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Nitin R. Patient Expert

Portland, Oregon
This blog embodies the power of yoga as chronicle of my journey of personal wellness using yoga as... Full Bio
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Fight the pain! by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga My writer's block has continued. It has been hard to motivate myself to collect my thoughts and put the "electronic pen" to the "electronic paper". I had ... Read on »
Docked with the mother ship - India by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I landed in Mumbai very early this morning. Getting out of the Mumbai airport was a breeze and a pleasant surprise to see a lot of the outside of the international airport rec ... Read on »
Another day another _________________ by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga The last few weeks have been hectic and full of travels and trips. I call them escapist trips, but incredible time with my children. I was in Hawaii last week for work and att ... Read on »
The balance is back - 7 days of yoga and counting by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga It was imminent that I would wake up one day and realize that I had gone astray. I had let myself go again! Over the last six months I had become complacent and let the stres ... Read on »
Great Video Homage to Guruji from Russia by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I ran accross this on Youtube. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read on »
Strengthen Shoulders? Hike 10 miles with a 20 pound back pack by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I went on a camping trip as a chaperon with my kids' class earlier this week to a heavenly place called Opal Creek. A 2 hour drive into the foot hills of the Cascade Mountains ... Read on »
Keeping it real - yoga or not! by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga Recently I connected with school friends of mine, graduating high school class from St. Joseph's Convent in Faridabad India, a suburb of New Delhi. The year was 1981. I cannot ... Read on »
Tadasana is standing up for yourself to withstand adversity in life! by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga One of the most amazing poses of Iyengar yoga is tadasana and how you are taught to execute and perform tadasana. The instructions flow in the following manner: 1. Join your ... Read on »
Fighting the battles - learning to conquer Adho Mukha Vrksasana by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga Well folks my bloggers block has persisted though I have been writing but on other blogs and for other reasons so that preoccupation has taken away time from this blog. I am c ... Read on »
Where has been the yogi been??? by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I am sure many of the regulars are wondering what has happened to my blog posts. I am suffering from writers block I think in addition to a very hectic travel schedule that in ... Read on »
A new post finally - new yoga props.. new level of experience .... by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga What a struggle its been to write the last few weeks but today I mustered the energy and write. My last post was nearly a month ago on Feb 17th discussing "Igomania" ... Read on »
Engaging in Meaningless Battles - Unyogic Igomania! by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga War is nothing but a battle of selfish and mindless egos that loose sight of compassion love and care for others. At the end even the winner loses - the destruction is bi-dire ... Read on »
Hang upside down and let your aches and pain dissipate... by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga On Saturday I attended Nuvana's back care class at Sunset Yoga after a Friday evening back care regiment in private session with her. We determined that forward bends were agg ... Read on »
Lower back pain - A revisit by Nitin R. Patient Expert 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I received a nice comment from an anonymous reader on an earlier lower back pain post - his lower back melted away I guess!!! Well little did he or she know that my lower back ... Read on »
Bad Knees equate to bad posture.... by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga The clicking and pain in my knees while performing standing poses returned after the new year. My right knee is especially bad. Any sort of step climbing or squats makes my br ... Read on »
You are my gods - BKS Iyengar on Dec 14th 2008 by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga As promised Guruji's address on Dec 14th evening at Govinda Gardens. It was touching and inspiring.... Happy new year to all of you. Theyoginme blog is completing 12 months. T ... Read on »
Back to Reality - 18 inches of snow by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I arrived home to a magnanimous pile up of snow everywhere your eyes can take. I had called my neighbor from Mumbai and he told me there was 18 inches of snow piled up on our ... Read on »
The music from picture slides by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I have turned off the music from the picture slides. I apologize for the annoyance! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and mor ... Read on »
BKS Iyengar 90th Birthday Celebrations Parting Video by Nitin R. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga I am posting this final parting video in a series of videos that will appear in reverse chronological order from Dec 19th to Dec 10th. This is the final evening of Dec 19th, 2 ... Read on »
BKS Iyengar 90th Birthday South India Tour Dec 18th by Nitin R. Patient Expert 2 Comments Posted in: Blog Posts in Yoga This was day two of our trip, that included a 7 hour journey from E-Inn in Bangalore to the two 11th century stone temples in Halebidu and the other Bellur spelt "Belur&q ... Read on »