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Practice and all is coming -- Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

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World Yoga Practice Month

NEWS!!!! NEWS!!!!
We kicked off World Yoga Practice Month on January 1, 2008 with a challenge: practice yoga every day in January. A bunch of yogis and wanna-be yogis signed up, and something amazing happened: the group became more than just a bunch of people stepping onto their yoga mats every day. It became a supportive, inspirational community of yoga practitioners all over the world. We were having so much fun that we decided we didn’t want to give it up at the end of January, and continued with monthly themes. Then we did the big WoYo Month again in January 2009, and we'll do it again in 2010.

In the meantime, our community is still going strong. We love to talk about everything yoga-related -- and even lots of non-yoga-related stuff. Whether you are a yoga veteran or you don't know your asana from your elbow, we'd love to hear from you! Please share your thoughts and experiences in the discussion forums or on your own WoYo blog page. This site is all about the community and connection between us, so don't hesitate to ask questions, give advice and share ideas!!

From Ashtanga to Iyengar, newbies to longtime practitioners, everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

Namasté,

Yogamum

Blog Posts

new yoga class

Our local gym is thinking about offering yoga. They are looking for ideas for yoga marketing, advertising, and informing the current customer base of this interest. Would there be any way that a program like this could be partly covered by Medical Insurance or Medicare? If so, this could be a big draw for the… Continue

Posted by Cindy Fallsen on November 6, 2009 at 7:27am

Day 172/29

Inspired by yesterday’s relative success, I practiced at home before work this morning again. It was nice–I appreciated being able to see the sky through my windows, and the sun I was saying hi! to

Again, I took easy modifications for the jump backs and jump throughs–not jumps, just steps. I skipped the same seated poses as did yesterday–since they would put pressure on my toes, which I don’t want to risk. I also continued to skip the vinyasa in between the seated poses (a bit of a cheat…, I kn… Continue

Posted by Nairam on November 2, 2009 at 7:39pm

Day 171/28- Practice with broken toe

After a completely wasted week, in which I felt increasingly unhappy and stressed (and ate a lot as a result), I finally decided to give a try to practice today. I was a little hesitant since the toe still hurts and the foot is still bruised, but I thought it was worth the risk.

I was happy to see that I could go through the Sun Salutations (without the jumps, just taking steps, but still going through all the motions). All the standing poses were comfortable as well. The seated asanas were a l… Continue

Posted by Nairam on November 1, 2009 at 10:18am

Day 170/27 - Progress and a broken toe.

This morning I had a great practice. It was hard to wake up, since yesterday I ran for about an hour (I guess more than my usual 3 miles, although it's hard when the first half of the trip is uphill) and then went to the swimming pool to do some laps. Anyhoo, I managed to get up early and start practice by about 8:15 am. I felt pretty strong throughout and fairly bendy (I had the best hasta padas to date). And D promoted me to Marichi C (very hard on one side) and my first back bends :) :) :) (w… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 25, 2009 at 9:21am

Day 169/26

After a one-day break, back at the shala–practice felt fantastic. I was flexible and strong, and I just felt really light moving from asana to asana. Of course, no jump throughs or jump backs yet–who knows when those will come; but in the meantime, I just really enjoyed myself.

The best part was, perhaps, that I managed to do a very deep, connected breathing. This is rare for me, so I was particularly excited ;)

PS On other news, I’m delirious–I’m fitting into my clothes once more!!! (and they… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 23, 2009 at 6:30am

Day 167/24

I took a two day break (including the Moon Day on Sunday) and I was back at the shala this morning. Yesterday morning I must have been really tired, since today I felt a huge difference just getting out of bed on time.

I was excited to go and stretch, and I felt particularly good about some things–e.g., my forward bends are getting much better, I finally can put my head on my knees during the seated forward beds without feeling tortured. But my balance was really whacked out during the hasta pa… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 20, 2009 at 7:43am

Day 166/23

Shala today, though we are all fighting the elements here… this silly rain has lasted for days and won’t stop. I only made it to AYC by 8:30am, but it turned out to be OK–Saturdays are not as popular as Sundays for practice, and today was not the exception–even if the fact that tomorrow is a Moon Day brought a few unusual attendees that normally do not practice on Saturday.

The practice felt great–better than yesterday. I can tell that I still have, of course, so much to work on, starting with… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 17, 2009 at 10:07am

Day 165/22

I think it is a combination of more stress at the office, me going to bed a little later than usual (after 11am) and this horrid cold and rain. The thing is, the last two mornings I’ve felt too wiped out to wake up and go to the shala

This morning, I tried to compensate with practice at home. It was not as long and deep as I do at AYC, not for lack of energy, but because I couldn’t get out of bed before 7:30 am and I needed to be out of the house by 8:40 am the latest to go to the office. So, i… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 16, 2009 at 7:51am

Yoga Blogging

Hi,

I posted this elsewhere on the site, but thought I'd throw it out here, too:

I just started a yoga blog: www.thejoyofyoga.blogspot.com

I'm posting a yoga sequence a day to help with your personal or group practice. I am also looking for guest bloggers to post their favorite sequences, so if you have a favorite all set, send it my way!

Namaste internet community,

Emma

Posted by Emma on October 15, 2009 at 1:37pm

Day 164/21

It’s getting cold–and it’s hard to go to practice early in the morning. Let alone getting out of the house–getting out of bed one one can feel that it’s dark, damp and freezing outside is really difficult for me.

Anyway, I pushed myself out of bed this morning and went to the shala. I knew I’d better go, since yesterday I ran about 3 miles in the evening and while I got some stretching at the end, the yoga practice in the morning was needed to avoid getting stiff–particularly since I couldn’t p… Continue

Posted by Nairam on October 14, 2009 at 6:29am