Here are the asanas I would have learned how to do (and teach) had I gone to my training this week: Balancing Seated Angle Balancing Stick Bent Leg Tree Bound Hero Bow variations Dancer Flamingo Half Circle Inverted Turtle Kurmasana Lateral Angle Parvatasana Raised on both arms posture Reclining Stick Rotated Jhanushirshasana Rotated Lateral Angle … Continue reading The Yoga of Injury
Month: November 2009
Pollyanna Drills a Gas Well
The gas well drilling that is a constant clang in my (mental and physical) environment these days --and will continue clanging for the next 20 years until they finish sucking all the natural gas out from under us-- is kicking up a lot of dust for me. (no pun intended). I have wanted to write … Continue reading Pollyanna Drills a Gas Well
Morning Power Questions for Today
What am I happy about? Sun in November, decent weather, a few blessed days off to heal. Excited about? Trip to Rochester tomorrow. The prospect of a new computer. Dinner party tonight with Tim and Jackie. Proud about? Maintaining my streaks with this blog (currently in week 13), writing in my paper journal (day 49 … Continue reading Morning Power Questions for Today
Morning Power Questions. Evening Power Questions.
On the little table next to my Space Chair I have a pile of books. One of them I picked up today on a whim because I was plumb out of ideas for my daily pen-scribble. The book was Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins. I have tried to read this book a number … Continue reading Morning Power Questions. Evening Power Questions.
Diagnosis: “Salvagable”
I am a word person. I am sensitive to word choices. (It’s a burden, actually.) I will over-analyze and mull and wonder, “What did she mean by that?” when she probably meant nothing at all. It was simply the word that came to her; the word she knew, a word she always uses, uses without … Continue reading Diagnosis: “Salvagable”
I Totally Blame Eckhart Tolle
I injured myself last Wednesday lifting weights at the gym. I think it was on the squat machine. I don’t know what I did to myself exactly (I’m going to the chiropractor tomorrow) but my hips are locked and my hamstrings won’t stretch and I have a persistent dull headache. It’s like, one day I’m … Continue reading I Totally Blame Eckhart Tolle
A Found List
I found this list in the back of one of my old journals the other day. I didn't compile it, but I loved it, so I copied it, --from the net probably. So I would love to give credit to the author, so if anyone recognizes this and knows where it came from, please let … Continue reading A Found List
Books That Changed My Life #2
Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg Writing Down The Bones completely ruined my handwriting. We’re talking about years of Palmer Method here, countless copybooks splotched up with ovals and push-pulls. And today? Can’t even sign my own goddam name on my credit card receipts with any sort of legibility. I totally blame Natalie Goldberg. … Continue reading Books That Changed My Life #2
Sleep
My brain is fried, my toe is fractured, and my head aches. Not enough sleep, and too much life lived with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm with no foundation. The foundation of life is rest. Without rest, no action is possible. (Well, it’s possible, but there is a price.) And the price is brain fog, headaches and irritability. … Continue reading Sleep
Looking Down
I found myself walking around Ithaca today, looking down. Like, at the ground. Looking down, the way I would look down when it’s raining, or when it’s windy and cold and I’m just trying to make my way through the weather and get to a more comfortable place. But today was a fine day. A … Continue reading Looking Down
Inspiration Location 