Eve on Deck
Here’s the professional stuff:
I’ve been teaching for nearly 30 years, practicing yoga continuously since 1971, and training yoga teachers since the mid-nineties. I have two published books, Teach Yourself Yoga and The Art of Adjustment (e-book), as well as audio recordings and I’ve written many published articles for overseas and Australian periodicals.
On a more personal level:
In 2009 I moved to Mitchells Island, NSW, from Sydney, where I’m living as part of a small community with my husband Daniel and four other kindred spirits.
Years ago I saw the possibility of living a gentler life, one more in tune with Nature, and in synch with how I wanted to teach yoga and practice it. I’ve been fortunate in being able to fulfil this dream, with the help of our small group.
The incredible beauty of my environment, the rich diversity of wildlife, and the peace, quiet and fresh air I enjoy are now intrinsic to my yoga practice.
…even more personally:
I love walking on the beach at Manning Point or Salt Water Beach, almost any time or weather. For recreation, I like to arrange evenings when we play games with friends, like Pictionary or The Dictionary game, especially cultivating plenty of hilarity. Good food, great coffee, and a fine glass of wine bring joy to me. I’m an avid reader; The Shipping News, Eucalyptus, Freedom, The Known World, Island Beneath the Sea are favourites. I think learning people’s names and remembering their names is a gift to them, so I’ll usually be able to address you by name, even if I’ve only met you once or twice.
Yoga is the longest relationship I’ve had, and, you can probably guess, I adore it (almost as much as I love my husband, Daniel).
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Hi darling,
So lovely to hang awhile with you on Friday—-we are both wonderous woman on wonderful walking legs!!!!!
The mind is amazing really—I never want to forget this fact and just being able to watch the dance it does without getting hooked any which way is the gracefullness of getting the lesson.
BIG HUG Necie
Great to have that time to debrief, Necie, and acknowledge ourselves for a brilliant recovery and insights along the way.
I’ll be back in Sydney in a month, and perhaps we’ll have another get together? XO Eve
Hi Eve,
I’m Megan. A friend of mine told me about your double hip replacement earlier this year, wow that is amazing.
You have inspired me. I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia which was only detected when i was eight, an artificial shelf was attempted on my right hip but was unsuccessful. So I have just had to wait it out until I was old enough to get them replaced. I am now 25 and wanting to see the world, obviously trekking is a major part of travelling. So I have decided to go have the operations. Because if my condition, a double is not a option for me.
My friends have really got into yoga over the last couple of years but I have been hesitant as I thought it might make the arthritis worse. Hearing about you has given me hope.
The first operation is in July this year and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for yoga positions that would get me on the right path for a fast, successful recovery.
Thank you and congratulations!
Megan
Thank you for your encouragement, Megan. The hip replacements have been a stunning success. I hope your surgery is similarly great. Give me a call if you’d like to chat. Eve G.
You have inspired me. I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia which was only detected when i was eight, an artificial shelf was attempted on my right hip but was unsuccessful. So I have just had to wait it out until I was old enough to get them replaced. I am now 25 and wanting to see the world, obviously trekking is a major part of travelling. So I have decided to go have the operations. Because if my condition, a double is not a option for me.
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You have inspired me. I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia which was only detected when i was eight, an artificial shelf was attempted on my right hip but was unsuccessful. So I have just had to wait it out until I was old enough to get them replaced. I am now 25 and wanting to see the world, obviously trekking is a major part of travelling. So I have decided to go have the operations. Because if my condition, a double is not a option for me.+1
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Dear Eve, My orthopedic surgeon, who replaced my right hip Dec 2010 referred me to you. You must have drawn upon all your inner resources to get you thru such major life changing surgery. I hope your recovery was successful .
Regards Catherine
Who is your surgeon, Catherine? I am doing very well since the surgery. It’s a new lease on life. Cheers, Eve
Hi Eve, It is now 10 weeks since my THR. I very cautiously got down on my mat after about week 4 . I have lost some degree of external ROM but mainly above that 90%. Are you still able to enjoy Matsyasana, Prasritta Trikonasana, Extentions, Kapotasana variations. Have you been able to maintain much of your previous asana practice & do you now avoid certain postures or modify these positions. Although I am extremely grateful to have had my hip done , never the less it has been quite the learning curve and so feeling the big adjustment Im needing to make. Catherine
Hi Catherine,
It’s such a big breakthrough to get down on the mat at last!
