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YogaLaura
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- Married
- What type of yoga do you practice?
- Very general, hatha yoga steeped in Iyengar
- How long have you been practicing yoga?
- 20 years
- About Me:
- I love yoga! I had my first class when I was 18 and it was love at first sight. I began teaching in 1992. I have since taught over 8,000 hours, graduated 65 beginner-level teachers, and 9 advanced level teachers. I live to inspire others to live their yoga.
I am looking forward to the month of January to track what I really do each day. I am a firm believer that a yoga practice is much more than the physical asanas. It is also breathing, meditation, studies of the sutras, especially the yamas and niyamas. There is much to the practice of yoga and I am looking forward to tracking precisely what I do each day.
I also adore new beginnings, especially a new year. The freshness feels like such a clean slate. My theme for the year is "creativity" so I look forward to exploring that in my practice. I also want to deepen my breathing practice. Physically I want to open my psoas more to deepen my back bends and my hamstrings to deepen my forward folds.
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Day 31: Here's Where I Did My Practice!
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 1:49pm — 2 Comments
Day 17-20: Still here!
I am off to Costa Rica on Friday and will return on the 1st so I won't be posting. Since I am going to lead my first yoga retreat, I think I will be regular with my practice each day! So, as long as I do something for the next three days, I will have successfully completed the month. Again, another yay! I solemnly swear to continue....
Posted on January 20, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment
Day 13-16: Practice In the Cracks
The business has kept me from posting, though, and I miss this community! Plus, I haven't been doing as much with my practice as I would like. I have, though, done something every day, something I may not have done if it wasn't for Yogamum. So, again, I thank… Continue
Posted on January 16, 2009 at 6:35pm — 1 Comment
Day 9-12: Still Here!
Posted on January 12, 2009 at 7:48pm — 1 Comment
Day 6/7/8: Meditation
Posted on January 8, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (23 comments)
- At 8:47am on March 26, 2009,
jennifer davis said…
- Thanks Laura, I like your Side Plank with the block demo.
- At 3:11am on January 6, 2009,
(un)relaxeddad said…
- Thank you for asking! Better, both back at work and still on with challenge despite everything. But our 1yo has a cough that sounds like sixty a day habit and she's lost her voice, poor thing. She's playing and running around again, though, so is on the mend...
- At 12:54am on January 6, 2009,
Lou Kitchener said… - Thank you so much for that. I can't wait to try it out on myself and my students! What brilliant ideas. :)
- At 12:39am on January 5, 2009,
Lou Kitchener said…
- Thanks that would be great! I think it will be a great theme for the New Year for myself and my students. It makes so much sense! Lou
- At 12:00pm on November 29, 2008,
BusyBodyYoga said… - Thanks, YogaLaurie! You have some great pics in your photo box! I should probably change my avatar b/c that was two and a half years ago! The beach pictures were done at Popham Beach in Maine. We vacation there in the summer and every year I've said I'd like pics and we finally did it this past summer. Always nice to cross the, "I want to..." off the list!
- At 4:40am on November 6, 2008,
YogaDawg said…
- Hope you got some laughs from the blog. Yoga is a pretty thing were not all needs to be so serious.
All the best in yoga and humor
YD
Hi Laura:
- At 1:04pm on September 9, 2008,
MuseKaren said… - I'm here!
- At 9:36am on February 27, 2008,
Beth said…
- Thanks right back at you! :) I'm super excited about this community, and meeting new folks!
- At 6:23pm on January 21, 2008,
Beth said… - I am having a month of much non traditional practice :>) and loving it. Yesterday I taught my stepson a practice for his shoulders and we did it together.
- At 10:30am on January 17, 2008,
Lauri said… - Hi Laura -- thanks for checking in on my discussion, it suddenly has new life! I think one reason I haven't found a teacher is because I have a hard time anwering your first question. I don't really know what I want in a teacher. But, I do know that I definitely do not want to stay in the Power Yoga realm -- my mentor in my 200-hour training is very Tantric-based and I learned so much about chanting, yoga nidra, meditation, philosphy and breath. Schools or traditions like Anusara, Jivamukti and Kundalini are where I really gravitate toward. They have physical power, sure, but a much deeper metaphysical power!
I think I also get hung up on whether it needs to be a "national" teacher training, or just my own dedication to a local school or teach and exploration on my own commitment.
How did you find Matt? Do you consider him your teacher?
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