: About Me

I like when someone asked Jiddu Krishnamurti "Who are you?" to which he replied "Who am I is not important because I am nobody. The more important question is - who are you?"

Hello! My name is Sunshine Ross. Sunshine is a nickname I've had since birth. My passport reads Ana Serina. My yoga guru gave met he name Rashmi, which is basically Sunshine in sanskrit. One kind lama gave me the name Tara Kumuda and another kind lama named me Ringzin Khandro.

Enough with names. I am a teacher. The first lesson I taught was when I was about seven years old, right after the first day of elementary school. I taught my grandmother the consonants and vowels. She had a blast! Of course, she already knew what consonants and vowels were but she laughed and encouraged me and played with me anyway. Her name was Darling. Because of my kind student, my grandmother, I think I never stopped teaching.

I copied all my school teachers. I lead and taught my classmates whenever the teachers were away, much to my classmates chagrin! I was a great pain in the behind! I taught horse riding from the age of 13 to 18. After college and some odd jobs, I took the job of teacher assistant to kindergarten and nursery teachers.

Nowadays I teach fitness, yoga and meditation. Mostly though, I am a student of yoga.

My articles are primarily about fitness - body and mind. I believe in a fit body and a fit mind. Some people have fit bodies but have no interest in delving into their minds. Some people delve very deeply into their minds but are weak and frail or obese and unhealthy.

We all need balance. Without the practices of the mind, a healthy beautiful body is a useless waste. Without a healthy body, you cannot last long with the practices of the mind.

I love writing spiritual candy. I wish I could convey more. Spiritual candy is not real food. They are just enough to lure you, or whet your appetite for more of the good stuff.

The good stuff, the real stuff will come from a teacher you will meet face to face. Perhaprs briefly, perhaps on a long journey. The real stuff will be very specific to you and come from guru to the disciple and at the exact perfect time. The guru manifests in myriad ways as your faith grows and depending on many causes and conditions. Be patient and always ask and always learn. In between, listen in silence.

Writing is a very difficult thing for me unlike teaching. When you teach you get a sense of what the student needs. When you write, you can only hope the right audience reads the write stuff and those that are not the right audience are not put off by the ideas you present.

I am not a unique writer. There is nothing original about my work. They have been hashed and rehashed since beginningless time, written and spoken in many different ways again and again and again. These messages will never stop until there are people who will benefit from them where the message is "Eat less, exercise more" or "live in the now!"

I hope these articles give you benefit, body and mind. And may you have a long, prosperous and happy life!

Health & Fitness > Pilates & Yoga What is yoga?

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"'Yoga citta vritti nirodha' yoga is the control of the thought waves in the mind" I like to remind my students. This definition of yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Master Patanjali, has nothing to do with how wonderfully you can touch your toes, stand on your head or take your leg over your shoulder, whatsoever. Yoga is more than that. The same master, Patanjali, an Indian who lived in the 2nd century BCE, was the first to gather and write down the teachings on yoga prevalent at that time, passed on from master to teacher in precious sanctity. He named eight component parts of yoga- ashtanga ...

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