The Price of People Pleasing
…resentment arises. A trap for beginning yoga teachers is taking on too much teaching. Someone needs a class covered while they are on holidays. A new opportunity comes up which…
…resentment arises. A trap for beginning yoga teachers is taking on too much teaching. Someone needs a class covered while they are on holidays. A new opportunity comes up which…
…things that your teacher has said that have inspired you and gone straight to your heart. On the other hand, harsh communication, words that come across as judgmental, tone of…
…promised completion of and then didn’t deliver. Or, maybe you just really could use this quiet time to make your grocery list. In my meditation time, I don’t ruminate over…
…encourage optimum health? Well, that probably depends on whether a component of your practice is aerobic. I would say for the most part, yoga practice does not get an individual’s…
…my community choir. Most of the membership is women, and so is our choir director. One of my dearest tribes, though, is my Deep Creek women’s group. The name Deep…
…September 20th. The topic of my day-long workshop is the power of yoga — particularly relating to the practices that support us through all of our lives. The poses and…
…meditation courses in the 1980’s. Have you ever done one of these ten-day courses? They are conducted in complete silence. You do sitting meditation alternating with walking meditation, so it’s not too…
…as good or bad. The practice is to develop unconditional friendship with myself, and learn to ‘friend’ myself especially when I feel unloveable. * “Let’s Say Goodbye to Confusion” **Comfortable With…
We’ve come to understand ‘core training’ from the worlds of the gym and Pilates. In the gym world, people have learned to practice ‘crunches’ and sit ups, the more the…
…it’s a hard habit to break, that is, considering yoga as a way to improve fitness, flexibility, and strength. Of course, those are great benefits that asana practice (postures) can…
…on an even keel with a soothing practice of forward bends, restorative poses and yoga nidra. When the sun shines on our practice, on those rare days when we are…
…still in working mode, though, so I translated the physiotherapy practice I was meant to do every day into yoga practice. I did most of the practice lying on the…