Deprogrammed ~ Half Pigeon

Ardha Kapotasana - Half Pigeon Pose

Deprogram - unlearn, reset  - the programming - indoctrination, conditioning - with yoga. 

Group Think - Yin Pigeon 🐦

Kapotasana - Pigeon Pose with bolster 🐦 

Am I ‘taking others into consideration’ or am I consumed with what they think… 🤔 

Counterculture - Flip Your Dog

Adho Mukha Svanasana flip - Flip the Dog
Counterculture saved me.

Why yoga and not Pilates or running or weightlifting or…

Yoga answers my many burning, buried questions (that I don’t even know I have or how to express). With yoga I can live productively and joyfully in this world that I do not necessarily embrace or even accept. Yoga is for the sensitive and the curious - you know who you are. 

lol asana - Lolasana

Lolasana - Pendant Pose
Hang out like a pendant this Summer.
I sure am 😉😎 

Dear self,

I know you like to frolic in the sun all summer basking in your freedom - but perhaps you could squeeze in just a few asanas for just a splash of at-home practice? 🍊 

Sincerely,

Yours Truly

PS: Your daughter says to spend more time on your backgrounds and to make your drawings crazier (like you used to).

💃 Macarena to Makarasana 🐊

 

Makarasana - Crocodile Pose 🐊 
To prevent falling asleep, lay your forehead on your forearms in Makarasana.
Relax deeply into diaphragmatic breathing,

Post-trip / post-event / post-big-life-moment blues? 💙 Deep relaxation will absorb all that you have learned and gained from the experience. Become transformed and changed by the standout parts of your life’s story by pausing (in this prone position). Crocodile pose will relieve tension, calm the nerves and promote restoration. 

Hallucinating - Flapping Fish Pose

Matsya Kridasana - Flapping Fish Pose

My father once pointed out to me, his procrastinating daughter, “thinking about writing a thank you note and writing it are not the same thing.” As in the Japanese proverb: Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is chaos. 

Many Mountains - King Cobra 🐍

Raja Bhujangasana - King Cobra Pose 🐍

There are climb the mountain days, enjoy the view days, plan which mountain to climb next days … not everyday is a climb the mountain day. 

Alone - Flapping Fish Pose

Matsya Kridasana - Flapping Fish Pose

You can only do so much alone: release your pride, reach out to your network.

Annoying - Locust Pose

 

Salabhasana - Locust Pose
Strengthen your posterior chain.

Little reinvention opportunities are everywhere - it’s all those situations, people and things that annoy you!

Vacation Yoga ~ Push-Ups

Chaturanga - Low Plank

While on holiday, I’m one to skip any organized exercise all together and opt solely for playful movement. Another option (my husband’s) is simple pushups, sit-ups and squats first thing in the morning and last thing before bed. 

MISS YOU ~ Half Bound Lotus Boat Pose

Ardha Baddha Padma Navasana - Half Bound Lotus Boat Pose 

Get completely out of your norm (travel) to know exactly what you want your norm to be (what you miss).  

Advancement ~ Boat Pose Variations

Parivrtta Navasana - Revolved Boat Pose
Advanced poses require preparation, practice and repetition.

It (leading the yoga class, hosting the party, transcripting the meeting, writing the letter, giving the speech, remembering the names, traveling with young children) is NOT easy, but you will make it look that way through preparation, practice, and repetition.