I recently took a yoga writing gig that will have me regularly contributing about asanas. I teach so I thought it would be a fun way to succinctly challenge how I cue and be good prep for Level II training in the fall or winter. Right off the bat my first task was modifications of […]
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pneumonia
For real. What a week it has been. By Wednesday night I thought I was all good and ready to resume life in full force. Super early Friday a.m. things were not great and by 5 PM that early evening I was diagnosed with pneumonia. Blergh. I had to skip yoga on Friday and am […]
The Crud/The Funk #365yoga
Last Thursday my little guy woke at 4 am hacking with a cough and I was up. I have seen way too many midnights then sunrises since then and been fighting off his crud as well as my husband’s. At 30 weeks pregnant I think this is a pretty miraculous feat to still have an […]
Yoga Hustle #365yoga
All of my #365yoga contributions will not be happy, bobble-heading, OM-inducing attempts. Some will be my real hesitations about this industry and the bastardized liberties we take in the west with this practice as we put it on a funky pedestal. Today I am writing about the HUSTLE. I was at a graduation and football […]
sultry yoga #365yoga
A friend asked me tonight if I would want to attend a girls night out event that included an hour of “sultry” yoga. I naturally said yes because my visibly pregnant belly doing anything sultry seems hysterical to me. This got me thinking about the concept of sultry and how we define that for consumers. […]
Your Body is More Than Muscles #365yoga
Last night I attended a yoga instructor discussion group where we were posed with the idea of mind-body connection vs. full-body presence vs. is there any difference between the two terms. Â People do yoga for all kinds of reasons and I often hear instructors talk about how much philosophy and yoga away from a purely […]