“BOO!” Alice almost jumped out of her shoes when Carol came up behind her, grabbed her around the waist and said “Boo!” Alice was surprised by the touching. This reminded Alice of a similar shock she had during her first yoga class. Her teacher put their hands on her back in Downward Facing dog. She […]
Alice’s stomach is growling! It has been growling for the last half hour! She is so hungry she could eat her chair. But Alice has a problem. She is going to yoga class after work and her yoga teacher always tells her not to eat for at least two hours before class. A big meal […]
Alice is going to try yoga. She has been hearing so much about how good yoga is so for you, but she is anxious about learning yoga. It’s a new place with people she does not know and they do strange things there like stand on their head and put their legs in strange places. […]
Alice feels like she has setup her mat beside the lobby entrance to the train station and it is rush hour. People are coming and going all of the time. The rush of bodies past her is showing no sign of letting up any time soon. Alice is getting more and more frustrated. She is […]
It’s time for the annual check up for your car. There are many things to check including the many systems that remove waste before it reaches your engine. oil filter air filter fuel filter You need to have good filters to keep your car healthy. Clogged filters will result in poor circulation and a poorly […]
You have gone to the gym for years taken all kinds of aerobic classes and that has never caused you to change your eating habits. So how can yoga change your eating habits? What is so different about yoga? Increased awareness of your body Yoga is different from other forms of exercise because it increases […]
Alice is at her sister’s home. Her niece is building a tower with her play blocks. She slowly stacks one block on top of the next until she has a tall tower in place. Each block that she places is twisted slightly to the side. The tower is spiralling upward. Alice is surprised at how […]
The TV shows a close up of a tree. This tree has not moved in over 225 million years. Alice is sitting at home in her bathrobe watching a documentary on the Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona by the National Geographic Society after her first yoga class. Alice is glad that she listened […]
There is a problem with an early morning practice, especially if you do it right after you get out of bed. The problem is that all of your muscles are still stiff from a night of inactivity. Stiff muscles mean that you will be less flexible and you will not be able to move as […]
Alice is nervous. She is going on a first date. She has fixed her hair, checked her makeup. Made sure that there is nothing stuck to her teeth. She has picked out all of her best clothes. She is ready to go. She grabs her yoga mat and heads out the door to her new […]
