This time tomorrow I will be just finishing up the first session of the 5-Day Yoga Teacher Training down in Philly. I am so looking forward to it. This will be my 4th class in the 10 class series of Pranakriya (500 Hr) Yoga. This one is called "Advanced Asana 3," but really, it's just … Continue reading Yoganand
Month: March 2010
Foisting Books on People
I really don't want to be a foister, but I am. I am reading Seth Godin's Linchpin at the moment and all I want to do is buy 20 copies and give them to people, press it into their hands with that annoying, desperate pleading in my eyes and say, "Pleeeeze! You simply MUST read … Continue reading Foisting Books on People
Defogging Meditation
I am writing a book--or trying to, the basic premise of which is that everyone needs, and should have, an Owner's Manual that they can 1. Refer to daily when questions arise about how to behave, and 2. To give to loved ones to help explain, (ahem) their inexplicable behavior. ('Here honey, read the chapter … Continue reading Defogging Meditation
A Rumor of Robins
All this week I've been hearing rumors of robin sitings. Facebook Status Update: "I saw a robin!!" Another one: "Robins! Yay!" And another one: "No robins, but redwing blackbirds!" Then yesterday, on the bike path, during my training run, I saw my first robin. It's amazing what the sighting of a little bird sets off … Continue reading A Rumor of Robins
The Pomodoro Technique
Yeah, it's come to this the last few days. I can't seem to focus long enough to finish anything. I start to read and then think I should be cleaning. I start to clean and then think I should be meditating. During meditation I think that I should be running, I can meditate any time, … Continue reading The Pomodoro Technique
The Reader’s Guide to the Internet
The computer is a terrible addiction for me, it really is. I check my email 5o million times a day, I lurk and play on Facebook, I lurk and play on Twitter, I have at least 20 blogs that I subscribe to via RSS feed and try to keep up with--not to mention keeping up … Continue reading The Reader’s Guide to the Internet
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 7 (end)
Shiva Rea, the famous Vinyasa yoga teacher is reputed to have said when someone complimented her teaching, "I am just the river guide. The real teacher is the river." After my first year of teaching full-time it became clear that I needed to explore more of the river. My students seemed happy enough with my … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 7 (end)
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 6
PICTURES When I got home from Kripalu, which I now call "Planet K, " it was Thanksgiving. I was happy to be home, but I was anxious to start teaching, lest I lose it, and my confidence and nerve as well. Emily and her boyfriend were home and were willing to be student guinea pigs, … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 6
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 5
My lion-taming, long-term sub job not only paid the tuition to Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu, but it also enabled me to afford a private room with a private bathroom. (Yee-hah!) Because by this time I was 51 years old and the thought of living dorm-style with with a bunch of earnest, vegan, menstruating recent … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 5
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 4
A LIVING WAGE I loved being a stay-at-home mom. It's a good thing, too, because I was one for a 18 years. The only time I didn't love being a stay-at-home mom was when I wanted to buy something and my husband didn't. If there was a disagreement about money, he always won because he … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 4
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