April Newsletter: Be a Light in the Dark
You don't need some special certification to share the essence of yoga with your community in the form of loving-kindness & compassion.
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Jo-Jo Jackson
- Feb 9
- 3 min
February Newsletter: Allow me to (re)introduce myself
I'm really happy to reintroduce my monthly newsletter! Thank you for subscribing, and let me also take a moment to (re)introduce myself.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- May 11, 2022
- 7 min
May Newsletter: The Three Gunas & Learning to Free Yourself From Self-Destruction & Self-Sabotage
Working to free yourself from Rajas-Tamas loops will alleviate yourself from past & future suffering & in time elevate your consciousness
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Feb 1, 2022
- 6 min
February Newsletter: Tantra, Yoga & The Nature of Desire
Tantra is a path & practice of returning to body, breath & 5 senses to fully experience the blissful play of divine Consciousness...
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
December Newsletter: Practicing The Yoga of Reflection
Reflect on your experiences through the technique of smriti sadhana--the practice of memory contemplation--to intentionally look back
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
November Newsletter: Elevating Your Wellbeing Though the Five Senses
...you never really experience the outside world; you only experience your own nervous system. The 5 senses are direct connections to that..
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
October Newsletter: Jo-Jo's Top 3 Tips to Moving Slowly for Vata Season
The ability to ground isn't just mindlessly moving slowly, but moving slowly with awareness, effort & intention.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
September Newsletter: How Yoga Taught Me To Navigate Challenge Without Totally Freaking Out
I was able to practice discernment & awareness to stay motivated & courageous as I took a big step into the unknown...
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
July Newsletter: Being at Home Within Your Self
The real home is always within. By shifting awareness from the external to the internal, what first tastes like poison transmutes to nectar.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
May Newsletter: The Yoga of Compassionate Action in the Age of Coronavirus
With the guidance of the Yamas & Niyama and the light of positive discernment we can guide ourselves & our communities toward compassion.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Apr 21, 2021
- 5 min
April Newsletter: Recognizing the Kleśas as Obstacles to Yogic Living
There are a total five kleśas that can be thought of as a poisonous tree with ignorance as its root and fear as its toxic fruit...
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
February Newsletter: Celebrating the History of Black Yogis
African-Americans have been part of the history & development of yoga in the United States for nearly as long as yoga has existed in the US
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Jan 5, 2021
- 5 min
January Newsletter: Jo-Jo's Top 12 Yoga Books for 2021
While I recommend 12 books for the 2021 calendar year, take your time in reading them! All of these books encourage slow contemplation.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
December Newsletter: What 2020 Taught Me About Resilience
To be resilient means to have the capacity and the ability to recover & adapt from stressful, adversarial or challenging situations...
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Nov 5, 2020
- 6 min
November Newsletter: Hot Yoga, Ayurveda & Recognizing Afflictions
when I practice self-inquiry to understand how the kleshas show up in my life, my hot yoga practice was linked to egoism & unhealthy attachm
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Oct 6, 2020
- 6 min
October Newsletter: Restorative Yoga & Practicing Letting Go
By practicing restorative yoga we can make friends with our mind & learn to let go of stress, tension or anxiety to become more resilient
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Sep 3, 2020
- 5 min
September Newsletter: Innerstanding, Presence And The Beginner's Mind
when it feels like nothing is guaranteed--not even the mundane routines of our modern Western society--practicing presence is vital.
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
July Newsletter: Sattvic Self-Care To Nourish Self-Compassion & Healing
Sattvic self-care is a practice that includes awareness & attention to the whole self--body, mind & spirit. By caring for our whole self...
Jo-Jo Jackson
- Jun 2, 2020
- 4 min
June Newsletter: Yoga As A Practice For Radical Self-Acceptance
When we can radically, spontaneously cultivate a higher sense of SELF, we can start to clear the clouded fog of avidya to see
Jo-Jo, The Yogi Bassist
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
March Newsletter: Tips To Practicing Mindfulness In The Wake of COVID-19
Greetings friends, I hope you're all safe & healthy amidst the rise of this critical situation that is the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a...
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