In the story of The three little pigs each pig builds a different house to protect themselves from the big bad wolf. One pig built his house of straw. The second pig built his house out of sticks and the final pig built his house out of brick. The wolf came along and blew in […]
At our teacher’s meeting on May 3, they asked me to rearrange the prop storage area to make more wall room available for our students. Several of our classes are getting kind of large. We have some classes that are about 10 – 12 people in size. Today Shirley and I spent a couple of […]
“Why do you take a step in Downward Facing Dog?” Diane asked me at the end of our third day of the workshop. She continued “I was taught that my hands and feet stay in the same place when you are doing a Sun Salute. But here during our morning practice the teachers are telling […]
I can’t remember how many times Mom came into my room and said “This place is a pig sty. You can’t go out and play until your room is clean and tidy.” Mom had a major impact on my plans for the day. And there I was stuck inside on a beautiful warm sunny day. […]
We are not talking about the usual ways that your body betrays you in yoga class. Your lack of flexibility, strength or stamina are not the issues here. The 7 unexpected ways that you get betrayed by your body are: 3 from your skin: body odour wearing scents body lotion And 4 from escaping fluids: […]
Alice is visiting a friend of her’s farm in Wales. As she walks through one of the fields with the family they flattened all the molehills as they came to them. The kids had a lot of fun making the molehills go away. A mountain is much larger than a molehill and flattening it is […]
Alice is distracted and unable to focus on her yoga practice. Her brow is sweating and it is not because of the yoga poses that she has been doing. She is distracted and sweating because the next yoga pose is Marichyasana C. Normally Alice loves twisting poses like Marichyasana C but tonight is different. Tonight […]
“Oh shoot!” thinks Alice “I was hoping to avoid this problem.” Alice’s nose is starting to drip. She has sniffed it a couple of times. Alice has a slight allergy problem today. It happens a lot this time of year. Her nose was stuffy and running earlier today. Alice knows that a yoga practice helps […]
Hansel and Gretel Their evil step mother is leading Hansel and Gretel deeper and deeper into the forest. Hansel heard her plan to abandon them in the forest the night before and he is prepared with pockets full of shiny white pebbles. As they go deeper into the woods, Hansel keeps dropping the pebbles every […]
“What is that stink!” says Alice. “It smells like a skunk and it is getting stronger.” Alice hears a scratching and whining at the kitchen door. She opens the door and finds her dog Rex. He has been sprayed by a skunk. It smells terrible. It is going to take a while to get that […]
