Category Archives: Yoga
Yoga Goes Viral
I returned to yoga last year with a feverish intensity. Within two months I’d started a home practice just for the pleasure of it, and it seems there’s no looking back. I was ripe for it.After Christmas, my lovely man… Continue reading
Posted in ashtanga, bakasana, cranepose, crowpose, family, homepractice, mysore, Yoga, yogacommunity
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All The Time In The World
For the foreseeable future (one week? three weeks?), I’ve got all the time in the world. I’m celebrating the end of one career by spending time with the dog (my lovely man is working) at our cabin on an island… Continue reading
Posted in homepractice, sitinmeditation, solitude, wellbeing, Yoga
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Falling for Warm Poses
Home practice is wonderful these days. Mornings are getting cold here. We wear gloves while walking the dog. Most often, it’s still dark out. I look like a teenager who’s lost her skateboard: a hoodie, baseball cap, baggie pants,… Continue reading
Posted in buildingheat, chaturanga, homepractice, plank, sunsalutations, upwarddog, Yoga, yogaforcoldweather, yogapracticeforbuildingheat
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A Yogi’s Really Big House
Sting has said that yoga is the most interesting thing in his life since music. In my beginner’s eyes, yoga is a house with 1,000 doors in it leading to 1,000 different rooms.Physical Flexibility might be the name over one… Continue reading
Posted in changing, flexibility, joy, patience, peace, strength, Yoga, yogabody, yogaclothes
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Street Savassana
The patients at my clinic know I’m leaving. There are a hundred stories to tell about that. I’ll start with today’s. After the "Oh, no!" and "I’ll miss you," people get marvelously practical. "What are you going to do with… Continue reading
Posted in corpsepose, letgo, open, savasana, Yoga
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Playing Make Believe
When I was in first grade, my school still did air raid drills. I’ll summarize for those who are younger: This enormous, exhilarating horn blasted in the middle of class, with no warning except for the shifty eyes of the… Continue reading
Posted in easypose, sukhasana, Yoga
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Being There
A woman came into my clinic this morning with some tough news about her health, the kind of tough news that’s hard to hear and harder to deal with. Frightening, life altering.She told her story directly and honestly, and asked… Continue reading
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Neverland Poses
There is a class of asanas called Neverland Poses. You may not have heard the name. These are poses that are beyond the imagination.Someone wrote in the other day, saying that she’d never ever felt anything relaxing in Double Pigeon,… Continue reading
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Magic Hour
Today it was 3:33 am. Pat got up to get some water. By the time he got back to bed I was wide awake. "Don’t get up," he said, a couple of times as he drifted off again.I love this… Continue reading
All Together, Now
There is something LOVELY about this huge yoga conversation going on through these blogs. It’s as though I found yoga and am now finding my home team, my community.And from you, the home team, come these bits of (sometimes crazy)… Continue reading
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