I think it must be a sign that I’ve been studying too much lately, but I found this new asana mentioned in the blog Samadhi & the City really, really funny. From the post New York: Beating the Heat with Bikram? by Valerie Reiss: “I thought it could be a good way to jumpstart my [...]

This is the last weekend of the yoga teacher training, and I’m trying to work on the take-home exam as well as homework for Monday. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed, there has been so many new things to learn that my head is about to explode. There are books, folders, and papers everywhere, and hopefully [...]

In yoga, complementary actions are essentially actions that do the same thing. For example, in downward-facing dog externally rotating the upper arms and aligning the wrist creases with the front of your mat have the same effect on the arms. Complementary actions work towards the same direction, or towards the same result in the body. [...]

This is one of the questions kids ask at an early age, but as adults we seem to somehow have forgotten the answer. Milk comes from a carton or plastic jug at the grocery store, right? I recently discovered the Golden Glen Creamery milk for sale in Seattle (in glass bottles!), and the milk just tastes [...]

I need food. I think I’ve never been this hungry in my life. The first few days of the yoga teacher training have been really fun, but I hadn’t foreseen the need for calories to sustain three hours of practice and four hours of lecture every day. By 2 pm today I had eaten my way [...]

After months of waiting, the Yoga Works teacher training I’m signed up for finally starts tomorrow! I’m really excited, and can’t wait to get started. It’s a one-month intensive training, and hopefully I’ll have time to provide some updates here along the way. Being an intensive course we actually have an assignment due on the [...]