“BOO!” Alice almost jumped out of her shoes when Carol came up behind her, grabbed her around the waist and said “Boo!” Alice was surprised by the touching. This reminded Alice of a similar shock she had during her first yoga class. Her teacher put their hands on her back in Downward Facing dog. She […]
Bob is visiting with Alice at her cottage when the pile of firewood beside the fireplace catches his attention. Just looking at the logs piled one on top of the other makes him think of his hips and the tightness there. Bob is working on developing more flexibility in his hips and the pile of […]
Watch as the golfer is about to putt for a birdie on the 18th hole. If he sinks this putt he will win the tournament. Does he look around at all of the people watching? Is he distracted or is he focused on what he is doing? You can develop the same focus with your […]
Alice’s stomach is growling! It has been growling for the last half hour! She is so hungry she could eat her chair. But Alice has a problem. She is going to yoga class after work and her yoga teacher always tells her not to eat for at least two hours before class. A big meal […]
This is the first time that Alice has been looking forward to doing Supta Konasana in a long time. This was not always the case. In the past every time she moved her hips up off of the floor and over her head, there was a lot of pressure on her neck and it was […]
Alice is going to try yoga. She has been hearing so much about how good yoga is so for you, but she is anxious about learning yoga. It’s a new place with people she does not know and they do strange things there like stand on their head and put their legs in strange places. […]
Alice feels like she has setup her mat beside the lobby entrance to the train station and it is rush hour. People are coming and going all of the time. The rush of bodies past her is showing no sign of letting up any time soon. Alice is getting more and more frustrated. She is […]
Betty came up to me after yoga class. She was very excited because she had some good news from her doctor. About a year ago her doctor suggested that Betty start yoga because it would be good for the back pain that she was suffering. Betty’s experience over the past year matches a recently released […]
The floor was rushing up towards Bob really fast. Bob was afraid that he was going to do a face plant again. He did not have enough strength in his arms and shoulders to hold his body off of the floor. At the last second Bob turned his head to the side and avoided smashing […]
Yeah, right! Doing a couple of down dogs and breathing differently is going to help you lose weight. Sitting in strange poses with your arms and legs in different places does not seem like the sort of stuff that will help you to shed those unwanted pounds. Surprisingly yoga can help you lose weight. There […]
