03 Sep forty-four
Spending the day in meditation, listening to the rain...
30 Aug the psoas: muscle of the soul
Though written in 2011, I just recently came across The Psoas: Muscle of the Soul on Danielle Prohom Olson's blog, body divine yoga. Talk about food for thought! As avid readers know, I've been focusing on the psoas lately, in my own practice and in...
27 Aug mediation app with Michael Stone
I take great joy in my meditation practice. Generally, I practice meditation using the heart-centered techniques of Savitri. These deeply profound techniques, which Savitri calls Snacks, give me a method to move away from the thoughts of my mind and instead choose to connect deeply...
23 Aug tony joe white – “the change”
Fall is definitely in the air in Asheville, even though Thursday was a lovely, sunny Summer day. But hot days aside, when the evening comes around, there's a little chill in the air. The air conditioner seems no longer necessary. In the morning, there's a...
23 Aug a week of supta padangusthasana part 3
Time for the wrap-up on our Supta Padangusthasana posts. In earlier posts, I discussed keeping the femur bone of the lowered leg in the socket and grounded on the floor and using straps to maintain balance in the hips thereby tractioning the lower back. With...
22 Aug a week of supta padangusthasana part 2
In part two of my week of supta padangusthasana recaps, I'm going to focus on balancing the hips in the pose. One of the biggest challenges towards getting your foot closer to your head, and thereby closer to the hand so you can hold the...
21 Aug mango and fennel salad with fennel frond & ginger pesto
Yesterday in her Yoga for Women's Health class, Lillah Schwarz commented on how the increased amount of rain (currently Asheville has gotten 51 inches of rain for the year, we usually get 47 inches total for the entire year. And yes, we still have 4...
20 Aug yoga for the neck and shoulders from Yoga is My Health Insurance
On Friday I had the pleasure of meeting Lillith Bailey-Kroll from Yoga is My Health Insurance when she presented on social media for yoga instructors at One Center Yoga. Is your upper trapezius tight? Do you have neck pain from using a mouse all day? Just...
19 Aug a week of Supta Padangusthasana, part 1
[caption id="attachment_809" align="alignnone" width="467"] photo: Yoga Art + Science[/caption] A week of Supta Padangusthasana! Actually, more like two weeks...
16 Aug feeling versus force
I'm always happy to see an article from Aadil Palkhivala featured in Yoga Journal. The latest My Yoga Mentor newsletter from YogaJournal.com had this article from Aadil discussing the why and the how of teaching students to work from feeling rather than force. As teachers, everything...