This blog is still such a mystery to me. I wish I knew what I was doing. I wish I knew WHY I write it. I think one way I try to look at blog content is through the lens of: What can I help you with today? What is a problem you are currently … Continue reading Wondering Why I Blog
Tag: yoga
How many streaks are too many?
I want to start another streak. A yoga streak. I need to get my personal practice back. Bad. The other day I subscribed to Udaya so that I would have lots of classes to choose from and no excuses. My pre-streak started today when I woke up, took a hot shower, slathered myself in coconut … Continue reading How many streaks are too many?
Witnessing Stillness
I always feel privileged to be a yoga teacher: to watch students, to watch over them, to encourage and guide them. Tonight there was a nice big crowd for Power Yoga. All of my best students, all the good breathers. I led a lot of suns and variations on suns. It was intense. And because … Continue reading Witnessing Stillness
No Coffee, No Prana
I love coffee so much. I have an Verismo espresso machine, a milk frother to make lattes, , a pour-over thing if I want a one cup of perfectly brewed coffee, and a hot water kettle with a goose-neck spout for directing the hot water precisely over the grounds. I also have a french press … Continue reading No Coffee, No Prana
Why I Teach Yoga
I teach yoga because I can. By this I mean I think that I am able to utilize my gifts of words, and my highly developed people reading and sensitivity skills in this way. I teach yoga because it marries my introverted nature and my extroverted nature. The practice itself is introverted but the delivery … Continue reading Why I Teach Yoga
What I Don’t Love About Yoga
I don’t love all the emphasis on postures and doing postures perfectly. I don’t love the obsession with achieving the “aesthetic” goals of yoga: The high arching backbends, the Yoga-Journal-perfect expression of Side Crow. I realize there are also functional goals in yoga, like being able to balance, or getting stronger or more flexible, but … Continue reading What I Don’t Love About Yoga
Becoming Unglued
When people ask me what I do, I don’t always like to say I am a yoga teacher. I never know how “yoga teacher” is going to land for people, or what they picture yoga teachers look like, or what they do. Sometimes I try to describe what I do without saying the word “yoga.” … Continue reading Becoming Unglued
Happy
I often feel guilty about the fact that my life is so happy. That’s because so many people are not so happy. Some are lost, others are bored. Some are unsettled, others are burdened. Some are taking depression meds, others need to be taking depression meds. They are dealing with time stress and money stress … Continue reading Happy
The Mindful Meatloaf
The other day I decided to make a meatloaf. I came across a recipe online and bought a pound of grass fed beef and a lot of expensive spices and exotic ingredients so I could try it. It was a pretty complicated recipe for a meatloaf. But I delayed making the meatloaf because my life … Continue reading The Mindful Meatloaf
Friday night
It's Friday night. I love Friday night, despite the fact that I don't have a conventional job, and the "week" and the "weekend" are virtually interchangeable for me. I don't get paid on Friday. I don't even work, so I'm not even spent from the week. I am amped from the week, actually. Right now I … Continue reading Friday night
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