Though 77 percent of Iowans are Christian, the idea of connecting Christ with yoga is relatively novel in a state where most yoga is taught from a secular perspective. Teachers in Newton, Cedar Rapids and Sioux City now teach Bible-focused classes at affordable rates.
There are many paths in yoga, but they share common, historically rooted, spiritually oriented terms. From om to namaste, karma to dharma, understanding the language of yoga may help shed light on your own practice.
Ames-based McCabe found Buddhist meditation during an existential crisis in college, and has been on a “journey into the present moment” ever since.
Browse the books and podcasts that are helping us keep our New Year’s resolutions, ponder Eastern philosophy and meditate on love and relationships prior to Valentine’s Day.
“This sacred space has given people the freedom to be able to say things, I think, they desperately want to say, but have nowhere else to say them.”
Afternoon recess is over, and Gina Ferrel’s fourth grade class is filled with giggling, twirling, desk-slamming chaos. “Find your spread-out yoga spots,” the teacher says. As kids scatter, Mrs. Ferrel…
