The toboggan gradually picked up speed as it slid down the slope. This was the best toboggan run in the area. A long run with no sudden dips or jumps. Just the thing for all the kids. Alice’s yoga teacher said that when you are doing Extended Side Angle pose you have a long toboggan […]
In 2005 I was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident, injuring my back, neck and left hip. After months of physio and almost 3 years of chiropractic care my injury was still giving me sleepless nights, terrible headaches and chronic back pain. It wasn’t until I sought out specialized chiropractic treatment that I discovered […]
“Before you go to your first yoga practice we should talk.” Alice said to Elizabeth as she sips her coffee. “There are three keys to remember and you will have a safe yoga practice”. The 3 keys are: Ego Feedback Edge For a person like Elizabeth that is new to yoga the toughest one of […]
Whenever Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana (pronounced tree-AWN-guh moo-KA-eh-ka-paw-duh , POSH-ee -MO-tun-ASH-anna) his ankles complain bitterly. When Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana he places one shin on the floor with his foot next to his hip and his other leg is extended straight ahead. He needs a lot of flexibility in […]
“I am getting so frustrated!” said Alice “I am progressing so slowly in this pose.” Alice has set herself a goal of learning six new poses in two months and it is not going very well. Alice’s yoga teacher tells her to use the Filbert Principle to reach her big goal. He then tells Alice […]
This is the moment that Bob has been looking forward to with mixed emotions. The class is about to do Downward Facing Dog. Today Bob is looking forward to doing the pose for the first time ever. In the past he has dreaded doing Downward Facing Dog. It has always caused him pain in his […]
This is a short cartoon about the authentic and only way to do Ashtanga yoga otherwise there will be no benefit. Enjoy.
This year we decided to have a double Karma class for the Winter Solstice. It was only much later that we discovered that there was also a double astronomical event on that day as well. There was a lunar eclipse as well as the winter solstice on 21 December. We had a Kripalu yoga class […]
The Spring pot luck was a lot of fun. Pictures on the Sunrise yoga fan page on facebook. The recipe for the Carob pudding is included here.
During one of the evening conferences that Nancy Gilgoff held in Goa she talked about Saturday being a rest day and how this came to be. When western students started arriving in Mysore to be taught by Pattabhi Jois, he found that he was teaching yoga in his shala every day from 5 am until […]
