ADHESIONS AND BEYOND : with Isabel Spradlin
I took a huge leap and lead a meditation over the phone about a week ago. I was super scared it wouldn’t work. As a leader, there’s a certain aliveness that informs or feeds what happens in the meditation, where it goes, what we do while we’re there. A good meditation is sort of a … Continue reading …
I don’t talk often enough about the women out there doing so much amazing work with bellies, abdomens, and beyond. So, here is a post dedicated to other people’s work that has been inspiring my freaking socks off lately! http://lesliehowardyoga.com Yoga specifically for the pelvic floor!! Talk about “Why haven’t I known about her before … Continue reading …
In my last post I wrote about the joy of engaging with the softer side of abdominal care, the joyful side of it. And I was reflecting that this is something that yoga helps us to do so beautifully. Yoga is so intimately connected into our abdomens, not just through the physical poses that I … Continue reading …
A lot of biking and too much sitting in the car has left ye old SI joints (the low, low back) very testy. To restore order and still get some hard work in, I’ve spent the week exploring variations in 4-minute wall sits. The jeans are a trick my beloved teacher taught me for preventing … Continue reading …
Am I having relations with this tree? Or am I just choosing the most awkward path down from this pose?
Amazing! This timed perfectly with last week’s Abdominal Adhesions Newsletter about the pelvic floor. (I’m sure YI did that on purpose. 🙂 ) Anyhoo . . . Wow, this is SUCH a great article. The agni sara abdominal exercise is such a necessary and fundamental part of a yoga practice and it is discussed and taught … Continue reading …
At 4:30 this morning I was jolted awake by the screeching and thumping of battling raccoons on the fence outside our bedroom window (I always think they’re in the house). About ten seconds after that ended, Clark had an allergy attack with the requisite sneezing, coughing, blowing of nose, and clearing of throat. I had … Continue reading …
I think most people don’t realize just how psychological of a practice yoga is. And I don’t mean examining your fear of going upside down for handstand, or finding out what emotion is blocking your twists. I mean, in order to really practice yoga we always have to be examining and working with ourselves – … Continue reading …
People think that when they come to yoga class, or when they’re on my table, or when they’re doing the belly self-care videos, they should “get it” right away. They get frustrated when they don’t. And understandably so. Most people like to feel that they understand that whatever they’re doing, that they’re doing it well. … Continue reading …
I had a deep inner opening while teaching yoga last night. It was an accident – I’m never expecting the expansions when they arrive – and I actively try to avoid them while teaching. Classes are not my time, they’re my students’ time. But, when inner life comes, it comes. It doesn’t care what time … Continue reading …