Your Yoga Practice Gets Derailed: It Happens
…There are so many things that can bedevil us when it comes to keeping our practice regular. Reasonable Excuses Vacations – I go on a holiday and there’s no room…
…There are so many things that can bedevil us when it comes to keeping our practice regular. Reasonable Excuses Vacations – I go on a holiday and there’s no room…
…of gentleness. It’s where our strength comes in, that is, discipline. Allowing ourselves to indulge in bad habits is not practicing gentleness. Discipline comes from simply turning up the…
…of them come to practice dressed in their work clothes, so we don’t do any complicated poses. Shoulder shrugs and rolls, pelvis rotations, arms-up side stretches, standing twists, and of…
…this community we create when we come together. Whether your particular class happens in a gym or in a school hall, you are likely to connect with like-minded people. These…
…me at the same vision reading as 18 months ago. What is that kind of behaviour? In the end, I didn’t fudge my exam, thank goodness. But, after I left…
…it’s the way I teach my asana classes – from my bones. Today’s Sutra is an example of one that at this time I find way over my head. But…
…• The way I feel productive is if I have a huge stack in my out-box at the end of the day. Taking time applies to yoga practice, too, of…
There are a few tomes around these days that are collections of sayings that your mother said or puns that your dad made. There could easily be a compendium of…
…many yoga poses. Take adho mukha svanasana, as an example. Down Dog This photo of me was taken in my pre-armpit-activating period. It’s a reasonably good pose but could have…
…pleasure is in the offing. Here’s an example. Daniel said let’s get a wood-burning heater installed for the winter. I said, no, let’s tough it out this winter and see…
…diet, and I’ve vowed to support this person in all the ways I can…. As an example, not eating chocolate cheesecake in this person’s company, not that I would at…
…that we usually try to satisfy when we eat: sweet, sour, salty, piquant, bitter….and combinations of these. If we take our time eating, we’ll enjoy the taste of food rather…