I finally did it! Drishtis, my yoga blog, is now officially open for business! :-D The inaugural post is on how and why I started a home practice. Take a lookMy sense is that there is not enough interest among my LJ readers for me to cross-post to LJ (I don't want to spam those who aren't interested), but someone with a paid LJ account could set up ( Read more... )

It has been almost two months since I updated on my yoga practice, so I thought I should do that. I am still using the DVD Yoga For Every Body as the cornerstone of my practice. For the past two or three weeks I have been dipping into the "Intermediate" level sessions. These sessions are a little longer than the beginning level workouts (around 40- ( Read more... )

In early March I purchased the Yoga For Every Body DVD. My plan was to try using it for a few weeks and then post a review. Since then, this DVD has become my default go-to for my daily practice. It contains yoga practice sessions at progressive levels of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced; some 35 workouts in all. At each difficulty ( Read more... )

The good news is that I have felt well enough to get back to my normal yoga schedule of practicing 5 days a week. The bad news is that I over did it a little. But it felt so good to stretch! I found myself pushing the poses, extending to my limit instead of being easy with them. Exactly what I am hoping not to do these days. And I have paid for ( Read more... )

One of my yoga goals this year was not only to find a practice that would help me recover from illness, but to continue my practice during an illness. I must admit that I had limited success this time around. I did do yoga for about 15 minutes last Monday. I did half a dozen poses supposed to be helpful for respiratory problems. But then I ( Read more... )

My right shoulder, the one I injured in a fall two months ago is back to normal now: no pain and I have normal range of motion. I am gradually building strength back in my shoulder and upper arm ( Read more... )

Since 2005 my new year's resolution has been to maintain a consistent yoga practice. I have yet to make that happen to my satisfaction. Looking back over my LJ entries I find several entries each year announcing that I have "restarted my yoga practice", but they don't say what the practice consists of. Without a record my progress over time, I ( Read more... )