Light as a feather. Stiff as a board.

 

Virabhadrasana III - Warrior 3

Stiff as a board = light as a feather. 💪 🪶 

Dakhsa

 

Dekasana - Airplane Pose

Requires Dakhsa : ‘skill, capability, dexterity’.

As well as actively extended arms and hands for ease of flight.

SUMMER TRAVEL requires skill, capability, and dexterity. An active extension that is LIGHT enough to FLY. Even and especially your fingertips should be animated with buoyant energy. I keep my fingernails well-filed and natural for these high season ventures 💅 

Summer Elixer

 

CLEAN with bar soap 🧼 

SCRUB with sugar/salt + lemon, honey, vanilla, olive oil 🧂🫒 

MOISTEN with coconut oil, castor oil, beef tallow 🧉🐮

SOOTHE with aloe, lavender essential oil, ice 💜🧊

Transparent

 

Savasana - Corpse Pose

 🧟‍♀️ 

Sometimes the ‘GOAL’ is a MOOD. 

Laid back

 

Supta Baddha Konasana - Reclining Bound Angle Pose

Bird’s-eye view 🦅 

High-strung over an upcoming encounter? Unwind with your posture. 

How to initiate easy-like, trouble-free encounters or conversations? Begin by physically sitting in a leisurely, relaxed manner; stay loose, lounge, kick back. With the body allayed, the mind is equally mollified. 

Magnesium

 

Parshva Balasana - Revolved Child’s Pose

There is an ANTIDOTE to this ANXIETY provoking culture! ENDEAVOR into the world of YOGA. 

Beginning to fly

 

Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana - One Legged Wheel Pose

WHITTLE down your personal items until you have literally no choice but to use the FINEST. 

LifeSTYLE

Balasana - Child’s Pose

🦅 bird’s eye view 

 Only YOU can determine and establish your distinctive, CUSTOM lifeSTYLE.

Moth

 

Like the moth, my countenance is subdued and my work hours are after dark (this sultry Summer).

The Daily Wayfarer

Navasana - Boat Pose (Crunch) ❤️

Q: “Is the bikini body in the diet or the exercise?”

A: “The bikini body is in the bikini.” 😚

Show up. Put one foot in front of the other. 🐾 Imperceptibly strengthen each and every day. 

 

mild medium hot

 

Prasarita Padottanasana - Intense Leg Stretch Pose

As pronounced in its appellation, Prasarita Padottanasana is not meant to be mild. Continue to YANG your  yoga this Summer, (straight legs, flexed feet, firm buttocks, strong biceps, flat palms), but with that graceful, soft, yin MO and soul you cultivated in the past two seasons. ❄️ 

👙 Freshies 🍦

 

Prasarita Padottanasana - Wide Legged Forward Bend 

variation Both Hands on One Ankle

Returned home from the neighborhood pool today and threw my swimsuit in the garage’s trash still wet. 💦 Why oh why am I wearing these tired, faded, stretched separates to the splashy parties ?? SAYONARA !! 🍑 

Clear the decks !! 🌊 

Etiquette

 

Vakrasana - Twisted Pose

I have a custom of informing the yoga teacher if I will be missing a class.

Currently, I also :

- Make use of the ladies locker room, both pre and après asana.

 - Bring and use a gaudy, very not-yogi, plastic water cup. 💦

- Twist hair into a standing-bun or plait tresses into a lying-down-braid  (clips at the ready). 

- Gravitate to any location in the room, but always roll my yoga RUG out TENDERLY.

 - Borrow blocks. 💙💙

AND, most imperatively,  happy to change my ways ;) 🙃🧺🧿 

What are your yogic ticks ?? 🐜 

Flush

 

Parivrtta Utkata Konasana - Revolved Goddess Pose

The DailyDooDoo - Jettison a substantial chunk of your closet, kitchen, garage, office or other chosen area of collection and notice vastly improved digestion and elimination. Sweet RELEASE !!! 💩 😊 

Towhead 🌾

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana- Bridge Pose 🛝 

SUNdays are brilliant. The sun shone so bright today I thought it turned my yellow T-Shirt white whilst walking out in its light. Single minded on the HOLY SPIRIT this Sunday.  🌾 

Obstacles

 

Malasana - Garland Pose - Yogi Squat

Ganesha (on Mala) - remover of obstacles 

Ganesha - remover if obstacles. I thought I was Spring Cleaning a few months back - CLICK - with my PILES of bags and MULTIPLE donation pick-ups, but an advanced avenue has been illuminated (removing far more,) and I may be on the precipice of reaching another frequency IF I can solve the puzzle, defeat the boss, and level up. 

 

Pretty Bags — Giveaways are gifts 🎁 

🗑️ Into the bin if they do not qualify as such.

