Be Careful What You Wish For
…sharp neck pain and restricted movement, as well as cold symptoms like chills, headache and a runny nose. At least my neck is pain-free so I can still do headstand…
…sharp neck pain and restricted movement, as well as cold symptoms like chills, headache and a runny nose. At least my neck is pain-free so I can still do headstand…
…was working so hard hitting the rock. Michelangelo said to him, “There is an angel inside of this rock and I am setting him free.’” Interestingly, that marble was originally…
…becoming free and even enlightened. How do we become free? By stilling the movement of the mind. Or, as Patanjali put it in Sanskrit: Yogah Citta-Vrtti-Nirodhah. Like many, I had…
…of authority, they really need to be free of selfish interests to teach ethically. The thing is that we teachers teach who we are as much as the content of…
…judge, or fix an opinion on an event or an individual.* I can’t imagine living my life free from judgments and opinions, but I have experienced the freedom of not…
…– but to yoga and their own practice. I feel bad about cancelling the class. A while back, in a YogaAnywhere post for beginning teachers, I wrote: When you get…
…the bush or on a beach 🙂 Tatah praam vasyata indriyanam From this comes the most complete cooperation of the senses.* *Patanjali’s Meditation Yoga, translation and commentary by Vyn Bailey….
Inspiration I’ve been struggling today with getting things done on my computer. The problem is, to paraphrase Winnie the Pooh, I’m a girl of very little computer brain. I couldn’t…
…planet from such a distance has the effect of making us mere humans insignificant in comparison. Out of that diminutive relationship, we invariably become reverent and humble as we understand…
…blend of community coming together to do yoga and support a great cause, and enjoying breakfast afterwards. In the early 90’s taught classes on the Bronte Beach observation deck from…
…Come to think of it, these poses look remarkably like the New Zealand calendar models I’d viewed. *Please feel free to collect the bed-asana image (above) for your screen saver….
…Special needs classes were a new development; they demanded that the yoga teacher use a variety of props to tailor yoga practice to an individual’s needs. What Are They? Just…