“Let’s twist again like we did last Summer!” The line for an old popular song was playing in the back of Alice’s mind while she attempted to twist a little further in Parivrtta Parsvakonasana. “I have never twisted like this before. Not even last summer like that song keeps saying.” thought Alice “I wonder what […]
Bob has been getting frustrated about how slowly the external rotation of his thigh in half bound lotus forward fold Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottanasana. His heel is stuck part way up his leg. It refuses to get any closer to his hip, where it is supposed to be. There is a pose that Bob can […]
The fence was new once, but now it is getting to be quite old. The paint is faded and peeling in many places, but the sure sign of the age of the fence is how much it is leaning to the side. There are parts of it that have fallen completely down to the ground […]
Alice learned a new technique while she was at a weekend yoga workshop recently. She learned about the grounded elbow technique and how it can protect your back while at the same time promoting flexibility in your hip in Marichyasana A. It was a really simple technique that Alice learned in no time at all. […]
“The clothes should dry quickly with all this wind” thought Alice as she approached the clothesline. Alice started to pull the clothes in only to discover that they were wrapped around the line. The clothesline is stuck and Alice is going to be working really hard to get the clothes untangled before she can get […]
Alice got a unique gift for Christmas. She got a large wooden doll with a sign on it that said “Open me”. Alice discovered that the doll had a seam around its middle. She twisted it in half and it came apart. Alice was surprised to discover that there was another smaller doll inside the […]
Bob’s yoga teacher is with a tour group and they are exploring the glaciers in Jasper National Park. These glaciers are right beside the road. Even though they are close to the road you still have to be careful when you go exploring on top of them. Suddenly there was a loud cracking sound and […]
Have you ever watched a frog leaping and jumping around a pond. It covers great distances in a single bound. But the frog was not always that mobile. A frog goes through many stages in its life cycle. Egg Tadpole Frog At each stage there is more and more mobility. In the […]
Bob can’t believe how easy it was to get stuck. What really surprised him was how thoroughly his car is stuck in the mud. The mud hole looked like he should have been able to get across it with ease. His buddy is using the winch on the front of his Jeep to pull Bob’s […]
Alice is doing Savasana for the first time. She is discovering that you do not go to sleep in this pose despite its appearance. Alice is working hard to stay focused on the pose but her attention keeps wandering away. She never realized how difficult that this pose could be. Savasana is one of the […]
