of RussaYog.  Iyengar is the composer of Iyengar yoga.  Not all people [...]

Teaching Yoga in Unexpected Places by Jill Ostrowski

I recently lead three RussaYog classes for the Women’s Health and Fitness Day; my second time volunteering for this annual event. It is a free workshop put on by a group of University of Michigan medical students. The event strives to offer a diverse range of programming related to wellness for women in the Ann Arbor [...]

Sustainable Good Life and Technology: 1st U of M SSEL Lecture (teaser)

View a ‘teaser’ of Prof. Jasprit Singh’s talk on Sustainable Good Life and Technology: 1st SSEL Lecture Prof. Singh will also be offering a lecture, “Building a Sustainable Good Life through Technology and Yoga” Thursday, February 23, 5:30pm, Broida, 1610 open to the public, in Santa Barbara at UCSB for the Technology Management Program – Lecture Series Winter [...]

Semiconductors and the Age of Intelligence

Over the last 50 years scientists, technologists and users have created the tidal waveknoown as Moore’s Law (transistor density doubling every two years, functionality doubling every 18 months) and societies around the world hae tranformed as a result. Smart functional devices made from semiconductors, piezoelectric materials, magnetic materials, etc., have ushered in the knowledge age. [...]

Sustainable Good Life and Technology Lectures

 This exciting new series will be available on the University of Michigan’s YouTube channel…and… If you are in Ann Arbor, you can see the lectures live at the U of M Engineering School. The Good Life: Senses as Motivators for Technology  We examine seven layers of “the good life:” physical wellness, creativity and beauty, balance and harmony, [...]

The Ropes Beckon

Uplift with Rope-Based Yoga. With a blend of anticipation and hesitation I first approached RussaYog Yoga Studio in my wheelchair. My eyes drank in the room, multiple free-flowing ropes anchored from the ceiling, brightly colored mats covering the floor. The juxtaposition of stability and freedom offered by ropes created an “aha” moment.  How wonderful it [...]

My 30 Days to Bliss

My introduction to Russa Yog was exciting. I discovered anew the awaiting joy in the playful ropes while my hands gripped and my body swayed and moved. As if my Spirit was saying, “Come play with me!,” the quiet energy within the dangling ropes. I quickly embraced the open possibilities in Russa Yog. My body [...]

The Good Life

 by Jasprit Singh Before embarking on any journey it is valuable to have some idea of why we are taking the journey: to enhance our knowledge? to improve our skills? to earn more money? to become physically fit? to develop new friendships? to see different cultures? Even if the journey has no goal, it is advantageous [...]