Reclamation ~ Ardha Chakrasana with Self Assist

 

Ardha Chakrasana - Half Wheel Pose, Standing Backbend
With self assist: low back support and press to open.

Reclaiming adequate alone time to return to oneself - supportive and enabling of You. 

Digitize ~ Prapadasana Variation

Prapadasana - Toe Stand Variation 

I may be an old-schooler, but, resistance is not a virtue. Embrace the changing world and digitize (but also streamline and organize your cyberspace). 

Yoga for Overwhelm ~ Dirga Pranayama

 

Sukhasana - Easy Pose
A soothing check-in. Anything but ‘easy’.
Dirga Pranayama - Three Part Breath
Hand on Heart, Hand on Belly.

Sunday night panic attack? Soothe your breathless tension by planning out (only) your week ahead. 

🐌 Vacation Integration 🐢 ~ Sukhasana, Dhyana, Mukula Mudra

Sukhasana - Easy Pose
Dhyana - Meditation 
Mukula Mudra - Lotus or Lily Bud Hand Gesture 🤌 

(Vacation) integration is gradual, slow, steady, slimy, super cute, hard shelled, long-lived… 🐌 🐢 

Broaden Horizons ~ Dwikonasana

 

Ardha Dwikonasana - Half Yoga Seal Pose, Double Angle Pose

Traveling will stretch you beyond your limit: release all those staid and pesky ‘preferences’ to appreciate the discomfort.

Centimeter by centimeter ~ Navasana

 

Navasana - Boat Pose
I am a boat pose modifier.

After 1.5 years of weekdaily yoga practice, my legs are ever so slightly straightening (centimeter by centimeter). If ‘it’ doesn’t happen in a few years time, wait longer. 

Look Inside ~ Sukhasana Dhyana

 

Sukhasana - Easy Pose, Dhyana - Meditation 

I took out my contacts one week ago and went unobstructed for the first time in decades. Here is what happened:

1. My sinuses filled with pressure, but the congestion is subsiding with each passing day. 

2. I realized that I am completely reliant - obsessed - with the visual realm.

3. I am slowly learning to look inward. 

4. My drishti is better than ever. 🙈

😇 👿 ~ Virabhadrasana 2, raised heel and heel hold

 

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior 2, heel raised, heel hold
Yoga poses are neither ‘Good’ nor ‘Bad’.

What if we no longer deduce things, people and experiences as ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’? 

Half Empty ~ Utkatasana

Utkatasana - Chair Pose, arms forward 
Pause at the end of your exhale.

May your glass be half empty! It may not be very ‘American’, but it is OK not to fill every void. 🥛 

Sweat It ~ Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana

 

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana - Three Legged Downward Facing Dog Pose
& Drop to the forearm opposite the lifted bent leg - hurts so good.

Make it hurt a little, sweat a lot, and then take it easy for the rest of the day. 😉 

Perfect Form ~ Manduka Malasana

 

Manduka Malasana - Frog Garland Pose Squat
Playful, with movement: childlike.

Some days are not (at all!) perfect your form days. 

Leapfrog ~ Mandukasana

 

Mandukasana - Frog Pose

Become confident in life’s big challenges by taking little risks in yoga class.

Pre et Après ~ Ardha Kapotasana

 

Ardha Kapotasana - Half Pigeon Pose

Pre or après (ski) body love. 🎿 🩵💛🩷

Noisy ~ Halasana

 

Halasana - Plow Pose
Quiet.

I am going deaf. Food noise, supplement noise, workout noise, cosmetics and aesthetics noise - let us tune out, turn OFF, ALL of the so-called health and beauty advice.

What Are You? ~ Upavistha Konasana

 

Upavistha Konasana - Seated Straddle Pose with block
Force and berate yourself for what you cannot do in order to stay stagnant and stuck (and, possibly, injured.)

You cannot be everything, you will have to pick and choose — and the sooner the better (besides, it isn’t written in stone — at least, not yet). ☠️ 👻

The best 💖

 

Matsyasana - Fish Pose, with blocks

Matsyasana - Fish Pose, with blocks

💝 Crack your heart open. 💝

The best way to start your morning (5:45am in the studio) is with a block on middle height running vertically between the shoulders along the spine and a block at the highest height positioned horizontally under (the base of) your head. 💕

Class act

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Standing Hand to Big Toe Pose

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Standing Hand to Big Toe Pose

Give and take; take the blame, give the praise. 

Embody

Eka Pada Tadasana - One Legged Mountain Pose

Eka Pada Tadasana - One Legged Mountain 🏔️ 

Attract what you are. 

Organic structure

 

Eka Pada Parivrtta Tadasana - One Legged Revolved Mountain Pose

Eka Pada Parivrtta Tadasana - One Legged Revolved Mountain Pose

ORGANIZE your mind. 

Sick of it

Viparita Karani - Legs Up the Wall Pose

Viparita Karani - Legs Up the Wall Pose

Yoga for nausea - calm the nervous system. 

It is so complicated let us discuss it ad nauseam and get nowhere?! Let’s not: the truth will feel effortless.