When Marcia Miller and Linda Oshins tell stories about the ‘old days’ or what a lifetime of practice has given us, our listeners ask for more. Our experience represents a slice of the long history of yoga in this country and is peopled with fascinating characters. When we formed the Mid-Ohio Yoga Organization in 1998, all of the yoga teachers in Columbus could fit around one lunch table at the only vegetarian restaurant in town (5 of us plus Claudia from Mansfield who was the driving force behind the group). Just three years later, Yoga on High alone employed fourteen yoga teachers plus Marcia, Martha and Linda—an explosion of activity and professionalism. They’ve decided to offer a few on-line get-togethers during which they tell stories and answer questions. You might laugh or cry with their hilarious, wise, and sometimes heart breaking stories.

In yoga, there are many energy maps of the individual (the koshas, the chakras, the nadis, different states of consciousness, each with their particular vibrant qualities). In this conversation Marcia and Linda will talk about energy work and how it relates to their understanding of formal yoga practices, healing, and self-inquiry in general. Their medium has been Reiki, but their experience relates to other traditions that work with lifeforce by many other names (Prana, Chi, Ki, Mana, various schools of breathwork, for example). They will tell you stories from over three decades of witnessing “ordinary” miracles. You don’t have to be familiar with energy work to join in.

Claudia Cummins will interview them and keep the conversation lively.
Next conversation is scheduled for November 15, 3:30pm to 5:00pm

In-person at Radiant Yoga or over Zoom
There’s no charge for this