Celebrate a birthday or two with me

Eve yoga is where you’ll find the Yoga Suits Her blog; on January 1st 2016, she will enjoy her sixth birthday. 

I want to share with you another birthday. Saturday I turned 71 years old. To celebrate, I thought I’d show you a few yoga pics from the distant past, not-so-distant past, and the present. 

I dug through stacks of old photos from 1980 to present day to find this selection. My albums include pics of some of my old students, as well. Yogis from The Australian School of Yoga, Sydney Yoga Centre, Simply Yoga, The Yoga Shed, and from workshops, teacher trainings and conferences. One day I’ll post some of these here, too.

Yesteryear and Today Yoga Galley

Parsva Bakasana 1988	Bakasana 2015
Upavistha Konasana, SYC 1988	Parsva Upavistha Konasana
Baddha Hasta Sirasana, Sydney Yoga Centre 1989	Baddha Hasta Sirsasana 2015
Ekapada Raja Kapotasana preparation, California 1980
Ekapada Viparita Dandasana Body Mind Spirit Festival 1989	Ekapada Viparita Dandasana 2015
Padma Mayurasana, Iyengar Conference 1990
Padmasana 1989	LiveYogaLife Padmasana 2009
Padmasana in Pincha Mayurasana, Simply Yoga website 2002	Urdhva Uttanasana (with attitude) Simply Yoga website 2002
Vatayasana Australian Yoga Life cover 2008	Vatayasana 2015
Urdhva Dhanurasana at Sculptures by the Sea 2013	Sirsasana Parivrtta Upavistha Konasana Saltwater Beach 2013

Palm Tree Pose, Mitchells Island 2013

These days I’m less inclined to work on ‘advanced poses’ in my daily practice. I aspire to the more reflective practices. I find pranayama, meditation and yoga nidra challenging in their own right. A well-rounded routine of poses is still the mainstay of my practice. This isn’t anything I decided on; it’s just been a matter of going along with the momentum of my age and stage of life.

It doesn’t mean I don’t flirt with all of the above poses. But having two artificial hips makes me pay acute attention to signals from my body… which is good yoga practice. For any age.

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