Calf Envy – A Lesson In Self-Love

Calf Envy – A Lesson In Self-Love

Here’s how a simple comment from a student taught me a lesson in self-love. Before yoga class this morning my students were talking about what they wanted to work on in class. Several of them had lower back issues. Another confided to me that she’s trying to...
Sitting with Discomfort

Sitting with Discomfort

Not everything we do in yoga class is comfortable. That’s a little weird, maybe, since the goal of yoga is to open the body up so that people can be comfortable while they sit still to meditate. But getting comfortable with discomfort is part of the value of a yoga...
Just For Fun Yoga

Just For Fun Yoga

When I started yoga classes, I thought a lot about the phrase “just for fun”. The yoga-nition of “fun” seemed to be “damn near impossible”, based on what was generally demonstrated when that “f-word” was invoked in class.  I would wonder what that woman (always in...