Today is December 1st and I did my ashtanga practice this morning for the first time since my injury almost a month ago. It wasn’t perfect, but it felt soooo gooood. I found myself being much kinder to myself, finding my inability to do certain things interesting rather than maddening. When I got home from … Continue reading The Courage to Appear Weak
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The Yoga of Injury
Here are the asanas I would have learned how to do (and teach) had I gone to my training this week: Balancing Seated Angle Balancing Stick Bent Leg Tree Bound Hero Bow variations Dancer Flamingo Half Circle Inverted Turtle Kurmasana Lateral Angle Parvatasana Raised on both arms posture Reclining Stick Rotated Jhanushirshasana Rotated Lateral Angle … Continue reading The Yoga of Injury
I Totally Blame Eckhart Tolle
I injured myself last Wednesday lifting weights at the gym. I think it was on the squat machine. I don’t know what I did to myself exactly (I’m going to the chiropractor tomorrow) but my hips are locked and my hamstrings won’t stretch and I have a persistent dull headache. It’s like, one day I’m … Continue reading I Totally Blame Eckhart Tolle
