Ahimsa
A deep practice of yoga comes with its own complete set of rules that we call “Observances”, or “Yamas
and Niyamas”.
Commitment
I’ve probably said this before. More than likely, I’ll say it again.
Community Experiment
A friend of mine handed me a book the other week that was loosely related to a project we are working on.
Easter
And so we come to Easter, the celebration of which ranges from the most mundane to the most sacred.
Hatha
Statistically, January is when the most people begin a physical fitness regime.
Intention
Ah, well, here we go again. Another year. Another opportunity. Another fresh start.
Miss Manners
I thought it prudent to discuss something incredibly profound and idiotically simple: You are not the only
person on the face of the earth.
Shoes
My dad wears shoes all day long.
Namaste
You’ve heard or seen it even if you aren’t a practitioner of yoga.
New Leaf
We are all—every last one of us—creatures of our habits.
Power of Prayer
Watch me, now. I’m going to drop this enormous stink bomb down my toilet.
Resoration
Deep in the heart of one of our homegrown neighbourhoods sits a sweet little dame of a house.
Solstice
I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to a very, very old friend.
Spine
Alright, alright, I’ll admit it. I have been wandering in the philosophical woods lately. Do you blame me?
Small
The Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Even if whatever you do seems small, it is very important that you do it.”
Transition
Sometimes, when I’m in front of a class, I wonder if the students are looking at me and thinking, “When are
we going to get to the real postures?”
And, oh, yes, the ever famous....We Are Locals
We are Locals. Not necessarily Natives, but Locals. And we have been for a while.
A deep practice of yoga comes with its own complete set of rules that we call “Observances”, or “Yamas
and Niyamas”.
Commitment
I’ve probably said this before. More than likely, I’ll say it again.
Community Experiment
A friend of mine handed me a book the other week that was loosely related to a project we are working on.
Easter
And so we come to Easter, the celebration of which ranges from the most mundane to the most sacred.
Hatha
Statistically, January is when the most people begin a physical fitness regime.
Intention
Ah, well, here we go again. Another year. Another opportunity. Another fresh start.
Miss Manners
I thought it prudent to discuss something incredibly profound and idiotically simple: You are not the only
person on the face of the earth.
Shoes
My dad wears shoes all day long.
Namaste
You’ve heard or seen it even if you aren’t a practitioner of yoga.
New Leaf
We are all—every last one of us—creatures of our habits.
Power of Prayer
Watch me, now. I’m going to drop this enormous stink bomb down my toilet.
Resoration
Deep in the heart of one of our homegrown neighbourhoods sits a sweet little dame of a house.
Solstice
I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to a very, very old friend.
Spine
Alright, alright, I’ll admit it. I have been wandering in the philosophical woods lately. Do you blame me?
Small
The Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Even if whatever you do seems small, it is very important that you do it.”
Transition
Sometimes, when I’m in front of a class, I wonder if the students are looking at me and thinking, “When are
we going to get to the real postures?”
And, oh, yes, the ever famous....We Are Locals
We are Locals. Not necessarily Natives, but Locals. And we have been for a while.
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Athlete
I had a massage not too long ago where I commented to the masseur that I just couldn’t fathom
why I had such pain in my leg.
Boo Hiss
So many people ask which type of yoga they should practice. They read about this kind of yoga or
that...
Body Beautiful
My lean, mean, Xena-warrior-princess fighting weight is 147 pounds.
Challenge
Challenge is the fertilizer of life. We all know what fertilizer is, right?
Chronic
Like a lucky dog, I stumbled upon yoga at a time in my life when I could still easily prevent many
physical problems from manifesting.
Down Dog
Rarely is one posture as imperfectly performed as Downward Facing Dog.
Drivers
I learned this week that my little Toyota came with a factory installed cloaking device. Imagine my
surprise.
Failure
No matter how aged or wise one becomes, failure still has the ability to whack you over the head
with a baseball bat.
Family
The idea of family is simply—if you’ll forgive the pun—written in blood. Or is it?
Hands
I had a fifth grade teacher named Mrs. Byers. She was a perfectly sweet, pumpkin shaped lady
whom we all believed to be incredibly odd.
Grrrrrl
I like to think that I am pretty tough. You know, more grrrrrl than girl. Maybe it was my upbringing.
Maybe it was one too many episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Listen Listen
My, what visual creatures we have become!
Mind Over Matter
As level as I am, there are still a few Westernisms that make my head spin ‘round and vile words
issue from my mouth
Monkey Jump
One of yoga's most endearing qualities is its absolute flexibility
Prosperity
Unlike up north, I find that the passage of seasons in Naples is not marked by temperature, color
or clothing, but by automobiles.
Puppy
There comes a day when your yoga practice walks off of the mat and follows you home.
Rule of Three
When it comes to human survival, you have probably already heard the rule of three: Three weeks
without food, three days without water, three minutes without air.
Sour Puss
I would lay odds that at some point during the course of your childhood, your mother, father,
grandmother, so on, said to you, “If you keep making that face, it’ll get stuck that way.”
Summer
I fear there are few things left in the American lifestyle that are inviolate.
Tangler
My mother has always collected junk jewelry. Bangles, spangles, beads and what-not, you can well
imagine how delightful dress-up was for me as a child.
Technically...
I know lots of yogis who just roll out the mat and let it fly. I’ve been known to be one of them.
I had a massage not too long ago where I commented to the masseur that I just couldn’t fathom
why I had such pain in my leg.
Boo Hiss
So many people ask which type of yoga they should practice. They read about this kind of yoga or
that...
Body Beautiful
My lean, mean, Xena-warrior-princess fighting weight is 147 pounds.
Challenge
Challenge is the fertilizer of life. We all know what fertilizer is, right?
Chronic
Like a lucky dog, I stumbled upon yoga at a time in my life when I could still easily prevent many
physical problems from manifesting.
Down Dog
Rarely is one posture as imperfectly performed as Downward Facing Dog.
Drivers
I learned this week that my little Toyota came with a factory installed cloaking device. Imagine my
surprise.
Failure
No matter how aged or wise one becomes, failure still has the ability to whack you over the head
with a baseball bat.
Family
The idea of family is simply—if you’ll forgive the pun—written in blood. Or is it?
Hands
I had a fifth grade teacher named Mrs. Byers. She was a perfectly sweet, pumpkin shaped lady
whom we all believed to be incredibly odd.
Grrrrrl
I like to think that I am pretty tough. You know, more grrrrrl than girl. Maybe it was my upbringing.
Maybe it was one too many episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Listen Listen
My, what visual creatures we have become!
Mind Over Matter
As level as I am, there are still a few Westernisms that make my head spin ‘round and vile words
issue from my mouth
Monkey Jump
One of yoga's most endearing qualities is its absolute flexibility
Prosperity
Unlike up north, I find that the passage of seasons in Naples is not marked by temperature, color
or clothing, but by automobiles.
Puppy
There comes a day when your yoga practice walks off of the mat and follows you home.
Rule of Three
When it comes to human survival, you have probably already heard the rule of three: Three weeks
without food, three days without water, three minutes without air.
Sour Puss
I would lay odds that at some point during the course of your childhood, your mother, father,
grandmother, so on, said to you, “If you keep making that face, it’ll get stuck that way.”
Summer
I fear there are few things left in the American lifestyle that are inviolate.
Tangler
My mother has always collected junk jewelry. Bangles, spangles, beads and what-not, you can well
imagine how delightful dress-up was for me as a child.
Technically...
I know lots of yogis who just roll out the mat and let it fly. I’ve been known to be one of them.
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