Balance
Balance. Today after class we had an asana kitchen class about the importance of finding your foundation first in any asana. Here, Joanna, Thad and Luvenia are working on Pincha Mayurasana.
View ArticleConfessions of a Loved & Hated Ashtangi. ~ Kino MacGregor | elephant journal
This is a must read for all of you ashtanga peeps! My shakti shorts will be coming out tomorrow. Maybe my arm balances will find some bandhas!!! Confessions of a Loved & Hated Ashtangi. ~ Kino...
View Article“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
…or in my case an hour long drive to Philadelphia and a simple instruction- “grab your wrist!” Lotus flags in Trivandrum As my twenties are...
View ArticleRe-Blog: Backbends and Baby-Bumps by Dina Gougoustamos on EJ
My dearest friend in the whole wide world and fellow Ashtangi, Dina Gougoustamos, recently wrote an article on Elephant Journal about navigating her way through the practice during pregnancy. There...
View ArticleEastern Thinking: Fear
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.” -Rumi-
View ArticleWhat my pregnant friend taught me about ashtanga’s advanced series
Besides for the occasional picture here and there and generalizations about what I’m working on, I rarely share anything about my own personal ashtanga practice-yet on most days it’s probably the one...
View ArticlePractice. Heal. Repeat.
“Nothing good has ever come out of hurrying.” I heard my teacher, David, say those words in class the other day. I don’t know whom he was referring to or what that person was doing, but those words...
View ArticleDear “I cannot do marichyasana help,”
One thing that I really love about blogging is looking at all of the search terms that allowed people to stumble upon my webpage. Today, there were 5 clicks onto my blog from the phrase, “I cannot do...
View ArticleDwelling in the infinite abyss
“Do you know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you- that’s where I’ll be waiting” – Tinker Bell My favorite part about...
View ArticleNSAIDS & Ashtanga. Do they belong together?
If you are a practitioner of hatha yoga, chances are you have experienced muscle soreness and pain. If you haven’t, then I guess you’re just awesome. We’ve all at one time or another had that...
View ArticleSo You Have the Flu. Practice, Anyone?
Reblogged from The Confluence Countdown: Rest, drink fluids, take it easy. Standard operating procedure for the inevitable this time of year; it’s conventional wisdom, what your doctor will tell you,...
View ArticleFeeling Better. #dgkovalam2014
I’ve been in India for six full days. This is my third time visiting Kovalam to study with my ashtanga teacher, David Garrigues. I’ve been waiting for this trip since the summer. This past year was...
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