The bobble head doll’s head was shaking all over the place. Up and down, side to side, left and right it went. It never stopped moving. Alice’s yoga teacher told her she should never be a Bobble Headed Doll in Shoulder stand. Moving your head one way is excellent, but the rest of the movements […]
“There she goes again!” Alice says to herself. The new lady in class has another comment to make about the most recent yoga pose. “This is getting really annoying. Last week she was going on and on about a YouTube video. She is destroying my concentration.” There is a right time and a wrong time […]
The cell phone had been ringing for a while now and no one was moving to answer it! Last week I was at a week long teacher’s training workshop with Manju Jois in Halifax. Manju Jois comes to Halifax once a year to teach us about Ashtanga Yoga and how to adjust students in poses […]
This is the third warning from the weather station. Hurricane Mabel is definitely going to hit our coast and it is a category II. This is a big deal. Now is past time to prepare for the hurricane. Shirley and I have a list of things to do and things to get that we prepared […]
These tips have nothing to do with the type of yoga mat to buy or how long a yoga mat you should get. These are seven much more important things to consider about your yoga mat and your yoga practice. Where to setup your yoga mat How to setup your yoga mat Respect other people’s […]
Bob looks across the room at Alice with envy. Alice is binding in Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana with ease. Bob has been trying for months to hold his foot with his arm behind his back. He has only recently been able to hold on to his elbow with his hand. Bob struggles and tries even […]
Information Morning started it “My mother broke her hip. To keep herself occupied while she was immobilized she decided to knit socks for the homeless.” A daughter was talking about her mother on the CBC Radio Show Information Morning just before Christmas. I heard the article and said to Shirley, my wife, “What a great […]
There it was again. A long audible sigh from my neighbour. She is happiest when the people around her and the teacher are paying attention to her. She has found that sighing works really well. It is quite distracting for the people around her.Aesop wrote about the pitfalls of drawing attention to yourself in one […]
Lizard pose focuses on increasing the flexibility in your hips while at the same time protecting your knees from injury.
Tom is in class again today. This makes five days in a row that he has been here. The last time I saw him in class was more than a month ago. I wonder if Tom has switched from the “Grasshopper’s approach” to yoga to the “Ant’s Plan”. Only time will tell. The Ant’s Plan […]