Yes, big adjustments are the order of the day after THR’s. My attitude to yoga practice is to tune into my body as it is now and practice awareness. I have a different body than I did 20 years ago and different still to the one I had just before surgery. Some poses come more easily than 15 mo. ago and others are more difficult to practice than 20 yrs. ago.
I’m so happy and grateful for my yoga. Do I miss things I can’t do now? Not really. As a 66 yr. old, I could be dissatisfied about not having great eyesight or boundless energy, but instead I focus on what I do have – some of which benefits come from reflective practices like pranayama and meditation.
Having said all this, I’m pleased when – because of rehabilitating so well – I can do a pose I couldn’t attempt a few months ago.
Stay in touch. I’d love to hear how you go.
Namaste, Eve
Hi Dear Eve! Not sure if you remember me but you were my first teacher at The Sydney Yoga Center when I passed through 23 years ago. I’m originally from Louisiana and was in Sydney on a temporary stint as a photo model. I certainly haven’t forgotten you. For one reason or another, I never maintained a regular yoga practice until now, and your encouragement and sublime nuts and bolts teaching style have stayed with me. I have heard your voice repeatedly over the years in the occasional class, and now that I’m establishing a regular practice, I hear you all the time. I have such fond memories of those first classes and of meeting you. I would love to catch up with you. Kayla Allen
Goodness, Kayla, how did you find me? I remember you very well….I think I might still even have a photo of you from some publication from way back then. Nothing pleases me more than when someone takes up personal yoga practice, so congratulations! Thank you for your very kind words. I see that you subscribed to my blog so you’ll find lots of information about me there – where I live, whom I’m with and what I’m up to. I believe you are in Shreveport, Louisiana. Is that correct? And what are you up to? XO Eve
Hey Eve! I found your website just by searching for you on the internet. As I said, you’ve been so “with” me since April when I started a regular practice that I felt compelled to seek you out. I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and am so pleased to reconnect. Can we catch up through e-mail? I assume you have access to my e-mail address. Looking forward to it. Kayla
Hi Eve,
I’m scheduled for Rt hip replacement on May 3rd at QE2 Hosp, Brisbane. The specialist says I need both hips replacing but will not do them together. Been trying to get to your Blog re your recovery after bi lat hip replacement but after an hour have decided to email you.
I am a Hatha Yoga Teacher and been pracising Ashtanga but due to increasing pain from arthritis am only able to do a few postures.
I did not discuss options of posterior or anterior approaches in surgery, nor discuss fully my lifestyle of Yoga and Strength Training, with the specialist, due to being overwelmed by the reality of cost, recovery, time off work etc. How much choice do we have? He will not do a re surfacing and wants to use a ceramic prosthetic. He did say it would give good range of movement and last a lifetime, all good, but I did not mention yoga! I am 56 and regard myself as very fit and wanting to maintain as much as posible.
Did you discuss the anterior verses posterior surgery with your specialist and which did you have? I have read that one way seems better for internal rotation postures and the other for external rotation, have you found this or does it even out after full recovery, eg a year? I am not sure if I should just write to him or try for another appointment.
Any info would be much appreciated
Namaste
Gail
Hi Gail,
I really appreciate your comments and questions. I’ve had many such queries over the years re. hip osteoarthritis and surgery because of my experience with them and with yoga.
I’m going to reply via today’s blog post because I think that way I can satisfy others’ curiosity.
Kind regards,
Eve G.
Hi Eve, I am so delighted to find your blog, I am facing (right leg only) at age 50 in September, and was nervous that my yoga days would be over, thank you for sharing your experiences – it is really heartening. I was interested to see Gail’s anterior v posterior query but I couldn’t find your reply – I am hoping for anterior surgery as it minimises muscle damage, did you have any views, would you mind directing me to them? Thanks so much.
Hi Diane,
Sorry you couldn’t find the post I wrote about hip surgery. Here’s the link to it:
http://eveyoga.com/2012/02/25/4561/
Hope there’s some useful info there.
