Chilltown Yoga

06/29/2025

Let’s get it together, shall we?

June 24, 2025Round Two: International Yoga Day, Pride Month, and the TruthOnce again, the theme for International Yoga Day, as it was in 2023, is a verse from the Maha Upanishad, Chapter 6, verse 71-73: Vasudhaiva kutumbakam. Translated from Sanskrit: "The Earth is one family."The literal breakdown,...

04/23/2025

Sign up! Only 25 spots🧘🏽‍♀️🕉️🧘Can’t wait to practice with you🙏🏻💗✌🏻

Lara Moon, founder of Chilltown Yoga, will lead an all-levels yoga session to restore your body followed by mindfulness meditation.

04/23/2025

Getting ready to share sweet relief in a FREE 30-minute yoga and meditation session this Friday, 11:30 am .collective. Visit Eventbrite Jersey City or Narra Collective’s website to sign up.🧘🏽‍♀️🌞🕉️🙏🏻✌🏻🧘

04/16/2025

The original Chutes and Ladders helped tune one’s moral compass. 🧭 ⚖️🙏🏻

The 13th Century CE, Indian poet and saint Gyandev created a children's game called Moksha Patam. The British later named it as Snakes and Ladders instead of retaining the original Moksha Patam.

Originally, the game was used as a part of moral instruction to children. The squares in which ladders start were each supposed to stand for a virtue, and those housing the head of a snake were supposed to stand for an evil. The snakes outnumbered the ladders in the original Hindu game. The game was transported to England by the colonial rulers in the latter part of the 19th Century CE, with some modifications.

In the original one, a ‘hundred squares game board’, the 12th square was faith, the 51st square was reliability, the 57th square was generosity, the 76th square was knowledge, and the 78th square was asceticism. These were the squares where the ladders were found and one could move ahead faster.

The 41st square was for disobedience, the 44th square for arrogance, the 49th square for vulgarity, the 52nd square for theft, the 58th square for lying, the 62nd square for drunkenness, the 69th square for debt, the 84th square for anger, the 92nd square for greed, the 95th square for pride, the 73rd square for murder and the 99th square for lust. These were the squares where the snake waited with their mouth open.

The 100th square represented Nirvana or Moksha.The tops of each ladder depicted a God, or one of the various heavens (Kailash, Vaikunth , Brahmalok) and so on. As the game progressed various actions were supposed to take you up and down the board as in life..The game had been interpreted and used as a tool for teaching the effects of good deeds versus bad ones.

The game was popular in ancient India. It was also associated with traditional Sanatan philosophy contrasting karma and k**a, or destiny and desire. It emphasized destiny, as opposed to games such as pachisi, which focused on life as a mixture of skill and luck. The underlying ideals of the game inspired a version introduced in Victorian England in 1892.

The modified game was named Snakes and Ladders and stripped of its moral and religious aspects and the number of ladders and snakes were equalized. In 1943, the game was introduced in the US under the name Chutes and Ladders.

04/03/2025

I miss the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, such a haven of peace and beauty.

04/01/2025

Looking forward to sharing and .collective on April 25 😎🙏🏻🧘‍♀️Come join us🕉️

02/16/2025

Sh💩t yoga teachers do: grab ur mat bag on the way out the door, even though you’re not teaching, but leave ur umbrella on the light rail.

02/03/2025

“How often and how long do you need to practice yoga to get this effect? So far researchers do not have a conclusive answer, but most of these research studies implemented yoga programs that lasted from eight to 12 weeks with a frequency between once weekly to daily. Yoga classes in the research studies range from 30 to 90 minutes. As with most mind-body practices, regular consistent practice yields the most promise.”

A review of randomized control trials on yoga's impact on the immune system yields promising results.

01/20/2025

Happy Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 🙏🏿☮️🙏🏻

12/30/2024

A very merry Yule to you! 🥳🎄🎊 Did you give or receive the gift of yoga this season? 🕉️🧘‍♀️Sure hope so! If not, come practice online with me Still the most affordable, top quality, inclusive and accessible yoga instruction in . . . the universe😎🎆Visit chilltownyoga.com to book online today! ✌🏻🙏🏻🌞

11/13/2024

Thought it was too hot last time. 🔥🗳️❤️‍🔥 From a yogic perspective, suppose this is some serious tapas: burn the last of the dross off the bright shining blade the eight-armed goddess carries. The one that cuts through ignorance, greed and anger~ the three poison minds that keep us so disconnected from one another. Thank goodness for yoga. 🕉️💖🧘‍♀️

10/02/2024

Change the body, change the mind, change the energy 🤸🏽🧘💖🙏🏻🕉️✌🏻