Dear Yoga,
    I love you.  You make me feel so good and I will relax my shoulders and root down in my Adho Mukha Svanasana and I will try and hold my Ardha Chandrasana for another two breaths (but lay off the Utkatasanas, yeah?).  I'm sorry that I've left my mat vacant for so many long months.  I do promise that I've been trying to live my yamas ( Read more... )

For fun:

In 2009, ( Read more... )

One more thing... I was watching "The Empire Strikes Back" last night and was glad to hear Yoda's soliloquy on the Force.  I know it's Star Wars, but it's such a great concept & quote.  I used to read the middle portion at the end of yoga classes sometimes.  Now I don't teach, but I'll share here.

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I found this interesting today... so I'm sharing tonight. - M ( Read more... )

I hemmed and hawed all the way home from work about if I should go to yoga class or not -- I got there a few minutes early and had my clothes & mat, so I went for it ( Read more... )

The way is vast ( Read more... )

I just spent 30 minutes cleaning out my yoga bag, which has not been actively used since Eau Claire.  It's one that I had bought especially because it was a backpack-style, which I could wear while riding my bike without fear of having a messenger-style bag go sliding down my arm and causing me to crash.  The mat rolls up and fits under the sack, ( Read more... )

Maybe there are some yogis or yoginis reading my blog who will know what I mean when I say: 
    Sometimes, sinking into a good long downward-facing dog at the end of the day is pure heaven.

That's what I did today, after a day of listening to people's two cents, working hard to get pediatric patients to behave & work therapeutically, blowing my ( Read more... )

For those of you reading, please know that I am still here even though I haven't been posting much of consequence lately.  I am doing my best to listen and be gracious and stay focused on good things to come -- and that has been enough work as of late.  Thank you for the love and support -- I will do my best to be the mirror and send it back to all ( Read more... )

Hello, yogis & yoginis who have just found my blog! :)  I am happy to have you along for the ride!  Be nice to me, now!  We finished up our summer Adaptive Yoga classes this evening, and then all went out for a pizza social, which was lots of fun and a great idea.  I feel so honored and privileged to have made such great connections & friendships ( Read more... )