12 Jul Shoulder Poses: the arms of Garudasana
Garudasana is one of the key poses for maintaining and increasing shoulder mobility. And it's super easy to do while seated at your desk. Click through to get the steps to practice this pose....
11 Jul take rest
[caption id="attachment_580" align="aligncenter" width="500"] find more lovely lettered quotes at 2013yearoflettering.tumblr.com[/caption] I'm taking Ovid's advice today and resting. For the first time in my life, I am not a super-busy, million-things-on-my-plate, over-extended person, and this has been the state of my existence for nine months now. ...
09 Jul a week of Parshvakonasana
Last week I announced my "every day" pose for the week to be Parshvakonasana. My intentions in practicing this pose were to balance my asymmetry between my left and right sides and to work on two main actions: flowing the hamstring of the front leg...
04 Jul reinforcing your ruts?
Ruts, grooves, patterns, habits. We all have them. My husband likes to tease me when while driving to one location, I – on the virtue of habit alone – inadvertently turn away from my intended destination to follow instead one of my more typical driving...
03 Jul this week’s “every day” pose: Parshvakonasana
I've been talking for a while in class about what I call "every day" poses, meaning a single pose that I practice every day for a week. Picking and practicing an "every day" pose gives me the opportunity to watch a single pose change physically...
02 Jul morning meditation
I wake up at 6:45 am every weekday morning. The alarm goes off and I immediately get out of bed. If I don't do this, I will sleep until 9. I get a cup of hot water with lemon (my morning ritual since ditching coffee...
27 Jun Emerson and the Art of Hand-lettering
2013yearoflettering.tumblr.com Little is more pleasing to my eye right now than the sinuous, uber-feminine flow of hand-lettering. It reminds me of the hours I spent as a 10-year-old girl, obsessed with calligraphy, paint-by-numbers, and making stained glass. The art of hand-lettering captivates me because it feels...
25 Jun Mick Jagger in Shoulder Stand
Nice pose, Mr. Jagger, although I wouldn't recommend doing shoulder stand without some level of support under the shoulders (otherwise you run the risk of slowly straightening the cervical curve). But I guess your crazy duck dance moves might take care of that...