It might be a bit of an earth-mothery cliche, but we women do ebb and flow like the moon (and like my yoga practice!). My cycle began today, somewhat painfully. I’ve learned to celebrate it, finally, but that doesn’t mean i enjoy cramps. As usual, yoga can help. In the beginning of the cycle, it’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘asana’
Yoga for Your New Moon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apana, asana, holistic health, menstruation, sadhana, sequence, yoga, yoga for menstruation, yoga practice, yoga sequence on 4 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Accomplishing Handstand
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adho mukha vrksasana, asana, breakthrough, challenges, handstand, practice, sadhana on 8 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, yes! I did it. Last Wednesday, with the help of a strong and supportive friend, i grounded through my palms and forearms, kicked up high, and found myself looking at the world upside down. There were a few false starts and several exclamations of how afraid i was, but i made it up. Imagine [...]
Adho Mukha Vrksasana
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asana, challenges, handstand, yoga on 25 May 2010 | 1 Comment »
That’s handstand. I’m going to do handstand. It’s almost 2 years to the day that i began my yoga teacher training with Shiva Rea. I remember the moment during that transformational week when she said handstand. I started shaking. I was terrified. I’d never even thought about doing handstand. It looks so dangerous! Especially for [...]
Yoga on my iPod
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asana, chakra, podcasts, review, vinyasa, yoga on 11 April 2010 | 2 Comments »
This morning i spent doing yoga work. I did some homework for my teacher training (reading Rumi, poor me!), emailed my students, emailed my teacher training supervisors, worked on new registration cards for my classes, looked into registering with Yoga Alliance… so by the time i got around to my own practice, i was not [...]
On Falling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asana, challenges, falling, yoga on 3 April 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been doing a version of parivritta parsvakonasa with my Monday and Thursday night students, a twist from a low lunge. I keep the lunge low (back knee on the ground) because these guys are mostly just getting started, and i know from experience that it can be difficult to keep your balance when you’re [...]
Spring Detox Sequence for Beginners
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agni, asana, detox, detox yoga, fire, kriya, philosophy, pranayama, vinyasa, yoga, yoga sequence on 29 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve found that so far i’m having a lot more energy than expected on this fast, and i’ll be taking it out on my Monday night students! This will be a change for this group, but i think they’re up for it. It’s perfect for the beginning of spring and the full moon. This is [...]
