I have the great fortune to work with Dale Jensen this weekend. We are leading a Yoga & Feldenkrais workshop Saturday afternoon. This is a workshop designed to introduce participants to the Feldenkrais Method® and explore the relationship between Feldenkrais and Yoga. You can come to see how it might be possible to use Feldenkrais movement sequences to deepen your
So far so good on my new year’s resolutions. We are two months into the new year and, for the most part, I am managing to: *Walk three times a week *Write a letter a week *Blog once a week *Making progress towards passing assessment Passing assessment is a long term goal requiring quite a bit of work. Two things
A while back I read a newspaper article about some schools banning yoga. Some of the parents saw yoga as a religion and therefore not appropriate in the schools (church and state!). The teachers were using yogic relaxation techniques to help quell the nervousness in students before exams. Some of my lunchmates had also read the story and asked me
I had several mantras over the last month or two while preparing for assessment. Throughout the weekend I directed my attention to them, to those words of wisdom I had received, to help quiet my mind … to especially quiet the doubts floating up. Here are a few of the quotes that helped me through. “Just do your best.” Sara
Here’s another quote from my assessment journal. “If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence”. Barbara Cook. I don’t know who Barbara Cook is, but she could be a yogi. That’s what this yogic journey is about … it’s about self realization, about finding
I passed the first step to becoming a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher over the weekend in Pittsburgh. Along with eight other candidates, I went through a three-part two-day test. Phew! We were a bundle of nerves! The anxiety was palpable at the candidates meeting … and before in the morning open studio time. We all got through it. In fact,
Tomorrow I take off for Pittsburgh where I will take the first step to becoming a certified yoga teacher. After I pass this level I have another assessment (either this time next year or the year after) to be officially certified. I feel prepared, strong, and supported for the three part/two-day test. I especially feel supported. Sunday night I realized
The Advanced Yoga Posse and I were out on the deck this past Thursday. The temperature was perfect, the sun was bright, and it was wonderful to be outside again. Thanks to Bev for suggesting, urging, and convincing me to get the broom out, sweep the deck, and get us all out there.
At the end of February and the first couple of weeks in March I was really sick. It knocked me out in a way I can’t ever remember as an adult. I’ve been back to work at Malloy and back teaching yoga for just over a month. The ‘after taste’ of my illness has been a lack of enthusiasm (for
Last week in yoga posse I noticed another milestone. The group is living up to its name (advanced ). When I said, “Shoulderstand” they all got their blankets set up and, without a demonstration from me, did shoulderstand. We also did headstand, if just for a moment, without any crashing down. The weather is turning warmer … or at least