• Puzzles: These are challenges that require the player to think strategically and often interact with the environment or objects to progress. Successfully solving a puzzle might unlock a path, reveal a clue, or open a door to the next section of the game.
• Boss Battles: These are encounters with a formidable enemy, typically more powerful than regular enemies encountered in the level. Defeating the boss signifies the completion of a challenging section and often unlocks a key item, a new ability, or access to a new area. 

Recalibrate

 

Setubandha Sarvangasana - Bridge Pose

BRIDGE the gap between the old/now you and the next you. 🌟

Sigh

 

. 

Parivrtta Upavistha Konasana - Revolved Seated Angle Pose

One positive habit does lead to another. The same is true for negative habits. SIGH. 

Begin again

Ashta Chandrasana - Crescent High Lunge

Within the supposed confines of REPETITION there is always something novel to notice. Perform one-thousand-and-some times the same set yoga posture sequence and no two practices will ever be alike.  

 

BORING

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2

 I 🤍🤍🤍 boring. Rise at a predictable time. Attend booked yoga class. Shop my cleared-out closet. Eat unexemplary foods. Make order. Pass extended unremarkable time with the family at home. What else can I BORING-IFY???

Thank you, boring! Let boring save you. 

Look up 💡

Utkatasana - Fierce Pose

LIGHT skies (for a few weeks stretch now) at the 5am wake-up call. I keep thinking I overslept!  No use for a flashlight to head out to yoga class. 🔦 Fewer layers, less preparation, more time to mix a cold brewed concoction🧋 

 

No Opining

Winged Dragon YIN Yoga 🐉 

(YIN Variation of Ashwa Sanchalanasana - Crescent Low Lunge Pose Variation Knee on Floor

and Utthan Pristhadana - Lizard Pose)

⭐️ Summer Freedom. ⭐️ How about a RECESS from our own opinions? ⭐️

What ?? NO OPINION ?? OUI !! Super chill 😎 Besides, we can always form one later … 

Nirvana

 

Salamba Bhujangasana -  YIN Sphinx Pose

A LIGHTER TOUCH when parenting, house-working, e-mailing, dressing… does in reality yield astonishing results. I am, for the very first time, sympathizing with this 80/20 rule that I was never before able to appreciate (or even mildly apprehend). 

Acting basic

 

Parsva or Parivrtta (Prasarita) Balasana - Side or Revolved (Wide) Child’s Pose

aka Urdhva Mukha Pasasana - Thread the Needle, Child’s Pose Variation 

Pasa - Noose, Cord

NORMCORE - normal is hardcore ;)

Some poses are BIG and SHINY, some are SMALL and MATTE. NORMCORE — Find gratification and satisfaction in the common, plain, and ordinary. Liberation is yours! in the functional and indistinguishable; in being (and owning?) nothing special. 

Your name here

 Nam - Bow. Salute with reverence, respect. Submit, bend.

The sweetest sound? One’s own name. And for some - a special nickname.

For a less familiar name or unusual spelling, help your brother/sister out - and hence yourself - during introductions.  “Astrid, like an Asteroid in space.” “Nok, like ‘to knock’ ✊.”  “Leonie, a female ‘Leo’; Lioness,” or “people call me Lay Lay.”

So Hum

SO HUM. I am that (I am).

The beautiful and powerful SO HUM meditation — Read all about it at Banyan Botanicals - CLICK! - as I love this cosmic explanation and cannot describe it more successfully. Above is Dr Vasant Lad’s drawing DailyDoodled 🌼🌼🌼

Party Pose

Ardha Padma Vrksasana - Half Lotus Tree Pose

POTLUCK - Gathering together without a singular hostess carrying the load. Attendees are often glad to be more than a guest and feel part ownership in the social occasion. Proprietorship makes the party more special in one’s mind. Win-win-win…

FANCY

 

Anahatasana - Melting Heart Pose

 YIN Puppy Dog Pose

💕💞💓💗💓💞💕

🧊🔮Clarity on what it is we actually want. 

Q: What do I actually want??

A: Never stop asking!! 🤓 📝

Our heart’s desires ought to always metamorphose.

MyDailyPoodle 🐩!!

Uttana Shishosana - Playful Puppy Pose

✨🛍️👙💕👛🎀👒👑🌼💎🐩💎🌼👑👒🎀👛💕👙🛍️✨

Adaptable, affectionate, athletic, energetic, intelligent, lively, and social with a bouncy, self-confident prance. Poodles delight in their family and may seem stuck-up to strangers. Poodles have mastered the side-eye and cross their paws when they lounge. 

Current mood - I’ll be CHANNELING POODLE, Thank You Very Much. 

SPRING is GREEN

 

Salabhasana - Locust

SPRING is the GREEN Season

👁️ GO into the greenery and GAZE upon it. DRINK it in with your eyes. 

👄 EMBIBE green leaves in juices and smoothies - SWILL and guzzle arugula, basil, dandelion, MINT, parsley, pea shoots, spinach etc.

