“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 […]
Bob is so embarrassed. It finally happened. He could control it no longer. Bob was working on Marichyasana C pose when he farted. Unfortunately it was not one of those silent ones. Everyone in the room heard it. But should Bob be embarrassed because he farted during yoga class? Is there a problem with farting […]
Bob looks with envy at Alice as she works on one of her yoga poses. He has always wanted to be able to do that pose as well as Alice does it. Bob does many yoga poses with ease but he has always wanted to be able to do more. Bob is suffering from the […]
Alice has been trying to get her arm and hand in the right place for Bhekasana (Frog pose) and is having no success. Her big problem is that she can’t see what her arm and hand are doing as she reaches behind her back to take a hold of her foot. Her teachers tells her […]
“There is no point in me working on this pose anymore” thinks Alice. “No matter how hard I try I am not making any progress. I am not getting any benefit from it. ” Alice is suffering from the Sour Grape trap. Aesop wrote about Sour Grapes a long time ago in his story about […]
Bob’s hands are almost there. They are so close he can almost feel his fingers touching. Bob is working on holding his hands behind his back in Marichyasana C. Bob has been working towards this goal for a long time. His teacher comes up behind him. She reaches down and helps Bob’s shoulders to come […]
The butterfly moves gracefully from flower to flower, taking a sip of nectar from each. The butterfly’s colourful wings move back and forth through a very large range of motion as it floats on the air. Alice watches the butterfly and realizes how much her shoulders have become like the butterfly’s wings. Not nearly as […]
Alice’s teacher is watching Alice working on binding in Marichyasana A. Her hands are almost touching behind her back. “Alice you will have more success with binding if you use the rolling pin factor to work with your Edge.” Her teacher tells her. Alice looks at her teacher with a puzzled look. “Watch a rolling […]
