What is

Vajrasana - Thunderbolt

🤎 Current favorite pose - Kneeling and meditating. 🕯️  

Santosha - a deep satisfaction with your current situation, feeling enough as you are, meeting the present moment as it is. 

Many a duty have I (this December, especially) obliged - so, now it is time to sit back and enjoy the rest of the 2025 ride. 

🌫️ Fog lifts 🪽

 

Utthita Ashwa Sanchalasana - Runner’s Lunge Pose

Easylike

Big (holiday, travel) emotions have bubbled to the top, then, mercifully, dissipated into thin  air. 🫧 

When life keeps on life-ing you

 

Anjaneyasana - Low Lunge, twist 🍋‍🟩 

A power outage lasting days (appropriately during Chanukah 🕯️), just before holiday break, travel, and Christmas will test even the most yogic of nerves. 

Expectations out the window.

Parsva Tadasana  -  Standing Side Bend, Crescent Moon, with weight 🌙 

Soft and strong 🪽

 We must START to see where it goes. 

Write a card, wrap a gift, walk the dog, text a neighbor, reach out to a sitter, get in the car, play footsie…💌💋

Now you know

Sukhasana Side Stretch - Easy Pose, Seated, Side Body Stretch 

Sometimes you have to do the thing to know not to do the thing. EG skipping yoga is not an option, but I had to skip it just to make sure. 😉 

It IS all too much

 

Bananasana

Just say ‘no’ — without any addendum, 

Imitated never duplicated

 

Hanumanasana - Splits Pose, Monkey Pose

Execute the repetitive, allegedly mundane tasks of daily life with your irreplaceable, original essence, soul and skill. 

Stop spinning your wheels 😵‍💫

 

Intense Shoulder Stretch

“Do less, observe more, enjoy most!” - Magda Gerber

Hookie

 

Paschimottanasana - Seated Forward Bend

‘Staying in’ will likely involve actively skipping something(s); do not wait for a day off to happen, make it happen. 

Days 6 and 7

 

Ardha Uttanasana - Half Forward Fold

Weekends are to be worry free. 🩶

You time

 

Purvottanasana - Reverse Plank Pose

Our most hectic times are the most important times to make time for yoga. 

Advance notice

 

Ardha Purvottaanasana - Reverse Table Top Pose

Some days we predict will be light, end up heavy and presumed heavy days, end up light; our continued yoga practice makes provisions for these miscalculations.

🩷❤️🤎 Party prep : Making provisions! 🤎❤️🩷 

Monogram

 

Utthita Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Pose

Play and pose your trademark way.

The ‘To Do’ lists are never done; they are your infinite unending daily life notes, so write your days in your best, signature handwriting. 💘🎀

In high demand

 

Bhujapidasana - Shoulder Pressing Pose

If you want something done, ask a busy person - but please stop  asking me. 🤪🤓

Open, ready, available

Tadasana - Mountain Pose

Thumbs interlaced.

It’s an eyes closed during yoga type of week. 😌

How to be open, ready and available? Listen more.

Inspiration

Urdhva Hastasana - Palm Tree Pose 

Hands interlaced, palms facing upward.

Get as high as you can onto those tippy toes!!

In case you’d like me to decide for you 😉 —

Your (OUR) 2026 resolution: Empty the cupboard, pull out the weeds; in order to enter 2027 clear and free.

Contemplation

Parsva Anjaneyasana - Low Lunge Side Bend Pose with block

For answers at first, revelations at last:

CONTEMPLATION sees everything, holds on to nothing. (Warning: takes years)

Dress like he’s your Ex

 

Parsva Anjaneyasana - Low Lunge Pose Side Bend

Auspicious animal sightings

 

🦅🐺🐻🦇🫎🦨🦉🦌🦊🦬🐈‍⬛🦫

Colorado is rife with wildlife encounters. 

I returned home from a quiet birthday dinner to  a mighty owl perched upon our basketball hoop. Be on the lookout for animal sightings - their auspiciousness and symbolism is up to you to determine and consider.

Hands like work

 

Virasana - Hero Pose

How do we quiet the mind and open the heart? By moving the hands. 

A weighty question has been pulling me down and dragging me back, but I found respite and lightness this morning by: unpacking our suitcases, setting up the advent, calling an artist to collaborate, writing checks, designing and sending an invitation, decorating a small tree, cooking a nourishing dinner… 🎄 

You know you

 

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana - Upward Facing Dog Pose

No one can or will ever know you like you know you. (Experts and gurus included.)

Surprise!

 .

Adho Mukha Svanasana - Upward Facing Dog, hands reversed 

Surprise yourself often or else! (Or else slowly, imperceptibly whither away).  🥀