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It has been a while since I have posted. A lot has happened since my last posting although I have been visiting and watching WoYo and doing my practice as best I can. My family picked up and moved from Colorado, the middle of the US to Harrogate, the middle of the UK. The yoga community exists but it is not what I am used to. It's getting to be winter and a cold one at that.

But lately I have had a hard time focusing on my practice because my daughter's friend's mom is desperately fighting for… Continue

I haven't been posting much but have been enjoying the posts that I get a chance to read. It seems like I keep having to work and that throws off my blog time and my practice.

I teach a class at a corporate wellness center, and have been for four years. I really enjoy this class even though I know none of my students will be gracing the cover of Yoga Journal any time soon. That's okay - I started teaching because I felt that I wanted to pass along that which I have grown to love. Lately, with a… Continue

So we are challenged to identify our most challenging posture that is "either difficult for you or that may bring feelings of aversion, helplessness or despair when you imagine including it in your practice". That takes me about a nanosecond to identify - Supta Kurmasana. Try as I might, I just can not get that posture. I think I vented (whined?) about it in a previous post. I get flat on the floor with my heels drawn up in Kurmasana. Then I flounder around in transition - just touching my finge… Continue

This has been a good practice week. I felt like I had good practices - not too many of those desparate sun salutations at 10:00 p.m. this time. I had an "interview" with a studio today that involved teaching a class of experienced practitioners. I chose to do something very close to the Ashtanga primary series (well, that's what I know) but since they are not familiar with the series I ended up dong a fair amount of the asana with the class. I enjoyed the students as I always do. After, I answer… Continue

So I was thinking a little bit about what "grounding" might mean to me. On Friday I went to a workshop for "yoga teachers" put on by basically a fitness organization (of which I am always skeptical) where I end up having to go to their courses so I can keep up some semblance of paper certification. It was a different teacher than they usually had, thank god, and I actually came away with some good reinforcement. For example, he said the best thing that one can to to really live a life of yoga is… Continue