All Batman quotes aside, we take ourselves faaaar too seriously sometimes. Especially in Yoga. (But if the Joker had given yoga a go, things might have turned out different for him. Just sayin.) If you look at images of adults practicing yoga, there’s a significant trend. All those serene and yet serious faces. In […]
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(insert your spirituality/religion/philosophy here) can’t do Yoga.
Wrong. I’m not usually one to say that to someone I don’t know very well, but I’m saying it now. No. Wrong. If I (or any teacher) ever say something that really doesn’t resonate with your views, worldly or otherwise, I invite you to ignore it. Let it in one ear, out the other. Notice, […]
guys, listen up. Yoga. Seriously.
But I’m not a Hippie! Why would I do yoga?
part 2 in a series on Yoga misconceptions. Check out part 1! Full disclosure here. I’m totally a natural-dyed-in-the-humane-certified-wool-hippie. I hug trees, I run around barefoot, I believe we all have innate goodness in us, I use the word ground in relation to energy, as well as the words unfurl, fairtrade, and of […]
yoga for people who can’t touch their toes
Yoga is not about touching your toes. It’s about what you learn on the way down. -Judith Laseter (This is the first in a series I’m writing on common misconceptions about Yoga.) “I’m not flexible enough to do Yoga.” or “I can’t touch my toes, there’s no way I can do Yoga.” I hear that […]