The name Adho Mukha Vrksasana means upside down tree... When you think of a tree upside down, on its branches, what comes to mind? Delicate balance? In the wrong set up, it crumbles. Handstand is kind of like that. But even though our bodies didn’t evolve to take our full weight onto our hands, completely […]
Remember how well my yoga + ayurveda cold remedies worked last week? I was pretty proud of that, in a humble and amazed kinda way. Well, those remedies weren't much of a match for the flu that hit me two days later. Talk about lousy cold-season luck! I spent all of last week in bed […]
Friday I spent most of my day propped up on bolsters or pillows of one kind or another. I woke up with a cold, so I cancelled my two evening appointments and hunkered down into rest and recuperate mode. When I'm sick, I generally still can't sleep during the day, and so I watch movies […]
You know those times when you get motivated (like the Monday after Thanksgiving!), finally, to do something good for yourself? And then you do that something and it feels great, the stars align, and life starts to move a little more smoothly? And then after the initial high of doing it, the challenge of sticking […]
Look at your hand. What size is it? Unless you're glove shopping, your answer will be relative -relative to the proportions of your body, relative to the sizes of other people- or you might be stumped by the absurdity of the question and hem and haw around as accurate an answer as possible (that would […]
Today I watched a very dear friend squeeze all of her belongings into every last corner of her new (used) car and drive off to her "new" (continuing) life in a new house in a new state, with new friends waiting to be made. It wasn't easy in the slightest (but I'm still posting a […]
Today, one of my students seemed surprised to learn that I, like she, am working through knee and back pain. Yes, even yoga teachers walk around with aches and pains. We are pretty darn human 😉 Why is it that being human causes us physical pain? Why are we sooo susceptible to habits that hurt […]
I remember the very first time I performed in a dance concert. I was about 14. I was a newbie among performing veterans. I was wearing a tutu in the my most dreaded and abhorred shade of pink. I was about to go out and twinkle my toes on stage in front of the whole […]
We're hearing a good deal about meditation these days as science begins to confirm its benefits as measurable. I love metrics, but that's not why I look forward to my daily meditation practice. Contrary to my early assumptions about what one does during meditation -try with great effort not to think- the practice is one […]