👃 INHALE Clean, Grassy, Marine, TEA, or NO added SCENTS.

👂 HEAR(T) the Birds, Crickets, Laughter, STORMs, Wind; simply Nature’s music only. 

💚 & ADORN with green? Army, EMERALD, Jade, Sage, Sea…looks spectacular with a TAN. 

🦗

Bala Parsva Bhuja Dandasana - Baby Grasshopper Pose

Ania at Eco Fitness

Open the windows wide and allow the crickets to lull you to sleep 🦗 

 

Life Preserver 🛟

 

🛟 How to survive Pool Party Season in four (with Sanskrit) easy steps!!

1. Ekam. Inhale for a count of four.

2. Dve. Hold for a count of four. 

3. Treeni. Exhale for a count of four. 

4. Catvari. Hold for a count of four. 

Pete and Repeat sat in a boat, Pete fell off, who was left? Yes - REPEAT this breathing technique.

Also known as square or BOX breathing. & Good enough for the navy SEALS. 

1. “Eh-kam” 2. “Dvay” 3. “Tree-nee” 4. “Cha-tvaa-ree”

And again :)

🍹

Summer is Yang

 

Ardha Uttanasana - Half Forward Fold hands on floor

(Always one to bend the knees and take the gentler approach) - It’s time to YANG the yoga!! : Ardha Uttanasana with hands on floor rather than shins or thighs. STRAIGHT as-I-can-get legs during the entire sequence…

Thank you, me

 Adho Mulkha Svanasana - Downward Facing Dog Pose

The fundamentals are there (for you, thanks to you). 💕

Yoga skills are applicable abound !! Enjoy relative ease when perusing novel activities or when finding yourself in foreign situations. You - yogi! - bring expertise in focus, breath, flexibility and strength as well as the universal advantage of an open heart and free spirit. 💖🥰💫

Summer Routine ; it’s not an oxymoron

Pincha Mayurasana- Feathered Peacock Pose 🪶 

Forearm Balance 

It’s not yet summer!! - as we are reminded habitually here in Colorado with erratic temps and afternoon storms. ⛈️ But, it is after Labor Day and, for many of us, Summer Break. GRANT yourself at least week or two of consideration before anchoring your (and your family’s) Daily Summer Routine. 🎏

ComparisonAsana

 

Padmasana - Lotus variation

Unlimited options abound 💜

What’s the most fatiguing pose in yoga? Comparison-asana! Be sure to wear yourself out when spying on fellow yogis around the studio; as in life, nothing shall run thee more ragged than measuring oneself against anyone other than oneself. 

Tabula Rasa

 

Strip down to the bare minimum.

Discard! Desert! Abandon! Forsake yesterday’s self!!

Half full

Tadasana - Mountain Pose

How much of yoga class is spent in this pose? How often in life are we standing still in the commonplace? More or less half of our time/life energy? So, how serene and stoic of a mountain can we be?  ⛰️  

6th grade WALDORF Medieval Games

Sopris Mountain 🏔️ Roaring Fork Valley

Dream

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana- One Footed King Pigeon Pose

 

Mission? Purpose? Make lists freely. Write your dreams. Write your goals. Write write write until something pops out.

 

Luvin

 

Urdhva Dhanurasana -  Wheel Pose (her) 

Ardha Purvottanasana - Reverse Table Top (him)

Couples are yoga 🤎

Summer is next, my sweet friends!!

Easy

 

Parivrtta Sukhasana - Easy Twist, Seated Twist, Simple Cross-legged Twist

Couples are yoga 💕

Yes, the answer is kindness. 

After you

Phalakasana, Kumbhakasana, Utthita Chaturanga Dandasana - High Plank Pose

Couples are yoga 💙

Kumbhakasana - breath retention. Hold your breath BRIEFLY before lowering into push-up position, Chaturanga Dandasana. Outside the studio, pause only temporarily before committing to a decision. And TAKE TURNS with your other half, arbitrating according to your particular strengths. This is what partnership is for. 
 

Mast

 

Dandasana- Staff Pose (him) / Sirsasana - Handstand (Her)

Couples are yoga 🧡

Note to self - learning a handstand means actually practicing a handstand. The grass is greener and softer in Summer - enlist your partner and get to practicing al fresco. 

Fantastic

 

Balasana - Child’s Pose (him) / Supta Utthita Tadasana - Reclined Mountain (her)

Couples are yoga.

Small hints are big messages. Catch wind of a minor suggestion (from your beloved) and take it seriously; act expeditiously and then revel in real life as it becomes better than fantasy. 🏔️ 

Primary

 

Couples are yoga. 

Marriage - spirits dance, souls melt. 

Lâcher Prise

Supta Matsyendrasana - Supine Spinal Twist

Why not release it for once and for all ??