Sometimes people will ask me where I work. There is something about the word "work" that makes me recoil. "I don't really work." I'll say, "I teach yoga." But lately I've been thinking about that and it seems to me that I do "work" only it's not work in the "Omg, it's Monday and I … Continue reading Where I Work
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Home Yoga Practice
When it comes to yoga, I'm a cranker, a churner, a go-hard-or-go-home-er. When I am led by my teacher, especially, I will hold onto my edges in a pose with my teeth and my toenails until I feel myself practically ripped apart. When I practice alone, I can't drive myself to quite that level of … Continue reading Home Yoga Practice
The First Post of the New Year
It's been a slow day. Kind of introspective. Spent a lot of time going back through archives just to see what I was resolving to do this time last year. This is the day of resolutions and I like resolutions, but I always wind up not doing them. I don't feel bad about that mostly, … Continue reading The First Post of the New Year
Yet Another Post About Streaking
I am currently nursing along a little baby yoga streak. As of today, it's 18 days old. (It could have been 23 days old except that on Day 5, I skipped a day and had to start over, according to The (My) Rules.) I am going up to my home yoga room every day and … Continue reading Yet Another Post About Streaking
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
At The Gym, With Tim
I still feel a bit sore in my body today because last Friday I did a weight workout with Tim. I resist resistance training. I don’t like weights. They smell funny and they’re heavy and I hate the counting and the shaking and the grunting and the dropping. It feels like slavery. It feels like … Continue reading At The Gym, With Tim