Look at a suspension bridge. There are two high towers and two low towers. The suspension cables go from the low tower up to the high tower and then the cables hang down between the two high towers. Upward Facing Dog looks a lot like a suspension bridge. The arms are the high tower The […]
Splat! Splat! Splat! Alice was enjoying her yoga practice until it started to rain sweat on her mat. The sweat was coming from the guy practicing next to her. Not only was it raining sweat, but it was also pretty smelly as well. There were puddles on his mat and on the floor around him. […]
Alice has a date tonight. It has been on her calendar for weeks now. She finally settled on the right clothes to wear and she is ready to go. And when Alice gets home, she is going to write about her date in her diary. There is a lot of similarity between Alice’s date and […]
Bob’s heart is pounding, sweat is dripping from his brow, his body is getting hotter and hotter. Bob is wondering what is going on. He thought this was a yoga class, where you sit in a yoga pose and you hum. Why is he so hot? Why is his heart beating so fast? What is […]
One of the biggest problems people have when they start an Ashtanga based yoga practice is that it is impossible for them to do Chaturanga Dandasana. This is very bad news, because Chaturanga Dandasana is done a whole lot of times during one Ashtanga yoga practice. Chaturanga Dandasana requires a great deal of upper body […]
Sarah, Bob’s wife is pregnant and she should be having the baby any day now. Bob has agreed to always have his cell phone on and with him at all times. She is very relieved that she will be able to reach Bob when it is time to go the hospital to have the baby. […]
Betty came over to me. She had a big smile on her face. She was so excited to see me. This was unusual, because we are only casual friends. Betty told me that she has started doing yoga and that it has made a fantastic difference for her. The biggest surprise for her was that […]
Sally’s going to mop the kitchen floor. She gets out her mop. She fills the bucket with hot soapy water. Now Sally starts cleaning the floor. Sally would much rather be down on her hands and knees washing the floor with a sponge rather than a mop. But Sally can not get down on the […]
Imagine that every time you do a Sun Salute that your wrists hurt. You would quickly decide that you did not want to do Sun Salutes anymore. But Sun Salutes are an important part of your yoga practice. If you leave out the Sun Salutes you will be missing a lot of benefits that come […]
Alice got a call on her cell phone just as she was entering the yoga studio. The plans for getting the kids home from the movies has fallen through. Alice is going to have to leave the yoga class shortly before it is over so that she pick up the kids at the movie theatre. […]
