It is a sunny day and Old Yeller just woke up. He lifts his hips to the sky and lowers his head towards the ground. There is a big grin on his face as he stretches the muscles in his back and legs. After a few breaths he lifts up and with a wag of […]
As Bob lowered his hips down to deepen the lunge portion of the Extended Side Angle pose and get a good stretch in his hips he noticed some discomfort in his knees. His yoga teacher told him that his hips are the cause of the pain in his knees and that he needed to protect […]
Everybody knows the Aesop Fable about The Hare and the Tortoise, but just in case you don’t or you need to be reminded about how it ends here is the story. The Hare and the Tortoise A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though you […]
“Look at the triangle that I drew!” Alice’s nephew said as he ran up to her. Alice had a look at the triangle. One long side rising up from the base and another shorter side dropping straight down to the base. “It is called a Right Angle Triangle” he said. “It looks exactly like one […]
Bob has just returned from enjoying his first long ride in months. As he dismounts and pats his horse, he realise that his legs fell stiff and strange. It feels as though his knees are bowed outwards with a large gap between them, just like a caricature of a cowboy in an old Western. Fortunately […]
Alice’s hands are sliding further away and her feet are sliding towards the back of her mat. “If this keeps up, this Down Dog is going to be laying down.” thought Alice “I thought these mats are supposed to be sticky!” It is past time for Alice to replace her yoga mat. The loss of […]
Alice is getting ready for yoga class, she is putting a fresh coat of polish on her toes. She has decided that a new colour is in order and since she is going to yoga class later she may as well get it done now. Besides it will give her something new and pleasing to […]
The bright flash in the sky was followed immediately by a big boom. The lightening was almost overhead. The rain was coming down in torrents and Alice could hardly see out of the window. The wind was blowing the rain against the side of the house. As the storm intensified it got darker and darker […]
The teenager leapt forward and got her hands on the pig. All she has to do now is stand up and hold the pig off of the ground for a count of five to win the prize. The greased pig wiggled and squirmed and slid out of her hands before she could get a firm […]
The manhole covers are rising up above the street on fountains of water. People are rushing out of the subway stations as the water is rising around them. The streets are underwater. The city has been hit by a very severe thunderstorm. There is a torrential downpour. The storm sewer system can no longer handle […]
