Tag Archives: Beginner’s yoga
Expanding the Definition of Yoga
Like most North Americans, I first met yoga as a physical practice, a sport. Unlike most sports in my life, yoga combines strength and flexibility, which is like some kind of magic trick after years of activities (trail running, cycling,… Continue reading
Posted in asana, deepekchopra, downwarddog, mediation, pranayama, sunsalutations, Yoga
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Putting the Yoga Back in Christmas
Christmas is a crazy-making time of year. For every lucky person who loves it (the turkey! the kids! the shopping! the religious whatever!) there is one who doesn’t (the elevated pressure to be jolly! the family! the cooking! the shopping!… Continue reading
Posted in holiday, sunsalutations, tradition, Yoga
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Beginning Again
I’ve just celebrated my one year anniversary with yoga. My classes at the studio began last October, and last December I started practicing at home so that I might not continue to die after every class.Neither the beginner’s crazy enthusiasm… Continue reading
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Meeting Place
f you’d asked me a year ago about yoga and my goals in practice, I would have talked about improvement. Hanging lower in forward bends, gaining strength everywhere, developing some kind of physical grace, and reversing the slumpiness I sense… Continue reading
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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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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
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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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