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Sadhana Day 10: we made it
The Sadhanistas at the end of our last morning We are all in the picture together because Jenny set my camera up to do a time lapse photo, and she and Koreen piled enough chip foam blocks on a chair...
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Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: find a time of day to watch your breath
The transition from sleep to waking gives us the best chance of forming a new habit. I’ve come to believe that forming good habits would be a cinch if “first thing in the morning” could happen more...
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Supported Bridge Pose: cross over into quiet
Crossing the bridge is one thing. Being the bridge is something else. As quiet as a yoga practice may be, the mat is a busy construction site. We make triangles, bound angles, side angles, plows,...
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Cool yoga for hot summer days
On Tuesday night, in the last two classes I taught for the summer, we put the props away – no mats, no blankets, no straps, no bolsters, no chip foams. Just us, the floor, the walls and a couple of...
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Cool it: rest your head on a chair, then put your feet up
This calming pose will cool an overheated mind anytime, summer or winter. A few weeks ago I promised to fill in the blanks of the cooling yoga sequence I’d suggested – the poses that hadn’t already...
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Sweet Sorrow? A yoga fix for Christmas baking back pain
Cute mice, and very Christmasy, but making them can be a pain in the back. I love to make Christmas cookies, the more intricate the better. This means long periods of standing on a tile floor, leaning...
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Savasana: a new use for an eye bag
Savasana, no props needed. (Need more sleeping cat pictures?) Relaxation pose is the name we give Savasana (shah-VAH-sah-nah) in English. In Sanskrit, it means corpse – a pose that mimics death. But if...
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September excitement? In spades, but I have it under control
You can spell "best" out of the same letters – with some left over, of course.. Ah yes, September. Season of self-improvement. Inevitably, my inner child, deeply imprinted with the yearly drama of...
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Let two chairs be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day
When you come back up, even a dark, gray day looks brighter. Here on the wet West Coast, where winter closes in with endless clouds, rain, and steadily diminishing daylight, we take seasonal...
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Supta Virasana: sometimes even super heroes need to lie down
Don't tell me they're always this energetic. A yoga practice is a friend for life, and like any lifelong friend, it’s bound to change. In some ways, that can look like doing less. I’d like to argue...
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