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 […]
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 […]
