The news is bad. Injuries due to yoga are on the rise in Canada. More people than ever are showing up at hospital emergency rooms or their doctor’s office with yoga related injuries. Part of this increase is due to the increasing number of people doing yoga and the other part is due to people […]
Bob’s boat is sinking! Navasana also known as boat pose is not one of Bob’s favourite poses. Whenever he attempts this pose, his back starts to round and both his legs and torso gradually sink towards the floor. There are three things that Bob can do to keep his boat afloat. What is Navasana Navasana […]
Bob is walking on the side of the road. He is walking back and forth, back and forth beside his car. He is about 2 hours into a 4 hour drive. His backside is so sore he can not sit down any longer. A couple of weeks ago Bob was doing his yoga practise and […]
“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 […]
This is the first time that Alice has been looking forward to doing Supta Konasana in a long time. This was not always the case. In the past every time she moved her hips up off of the floor and over her head, there was a lot of pressure on her neck and it was […]
The floor was rushing up towards Bob really fast. Bob was afraid that he was going to do a face plant again. He did not have enough strength in his arms and shoulders to hold his body off of the floor. At the last second Bob turned his head to the side and avoided smashing […]
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 […]
Alice is on her way to her first yoga class. She has on her work boots. They will help to support her ankles and help her balance better on one leg. And as an added bonus the work boots will hide Alice’s toes. She needs a pedicure and she does not want everyone to see […]
You are rushing forward with tremendous speed. The turn is approaching too fast. You are holding onto your safety harness. Is your car going to stay on the track or are you going to go flying off of the roller coaster and into the parking lot? Sometimes you can feel like this with your yoga […]
