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Monthly Archives: March 2011
“Light” power yoga
Since around April 2009, I have been going to Centerville Yoga’s Sunday morning Light Power Yoga class. It didn’t seem too hard that first time, and the second class was a snap. Week three fell into the category of Yoga … Continue reading
Car yoga
This morning, as happens every morning after a freezing rain, my car door locks were frozen. I have a RAV4, which is a small SUV style car with 4 passenger doors and a rear opening cargo door. The usual pattern … Continue reading
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Lunchtime Warriors
Thursday, a small group at work gets together for a short yoga class. I don’t like saying I’m the teacher as I am still learning, so let’s say we do yoga as a group, I just happen to do everything … Continue reading
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Taking stock
I can’t believe it’s only been 10 days since I started this adventure. I’m less than 10% of the way through the training and there has been a noticeable change in how I feel and especially, in my yoga practice. … Continue reading
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Is the sun happy now?
Four down, thirty-seven to go. Last night we learned about the Classical Sun-Salutation. If you’re not familiar with it, a Sun Salutation is a series of moves that, I suppose, honors the Sun. Without the Sun, life on Earth would … Continue reading
My wonderful unpossessive partners
When we walked through the door on the first night, we each drew a slip of paper out of a basket. Each slip had one of the yoga virtues printed on it both in English and Sanskrit. When we went … Continue reading
One down, Forty to go
On March 8, 2011, after 126 days of pretending to not count, teacher training finally began. I’m usually in bed with the lights out by 9:30, so I was a little worried about the Tuesday evening classes running from 6:45 … Continue reading
Men wanted
Where are all the men in yoga? I’ve been in literally hundreds of yoga classes, usually as the only male. And teachers? My local yoga studio has 28 classes scheduled this week and just one is taught by a man. … Continue reading
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This was not in my script!
All my life I’ve been a technologist. I disassembled flashlights when I was two, built a working phonograph with my Tinker-Toys at four, and generally avoided anything athletic, spiritual, or vaguely healthy. I’ve almost always been overweight and out of … Continue reading
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