There’s definitely a future you who will be back into your yoga post-surgery but you will have to be patient. We are very lucky to be living in these times where the procedure is accessible – albeit sometimes expensive – and so successful.
Please fire off any other questions after you’ve read the post.
Kind regards, and namaste,
Eve
Hi Gail,
I imagine you have had your hip surgery by now, and are through the “danger period” where you have to be very careful as your wound tissues heal.
I wonder if you did rehab with the physiotherapists post-surgery.
It’s really important to have second and third opinions with orthopaedic surgeons so that you make the best decision regarding type of prosthesis and surgery.
Consultations can be overwhelming when there’s so much new information being presented and any background fear about having major surgery. I had my husband come with me for my visits,
so he knew what was involved, and also to perhaps remember details that I might have missed. The internet is a great resource pre and post surgery.
Please let me know how you are and if you a gradually taking up yoga practice again.
Kind regards, and namaste,
Eve
I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award: http://bluegrassnotes.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/versatile-blogger-award-and-sunshine-award-yeah/
Enjoy! Leigh
Hi Eve,
We met last year by the coffee machines at the yoga conference in Melbourne and I was very inspired by you, so much so that I decided to start my own blog after subscribing to yours and reading it for several months. After much hesitation and self doubt I launched my own blog earlier this year, yogatogrow.com.au, and I wanted to thank you for starting me on my way.
Also wanted to say I am loving your sutra posts, wonderful way for me to revisit them and read some new translations.
Well, I’ll be darned. You never know when a little word in the ear makes a difference. I’m so happy you are blogging. I read your blog and thought it’s terrific. What a great image – looking at the world through yoga tinted glasses. It’s true!
Do you really teach yoga in a prison? You are a brave woman!
I subscribed to your blog, but don’t know if it worked. If there are any secrets to doing it, let me know.
Warmly,
E
Thanks for reading!
I teach irregular classes at a nearby womens prison as part of a program they run and taught for 6 months at an immigration detention centre, that was a tougher gig as there were many language barriers as you can imagine. Both were daunting to begin but I like to think of taking yoga to where it is needed most and the feedback I get from them is all positive, they sure do need it!
If your subscription doesn’t work let me know and I’ll see if I can sort it out – you should have been sent a confirmation email to finalise the subscription.
I am very flattered that you did so, thanks.
Belinda.
Hi Eve
I stumbled on your website through picking up a Yoga magazine in the Perth Library. I have recently moved from Nelson NZ to Perth as I decided I needed a new challenge and am about to start working in the mines. I am a 57 year old woman looking for some yoga connections. I have had a couple of false starts. I attended my first and last Bikram Yoga session, I could recognise some of the yoga moves but I would call it more gymnastics with the instructor at the front with a microphone in her ear, yelling make it hurt with the temp at a steady 40 degrees, wasn’t quite what I had in mind.
I have a daily practice but would like a yoga community and classes to keep me motivated. Do you know of any yoga teachers in Perth that you could recommend? I just tried to buy some of your resources online, but unfortunately you don’t post to a PO Box. My physical address is not delivered to as I live in a converted church in the inner city. Is there any other way I could get some of your lovely cards?
Kind Regards
Louise
Hi Louise,
Great to hear of your intention to take up sensible yoga and are looking for the company of like-minded people. I think the YogaAnywhere Basics pack would be a great tool for yoga practice.
I can recommend a yoga teacher who studied with me years ago, Genevieve O’Cleary: 0417 231 875
yogaatyourplacewa@bigpond.com
Re. ordering the cards – I had no idea that our system wouldn’t send to an email account. I can’t figure out what the problem could be. Our online system doesn’t mail anything to any address. It just sends a message to me to tell me where to send it. It’s possible that PayPal doesn’t work unless you provide a physical address. If that’s the case you could simply give PayPal a physical address but give us your post box information in the delivery information. Then we can mail the cards to whatever address you like.
If that doesn’t work we can certainly work something else out. I could provide you with our bank account details and the amount including postage and we’ll send you whatever you’d like. Let me know what will work for you.
Kindly,
Eve