Amba's Blog

Bandha Breath®: excerpt from upcoming book. This new technique will merge my 3 favorite things. The Breath, The Bandhas and Asana. For the past 40 years I have been sharing these aspects of Hatha Yoga separately, and I think it gets overly complicated. And with so much attention placed on asanas, the breath and bandhas seem to then have a lesser im...

Oh! Those electric candles and plastic flowers! How I dislike them. I know I am supposed to learn to accept things as they are, but I refuse to like those little battery candles, and those dust collecting plastic flowers. Let me tell you why: 1. More trash for our landfills and oceans. Remember where they end up when they no longer work, which is o...

How you prepare yourself to go to bed at night has an impact on how easily you fall asleep, how deeply you remain asleep, and how rejuvenated you feel when you wake up. The modern western culture shows very little regard to sleep in general, as if it was a waste of time. You can't make any money sleeping, and where time is money, the fewer hours yo...

One aspect of Yoga is becoming aware of your daily routine. How do you create little rituals to keep your flame of consciousness burning brightly. For me the way I wake up in the morning and the way I go to bed at night are extremely important. For some reason these two times of day can either break or make my day. Wish I wasn't so fragile and coul...