Jenny I never wanted to be a yoga teacher. (Check that.) I never thought “yoga teacher” was something I could be. I couldn’t be a yoga teacher for the same reason I couldn’t be a ballerina or a tightrope walker or a surgeon. It was too late, and I didn’t have the feet or the … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 3
Author: Kath Thompson
Writer, yoga teacher, lover of sunny days, long walks, good coffee, and stimulating conversations.
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 2
MY FIRST REAL LIVE YOGA TEACHER I started practicing yoga on my own when I was a senior in college in 1975-76. I got the Richard Hittleman 28 Day Yoga Program book (I wrote about it here.) and started. At the same time I was also filling out applications for grad school and taking the … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 2
The Story of Main Street Yoga
Six years ago today I opened Main Street Yoga. I have been thinking all day about the wild, circuitous, error-ridden path that led me here. I really want to tell the story of how all this came to be: how I came to be a teacher of yoga, how I came to be the way … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga
Snow Blower Woman
Today I ran the snow blower for the first time. It was the first time we needed the snow blower (thank goodness) AND it was the first time I ever experienced the thrill of plowing through deep snow and launching it into outer space. Well, not outer space, but out of the space that it … Continue reading Snow Blower Woman
Cat and Taxes
I've been putting it off. I always put it off. Is it hard? Not really. Is it interesting? Not at all. I don't even DO them, per se. I have an accountant who is a whiz and finds me all kinds of deductions, plus he's a character and I like him. But what I do … Continue reading Cat and Taxes
“Yoga Could Save Me, If I’d Let It.”
I've been writing for a long time: diaries when I was a girl, journals when I was in college and beyond, and now still the journals and this blog. Today I went back to my first blog, one I made for a college class assignment. I wrote all the code, inserted graphics and pictures and … Continue reading “Yoga Could Save Me, If I’d Let It.”
The 1st Anniversary of This Blog
This is my 167th post on this blog. I mention this only because I just passed my 1st anniversary here. I had a slow start, for sure. I knew I wanted to do something with this blog that would express my particular take on the world, as well as track my daily search for inspiration. … Continue reading The 1st Anniversary of This Blog
Today’s Power Questions
What am I happy about? All my new yoga classes and my yoga tribe! I love my yoga peeps! Excited about? A hiking vacation in Yosemite planned for this June! Proud of? I completed 21 days of the Clean program. Woot! Grateful for? Oh, so many things! I am grateful to be able to afford … Continue reading Today’s Power Questions
Tiger Woods
I made it a point to turn on the TV this morning and watch Tiger Woods' first statement since his, (ahem) indiscretions. I expected him to admit he had made mistakes. I expected him to say he was sorry for hurting his wife, disappointing all the kids who looked up to him, and making a … Continue reading Tiger Woods
The Girl In The Picture
A friend of mine who has known me for a LONG time sent me some pictures he found in an old box. Pictures of me. Pictures of me taken over 30 years ago, when I was 25. I am still reeling from the shock of them. I hardly recognized myself. I kept staring at these … Continue reading The Girl In The Picture
Inspiration Location 