daily yoga how: coming home
Coming back from vacation is rough. Just like when you feel stiff and achey, you need to warm up your joints slowly and gently in order to move smoothly, I need some serious lead time to ease into and...
View Articledaily yoga how: not an idiot
“Ach, I’m an idiot.” Do you ever think this to yourself? OK, maybe not with the German emphasis, but I imagine most of us go through some thoughts of this berating nature occasionally, if not...
View Articledaily yoga how: saying no
The time I was happiest was during grad school. I had friends who loved me, I had an intense schedule that included regular, daily exercise and stillness. I had the cutest apartment. And I walked in...
View Articledaily yoga how: stillness
Stillness in class. For a moment, No talking no moving, letting everyone be in their space. You can feel the stillness. Handstand and legs up the wall. This summer I have been teaching an extra load of...
View Articledaily yoga how: making dinner
Making dinner for me and husband, if it involves following a recipe, sits high on the list of things I almost never want to do (Thanksgiving is the exception). For a while now, I’ve been asking “why?”...
View Articledaily yoga how: 4am
According to Ayurveda (sister science of yoga), different times of day have different energetic influence on us. It looks something like this: 2-6am Vata (fast moving energy) 6-10am Kapha (slow moving...
View Articledaily yoga how: restoring balance
August, the summer month that I like best because it is almost September, has been devoted to preparing for a teacher training program that my colleague and I are launching in just a week. As such, I...
View Articledaily yoga how: the gift of presence
Fall began with a heat wave. And I got nauseous. Who knows where the symptoms came from, but the heat made every discomfort I felt from Sunday to Friday more uncomfortable. I don’t get nausea often, so...
View Articledaily yoga how: starting something big
Today is kind of a big day. Well, the day is no different than any other, but a kind of big thing is happening. My colleague and I are launching our first run of a 200-hour yoga teacher training. It’s...
View Articledaily yoga how: Q-tips
I have always loved having things be just so. The Q-Tips box in our cabinet from which we resupply the q-tip jar is not “just so.” It’s hard to get to without taking everything else out of the cabinet...
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