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...
Asheville Yoga Sangha Tag
16 Jul yoga for traveling
Summertime is travel time, and lately, all my students are asking me for travel yoga poses. Whether they are anticipating being hemmed in to a tight space on an airplane or sitting for hours on long road trips, every one wants to know how to...
15 Jul this week’s “every day” pose: Setu Bandha Sarvagasana
Lately, I seem to find myself doing a fair amount of sitting in chairs. As a result, my psoas as well as erector spinae and quadratus lumborum muscles tighten up. I've noticed this tightness in all of my poses lately not to mention that achey...
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. ...
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...