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Yoga & Writers
When you’re writing and it leads you somewhere wholly unexpected, it feels magical. You begin with one idea, a set of ideas, maybe even a structure, and as you write this changes. The act of writing...
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Time
Meditated 15 minutes. My mind was very active. Maybe because I practiced later in the day than I usually do? So that by the time I was meditating, I was wide awake and my mind ready to do its thing....
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Balancing the mind is not all that different from balancing the body
Another 15 minute meditation. This time did not sit in lotus, so legs did not fall asleep. Again, the mind very active especially at first. Then it calmed down somewhat. At a certain point I had the...
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Moons and half moons
I’m practicing holding ardha chandrasana ( half moon pose, see here, here and here) without the hand touching the ground. I.e., balanced on the standing leg. It’s an interesting practice, finding...
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On not looking down
It seems absolutely crucial that, whatever you do, to not think too much. Thinking too much is the life equivalent of the roadrunner running past the cliff edge and looking down. He’s fine until he...
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Yoga nidra
Class with D last night. Managed to stay awake during the yoga nidra. D does an amazing yoga nidra. His voice drops an octave, he walks you through your body parts, you feel like you’ve been painted...
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Alignment, breath and courage
Today am feeling very far from dropping back into full wheel from standing. Possibly farther than I’ve ever felt, despite being well into a regular daily practice. I feel nowhere near ready to catch...
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Learning to love the fall?
Class with R on Sunday. We do core work and isolate the muscles around the rib cage that support the body in handstand, beginning in tadasana on the floor, and progressing to the inversion. R has told...
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When you only have time to do one thing
Practice continues to benefit from warm weather. Yesterday evening took a vinyasa class with M and opened easily into eka pada rajakapotasana and held it comfortably. combination of warm weather and...
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On the one hand I can see why monks take themselves out of the regular world – the world of no interruption sounds so appealing sometimes. On the other hand, deep down I also feel that’s cheating,...
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