Entries Tagged as 'yoga'
Teaching Yoga is Not a Crime
December 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Yoga Therapy on Good Morning America
November 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · yoga
I was really happy to receive this link from my mom:
Physicians Prescribe Yoga
(sorry they won’t let me embed the video )
This short video clip, from Sunday’s Good Morning America show, documents how doctors are using yoga therapy to help patients address a range of health issues from brain cancer to ADHD.
It’s pretty cool [...]
I’m Still Here!
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Life
Wow what a weekend I just had!
As you know I’ve been noticeably absent from my blog for the last few days.
We started our new yoga teacher training program at Flow Yoga and I was so busy both getting ready for it and then teaching it!
So today has been Recovery Day.
I took a long nap this [...]
Tags:nap·Teacher Training·yoga
Random Thoughts on Food, Yoga, Running
August 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I’m about to go for a run. It’s dreary out and that’s great running weather!
But first – a few random thoughts turning around in my mind today:
The strawberry “scones” I made yesterday turned out more like a cake. I need to use frozen Earth Balance, knead the dough, and use dried fruit
instead of fresh. Can’t [...]
Tags:eating two meals a day·NaBloPoMo·p90X·running·scones·yoga
Revenge of the Bees + Why I Do Yoga
July 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Breakfast, Lunch, yoga
I just got stung by a bee in my backyard! OUCH! At least I think it was a bee – I’m really not sure since it stung my BOOTIE! Wow that really hurt. It’s a good thing you weren’t near me when it happened cuz I was cussin’ like a sailor! I bought a jar [...]
Tags:bees·bees n blossoms·Better N Peanut Butter·blueberries·honey·oatmeal·pb2·smoothie·yoga
A Short Morning Practice
July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · yoga
I woke up a little late and groggy this morning, so my practice time was cut to just 15 minutes. So here’s what I did:
Lie on your back in Savasana.
As you inhale, let your chest expand first and then your belly.
As you exhale, actively draw your belly inward first, and then let your chest relax.
Continue [...]
Tags:pranayama·self practice·yoga
Yoga Therapy Training
July 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · yoga
I’m at a Yoga Therapy training right now with Gary Kraftsow. Yesterday was our first full day and all I can say is WOW!
WOW! WOW! WOW!
Many of the ideas and perspectives I’ve learned from my previous trainings are being confirmed. I feel really good about that. Then on top of that I am learning to [...]
Tags:Gary Kraftson·Prakriti·Pursa·Vedas·yoga
How Yoga is Like Dating
July 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · yoga
Often times I see new students get frustrated when they cannot immediately perfect a new yoga pose they are learning. So I often explain that yoga is like dating. Here’s how:
When you first start dating someone, generally you take the time to get to know that person over a series of dates, or encounters if [...]
Tags:dating·pose·yoga·yoga for beginners
Authenticity
July 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I am SO HAPPY that I teach yoga! It just struck me – again – this morning while I was teaching how much I really really love what I do. And I am so grateful that I am in a situation where I can do it. For so long I worked in a career that [...]
