How is drinking more water going to advance me on my journey? The answer: My lack of sufficient hydration is starting to cause minor break-downs. In a word, I itch. I have to stop and itch. My ears itch. My skin itches. And every time I have to stop and itch, I have take my … Continue reading How My Resolutions Advance My Pilgrimage
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#Reverb10: Day 7-Looking for Utopia
Prompt: Community. Where have you discovered community, online or otherwise, in 2010? What community would you like to join, create or more deeply connect with in 2011? For anyone who knows me, and is familiar with Main Street Yoga, it will come as no surprise that that's where I have discovered community here in the … Continue reading #Reverb10: Day 7-Looking for Utopia
Accentuating The Postive. Eliminating The Negative
Today's Reverb10 prompt is: what do you do each day that doesn't contribute to your writing --and can you eliminate it. Of course the answer is: All my internet addictions: facebook, twitter, email, blog reading. Sometimes I tell myself that the blog reading in particular gets my juices going, gets my mind thinking in bloggy … Continue reading Accentuating The Postive. Eliminating The Negative
Pudding, Podcasts and a New Series of Beginner Yoga
Let me start with the pudding. It was rice. Made with milk and half-and-half and sugar and I stirred it endlessly and carefully and tenderly and added vanilla and raisins and cinnamon at the end. I followed the recipe in the Cook's Illustrated Cookbook, which, as I've mentioned before, is the Scientific American of cookbooks. … Continue reading Pudding, Podcasts and a New Series of Beginner Yoga
Yoga Class Tonight
A whole lotta people showed up for tonight's drop-in yoga class. There were a few brand new people, some kinda new people, and some regulars. I had 8 mats set up and 13 people showed up. Love it when that happens. Love new people! Love old people! Love kinda new people! (Hate it when the … Continue reading Yoga Class Tonight
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 18: Day of Sloth Yoga
...and god bless mommy and daddy and sparky and Brenna Francis, my substitute yoga teacher on Sundays because holy man! Sleeping in?? Sleeping in?? Yeah, one day a week of not having to get up at the ass-crack of dawn, especially after yesterday's 8 mile run from hell in the cold and the headwind with … Continue reading Day 18: Day of Sloth Yoga
Productive Pain
It felt like my body was made of rumble strips as I lay on the massage table today and LauraLee tried to smooth me out. I said, "I'm really trying not to seize up and armor against your touch, but it's hard." She said, "It's okay to experience some productive pain." That concept of "productive … Continue reading Productive Pain
One Blessed Day to Transition
I am getting better at this transition thing. Used to be, I'd get home and just hit the ground running: start wash #1, answer emails, make phone calls, teach my classes, start wash #2, grocery shop, run errands. Used to be, I'd know, intellectually, that my trainings would be intense, but I'd tell myself it … Continue reading One Blessed Day to Transition
Day 2 in Yoganand’s Playground
It's fun, but exhausting. As expected, we attempted all kinds of impossible postures today, and it was really quite amusing (and somewhat alarming) to see what is actually possible. I partnered with Kim for the morning and we had a blast doing (or approximating) Mariachyasana and Locust and Supta Baddha Konasana. It's very playful, this … Continue reading Day 2 in Yoganand’s Playground
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