I am sitting here at 1 PM on the afternoon of the last day of the 30 Day Yoga Challenge.  Only one more class left, a little party after that, and it will be over.  Tomorrow it will be May. Two people made it to the studio every single day this month.  Lots made it … Continue reading Day 30: De-Throning The Iguana

I asked my class last night what they had learned, if anything, from the Yoga Challenge. I got blank stares. "Are you getting any better at yoga?" I asked Then they started pointing to defined biceps, and saying how they could finally do a Chaturanga, and hold plank without their arms quivering like jello. The … Continue reading Day 28: Getting Good At Yoga

As a yoga teacher, the hardest and most terrifying class for me to teach is the first day of Beginner Yoga.  The students walk in pale, fat, worried, neurotic, clutching their little bottles of Dasani like they're some totemic objects that will protect them from weird, patchouli smelling Hindu spirits, and me. I don't claim … Continue reading Day 27: The Spirituality of Whimsicality

This is a picture of me being hoisted aloft at the End of the Challenge Party last year.  I found it as I was going through the archives today.  In a few days, there will be another party, another toast to our tribe, our yoga sangha, and all of our efforts this month. Why do … Continue reading Day 26: The End Is Near

I just got home from the last Sunday class at the studio led by Brenna.  **sniff** The month is very quickly coming to an end.  This Friday will be the last day of the Yoga Challenge. I hope everyone will come to the party on Friday. (And hey there, you Virtuals??  I see you out … Continue reading Day 25: The Last Sunday