I run hot and cold with mantras. I was really into japa mala for a long time. Chanted a long Sanskrit mantra taught to me during a training at Kripalu. (Om namo bhagavate vasu devya.) Wore my mala everywhere. I still have one hanging from the rearview mirror of my car. It came in handy … Continue reading Yes, the Mantra
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Patanjali and Gary Vee
I’m almost finished reading Crush It, by Gary Vaynerchuk, a book about how to monetize your passion. The big message of this book is: You’ve got to love what you do, work hard, and have patience. There’s lots of other marketing advice too, but these are the big themes he pounds over and over, or … Continue reading Patanjali and Gary Vee
Wussie Wednesdays
I AM capable of guiding a soft yoga class, I AM! There is still “Happy” in Happy Hour yoga, and there is still some shred of “Grace” left in the Power and Grace class. (Isn’t there?) Here’s the thing about me and yoga: I like to churn. I like to find my edge and then … Continue reading Wussie Wednesdays
Holding The Space
This morning I drove to the studio and was the first one there despite the fact that it was already 6:10 AM and we usually begin by 6:15. I hurried in, turned on the lights in the lounge, unlocked the studio, lit the candle, and only then went back and took off my jacket. Still, … Continue reading Holding The Space
Everything Matters
The way yoga was portrayed on Survivor last night is still on my mind. I think it’s because millions of people watch Survivor (including me) and Shambo’s dissing of yoga was so scorn-filled yet so readily embraced by all the people she complained to about it, that it totally shocked me. I imagined millions of … Continue reading Everything Matters
Yoga Gets Dissed on “Survivor.”
So tonight I was watching Survivor and the character called “Shambo” from the purple team started dissing her teammates from the yellow team for practicing yoga. Her gripe? They should have been spending their time collecting firewood, hauling water and looking for food. But instead, they were practicing yoga. (I highly doubt they practiced yoga … Continue reading Yoga Gets Dissed on “Survivor.”
A Little Nibble of Silence
Official “Kath-led Morning Yoga” has now ended for the year and will return with the rains and the robins in April. But some of us still get up at the butt-crack of dawn on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings to practice Ashtanga. Nobody teaches it, we just DO IT. Christine is the expert, so we … Continue reading A Little Nibble of Silence
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