“Ugh! Not another Sun Salute!” thought Alice. I really enjoy the flowing nature of a Sun Salute. How you move from one pose to the next in series as you breathe in and out. But there is one pose in the series that really bothers me. Every time I do Upward Facing Dog my neck […]
I get these questions a lot from people that are about to start a yoga practice: “What kind of clothes should I wear?” “Do I need to get special shoes?” “Do I need to wear special yoga clothes?” Let’s work through these questions one at a time. What kind of clothes should I wear The […]
Doing 108 Sun Salutes in a row sounds like a really hard challenge but you will be surprised at how easy it actually is. Based on the name it is pretty obvious that you do 108 Sun Salutes. Is the Sun Salute in the 108 the sames as a regular Sun Salute. No it is […]
Alice is coming to the yoga studio for the first time. Normally this would be a scary situation for her. Normally Alice would have lots of questions: Where is the studio? What should I wear? How do I pay for my classes? How to do I sign in? Alice is not the least bit concerned. […]
We are having a special treat for Valentine’s Day 2011. Valentine’s Day Chocolates There are 30 boxes of chocolates at the studio waiting to be picked up by you. These are Lindt chocolates. They are imported from Switzerland and there are 5 chocolates in each of the boxes. Each chocolate has a different filling:
To chew gum or not to chew gum that is the question The other day Bob one of our students, asked me if it was okay to chew gum during a yoga class. He noticed that one of the other students in the class was chewing gum. He found it quite distracting. The snapping and […]
Stormy weather If the weather is stormy and you think you should stay inside, but there is yoga class scheduled tonight, how do you know if the class has been canceled or not? Should you risk driving to the studio only to find out that the studio is closed. Such a waste of time and […]
I was reading a recent copy of the yoga journal and they had an article about yoga etiquette. They had 10 etiquette rules for your yoga practice. Since I had written many articles about yoga etiquette in the past, I was interested to see if they had any new etiquette rules that I had not […]
Finally the pregnancy is over. You are home with your baby and the pregnancy is behind you. It’s a great time to share with your baby and to start to learn and grow together and build that special bond. Along with this time of growth and sharing it would be nice to be able to […]
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 […]
