When we did YoMo in January, I chose two poses that are really hard for me to work on during that month - Upavistha Konasana (seated wide angle) and Supta Virasana (reclining hero). Supta Virasana improved enormously, as I've described recently. Upavistha Konasana, not so much. So during this June YoMo I'm going to work… Continue reading Focus pose
Month: May 2009
Supta Virasana again
I know, I've written about this pose a lot. This is just a short post to say how happy I am that I have persevered through difficulties with it. In the nine years I've been practicing, this is the one asana that has changed the most for me. When I started, I sometimes used as… Continue reading Supta Virasana again
Practicing together
In January, as part of YoMo, I invited several friends to practice with me on Friday mornings. My original ideas were that it would be only for January, and that it would be restorative. As it turns out, we've continued our practice, and it seems to me that all of us have benefitted. We learn… Continue reading Practicing together
Beginning, middle, end
At the beginning of home practice I like to do some sort of centering to be present on the mat. Yesterday in our group practice we chanted "om" three times. Just as we inhaled for the first time, the phone rang. My husband wasn't home to answer it. "Let's just keep going," I said. The… Continue reading Beginning, middle, end
Miscellany
I had one of those big birthdays last week, the kind with a zero in it. My six brothers and sisters got me a gift certificate to Kripalu, a yoga center in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts . I haven't decided what to do with it yet, but I'm very excited about going there. And… Continue reading Miscellany
Oh, shame on me
I haven't posted here in a week. I don't have a great deal to say except that my first yoga teacher, Margaret, was back in town over the weekend and I went to a two-hour class with her on Saturday. It was outstanding in many ways, not the least of which is that I am… Continue reading Oh, shame on me
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