For a change Bob is happy. His teacher has just announced that the next pose is Marichyasana C. Bob used to hate this pose. This was his personal Ugly Duckling Pose. When Bob attempted Marichyasana C it looked nothing like the pose that everyone around him was doing. It took Bob a long time but […]
“I am getting so frustrated!” said Alice “I am progressing so slowly in this pose.” Alice has set herself a goal of learning six new poses in two months and it is not going very well. Alice’s yoga teacher tells her to use the Filbert Principle to reach her big goal. He then tells Alice […]
Bob is shaking. His muscles are bulging. His face is red. His breath is really harsh. Any second now Bob is going to erupt like a volcano. Bob is trying way too hard to get into the yoga pose. He is in the Volcano Zone. What is the Volcano Zone The Volcano Zone is the […]
Everybody knows the Aesop Fable about The Hare and the Tortoise, but just in case you don’t or you need to be reminded about how it ends here is the story. The Hare and the Tortoise A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though you […]
Every morning it is the same thing, wet hair, apply shampoo, lather, rinse and repeat. And some morning your hair looks great and some other mornings your hair looks ugly and then there are those days where your hair is to die for. What’s going on with tha?. You do the same thing and you […]
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 […]
Alice opens the door cautiously. Her heart is beating rapidly and her breath is shallow. Why is Alice so stressed? Alice walks in and looks around. “I hope I am dressed okay!” she thinks as she approaches the reception area. Alice is attending a business workshop today. She will be meeting new people in a […]
All Alice could hear during the yoga class was the soft sound of everyone breathing using the Ujjayi breath. It was a soft and rhythmic sound that continued through out the entire practice and reminded Alice of the sound of the waves at the beach. Because she could hear the sound of the Ujjayi breath […]
Oh God, not that pose! Bob hates standing hand to big toe pose. Sure it is a good pose to help with balance and it stretches the hamstrings and helps to open your hips. But Bob almost always falls down. And when he does not fall down he wobbles all over the place. He starts […]
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 […]
