Last month i climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. It was, hands down, the hardest thing i’ve ever done. I couldn’t have done it without my yoga practice, not a chance. 7+ years of practice prepared my body and my mind, and i brought several specific practices with me. Asana. I did asana every day. I did short [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sadhana’
Climbing That Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Africa, bhakti, challenges, mantra, Mt. Kilimanjaro, practice, sadhana, travel on 24 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Waxing and Waning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged challenges, practice, pranayama, sadhana, yoga on 29 July 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have to admit, it’s waning these days. I’m not teaching as much (only once a week), and it’s the height of summer here in Virginia – heat index over 100 most days and humidity on top of that, garden work to be done, and mint-honey lemonade to be sipped in the shade… Yep, my [...]
Yoga for Travel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holistic health, sadhana, sequence, travel, yoga, yoga sequence on 13 July 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back! Excuse the sudden interruption in posts, but i struck out into the world to see what’s what. Again. If i were a Good Blogger, i’d have either announced my extended absence in advance, or set up automatic posting while i was away. Whoops! Anyway, i went to London, Amsterdam, and Tanzania to climb [...]
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 [...]
Spring Cleaning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged detox, master cleanse, sadhana, svadhyaya, yoga on 28 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year, as the earth comes back to life, to clean. For me, that means internally and externally, both my body and my environment. So I started a fast today – the master cleanse. That’s Beyonce’s famous “lemonade diet,” consisting of a drink made with maple syrup, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. [...]
Building a Fire
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agni, chakra, fire, kapalbhati, kapha, manipura chakra, sadhana, teaching, yoga, yoga sequence on 3 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today i began my 30-day Living Sadhana practice, part of my certification process. I have a lot of hang-ups around my own practice, which are mostly yoga related versions of the hang-ups that exist elsewhere in my life. Yoga is about balancing, so my first job in this practice is to examine what i need, [...]
Finding the Essence of Practice in a Chaotic Life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged off the mat, sadhana, svadhyaya, yoga on 23 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life is chaotic. Initially i wrote, “The past few weeks have been chaotic.” But that’s wasn’t accurate, so i erased “weeks” and wrote “months.” Also not accurate – i replaced months with year, and then year with years…. okay. Life is just chaotic. And so i’ve been making a mistake. I keep waiting for things [...]
