Past News letter articles
Carol S. Dweck in here book “Mindset – The new psychology of Success” talks about how babies naturally have a growth mindset. Watch a baby learning how to walk. They struggle to stand up holding on to the furniture. They take a step and down they fall on their diaper. They struggle once again to […]
Stress! Just reading the word and your body starts to get tense. Stress is a big problem in everyone’s life. The shallow breathing, the rapidly beating heart, the sweaty palms, the whirling mind. Stress causes havoc to your body. Yoga can help you to manage stress. The heightened awareness of your body that a regular […]
Bob’s wrists were really hurting. Bob is thinking that Parsvottanasana is such a simple pause, that all he has to do is put his hands together behind his back, take a step forward and bend over. But his wrists are really hurting. The more he tries to get his palms together behind his back the […]
“Do you come here often?” “Oh no not another one.” thought Bob. He sneaks a peek at his flirt-o-meter and finds that the needle has moved well into the flirting section of the scale. This is getting to be so tiring. Every time he comes to yoga class there is always one of the women […]
A crack appears in the thick skin. Suddenly the cocoon begins to move. Gradually a new creature appears. Slowly a butterfly emerges. Its wings spread wide and then it flies away. The butterfly is very different from the caterpillar that created the cocoon. A butterfly goes through three stages during its life cycle. You also […]
Sam needs a partner that she can depend on. It is critical that her partner be punctual as well. Every night they have a date to go out for a walk to the park. If Sam’s partner is late Sam’s stress level increases rapidly. It is very important that Sam’s partner makes it on time. […]
Bob did not realize it but his teacher was watching him. Bob was doing the modification of the Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottanasana (one leg in half lotus forward fold) that the teacher had given him a few weeks ago pretty well lately. Until recently it had been a real struggle to complete even this modification. […]
Bob is disgusted. Everyday the newspaper delivery boy throws the newspaper on to his front door step. This is not what is bothering Bob. Everyday Bob goes out to pick up the newspaper and every time he has to squat down to pick it up. He can not simply bend over and pick up the […]
Alice is about to go in for her annual physical check up. She is wondering if the same thing is going to happen to her that happened to her friend Betty. When Betty went in for her checkup she found out that she was almost an inch taller than she was last year. This was […]
Alice was reading the latest romance novel from one of her favourite authors. One of the things that Alice likes about romance novels is that they follow a predictable pattern. After introducing the main characters, the hero and heroine are at the hugs and kisses stage by chapter 8. By chapter 12 they are at […]
