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
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Day 27: The Spirituality of Whimsicality
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
Day 26: The End Is Near
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
Day 25: The Last Sunday
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
Day 24: Smart Keys
My Prius has something called a "smart key." I don't have to unlock the door with this key, or stick it in the ignition. I just have to have it on me--in my pocket or my bag--and the car senses it and opens the door when I touch the handle, and starts when I push … Continue reading Day 24: Smart Keys
Day 23: Hitting the Wall
There's been a marked drop-off in class attendance the past few days. I think people are starting to hit the yoga wall. It's hard keeping up a daily practice. I know. I really do. There have been days this month that, if I weren't the teacher, I would have slept in, or kept the afternoon … Continue reading Day 23: Hitting the Wall
Day 22: An Interview with Jes Ricker
During last year's Yoga Challenge I watched Jes Ricker, owner of Night and Day Coffee Cafe, transform herself. She became dedicated to her practice, which then started her on a dramatic trajectory of transformation, which is continuing to this day. I asked her to tell me how this all came about, in the hopes that … Continue reading Day 22: An Interview with Jes Ricker
Day 21: If It’s Not Fun…
Here's the motto I try to live by: "If it's not fun, it's not done." Now, I know that everything is not "fun," but the challenge is to see if you can find a way to make something that's inherently dreary, or hard, or painful or boring, fun. This can really challenge your imagination at … Continue reading Day 21: If It’s Not Fun…
Day 20: The Power of Stickers
I thought I knew something about the power of stickers. When Tim started training me last October I started this streak of working out and one day he brought in stickers for me to put on my calendar for every day I worked out. I wrote about it here. I loved those little smiley faces … Continue reading Day 20: The Power of Stickers
Day 19: The Next 100 Days
As some of you know, I don't count my life in years, I count in days. As of today I am 20, 900 days old. That means in 100 days my odometer will turn to 21, 000. I feel somewhat mystical about this. I want to make the next hundred days count for something. I … Continue reading Day 19: The Next 100 Days
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