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
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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
Yoganand
This time tomorrow I will be just finishing up the first session of the 5-Day Yoga Teacher Training down in Philly. I am so looking forward to it. This will be my 4th class in the 10 class series of Pranakriya (500 Hr) Yoga. This one is called "Advanced Asana 3," but really, it's just … Continue reading Yoganand
The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 3
Jenny I never wanted to be a yoga teacher. (Check that.) I never thought “yoga teacher” was something I could be. I couldn’t be a yoga teacher for the same reason I couldn’t be a ballerina or a tightrope walker or a surgeon. It was too late, and I didn’t have the feet or the … Continue reading The Story of Main Street Yoga, part 3
“Yoga Could Save Me, If I’d Let It.”
I've been writing for a long time: diaries when I was a girl, journals when I was in college and beyond, and now still the journals and this blog. Today I went back to my first blog, one I made for a college class assignment. I wrote all the code, inserted graphics and pictures and … Continue reading “Yoga Could Save Me, If I’d Let It.”
Cleanse: Day 6
The Cleanse is taking a toll on me today. I don't know if it's also the weather and its gloominess that's contributing to my extreme ennui, but I was definitely running at very low RPMs today. I resorted to my SAD light this morning and left it on for the entirety of my writing time, … Continue reading Cleanse: Day 6
Why I Practice Yoga
Tonight I told my Beginner Yoga session the real reason I do yoga: it makes me high. Seriously. Why else would I do this crazy shit? Breathing like a stallion, making weird sounds in the back of my throat, closing off one nostril while breathing out the other, holding my breath until I almost pass … Continue reading Why I Practice Yoga
Full of Win
I got up and went to yoga early this morning. First time in 2 weeks. Do you know how many postures you can do if you can’t forward bend? Not. Too. Many. I got all entranced with Plank. As well as Side Plank. Child’s pose was good, too. As was Downward-Facing Dog (with bent knees). … Continue reading Full of Win
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
