November 2008

More on Self Awareness
Someone visiting my house recently asked me if I had any margarine. My nose curled up and I said, No! I do NOT have any maaaaaargarine! I have BUTTER....
posted 11/23/2008 10:31:46 AM

Self Awareness
Isn't it funny how defensive you can get when someone else makes critical assessment of some atribute you have (or don't have)? You know you have it,...
posted 11/19/2008 8:49:51 PM

Road Trippin'
Like any good road trip, the EY excursion to the Yoga Journal Conference in Miami has left the crew exhausted and pumped at the same time. They rolled...
posted 11/18/2008 11:15:47 AM

Yoga Conferences
As my husband and the EY team prepare to leave for the Yoga Journal Conference in Miami the stacks of boxes in the office get higher and higher. Yoga...
posted 11/12/2008 11:09:35 AM

My Heart Chakra
This is an email I just sent to friend about my ER visit last night:FIVE HOURS IN THE ER just to tell me my EKG was not irregular, my electrolytes are...
posted 11/11/2008 7:45:42 AM

Worryasana
Wheeeeew. What a week. What a month. What a year!*#?@!*If there were three of me we couldn't get everything done that I need to do. Mad, isn't it?...
posted 11/5/2008 7:29:14 PM

Not in the Present Moment
I just can't stay in the present moment this week. I have a big show this weekend and I need to be doing three things in three different places at any...
posted 11/3/2008 7:52:09 AM

Rogue Waves
In the open ocean when a ship encounters a rogue wave its only chance of staying afloat is if the bow of the ship is headed directly into the wave....
posted 11/1/2008 9:11:22 PM

October 2008

To blog or not to blog?
I quit blogging here because I had no feedback on how many people were reading this. It felt sort of like talking to a wall. With my time and energy...
posted 10/29/2008 9:05:13 PM

No Yoga
It is Murphy's Law that my public declaration of committing to a weekly yoga class (at the studio) would be accompanied by upheavals in what is...
posted 10/11/2008 9:32:12 PM

September 2008

Life is Short
Lessons in how to sieze the day are not usually delivered in the form of a lesson proper. These kernals of true wisdom are typically parading around...
posted 9/25/2008 8:45:04 PM

Unyogalike
It is perhaps unyogalike to take pleasant satisfaction in hearing that someone who wronged you in the past has now had some sorry luck. Or is it?Isn't...
posted 9/18/2008 8:04:10 PM

Never Say Never
When I was young I said I would never get married.I said I would never have children.I said I would never put myself in a dependent position.I've been...
posted 9/17/2008 10:56:18 AM

Looping Intro Music, Please
You know what I'm talking about. When you put the DVD in the player but fail to press play on the feature presentation. There are maybe 8 bars of some...
posted 9/10/2008 4:08:18 PM

Best Laid Plans...
OK, like I said, Tuesday morning, 9am. Yoga class. At the yoga studio.Yea, so I get there, bleary eyed, resentful, having just swabbed my teeth with a...
posted 9/9/2008 4:24:03 PM

Weekly Yoga
Well Folks, the time has come: I have recovered enough, have help with the baby enough, and have motivation enough to commit to a weekly yoga class at...
posted 9/8/2008 9:00:36 PM

For the Greater Good
This afternoon my husband says, " I gotta go to this meeting with this guy later, and I've got errands to run, and Barrack called and wants a phone...
posted 9/2/2008 9:15:15 PM

Burnt
Tonight I am burnt. Crispy fried, oven roasted, spit fired.It is in these moments of complete personal erosion that I understand how people shake...
posted 9/1/2008 9:09:25 PM

August 2008

Yogatime, dohw, nohw, nohw, nohw
My yoga continues to surface at around 4am when my baby boy decides that is a good time to rehearse the day's new tricks. So, for about an hour he...
posted 8/30/2008 11:53:55 AM

Friend or Foe
Dilemma:If someone gets up in your face and pushes you to your limit, calls you names, and lobs irreverent defamations at you, telling you your many...
posted 8/27/2008 3:30:09 PM

Shoulding on Myself
I have looked this word up at www.dictionary.com.I have never liked this word very much.It's a lot like shall, only with more duty, necessity,...
posted 8/25/2008 10:00:40 PM

Slow Down Already
Here's what happens: I start a yoga DVD, roll out the mat, settle in, get about 3 or 4 poses into it, realize I need to stretch before I stretch and...
posted 8/18/2008 8:44:11 PM

The Yoga of Fridays
Ahhh, Friday...One might think I look forward to the weekends on account of the extravagant good time I plan to have. While I do plan to have some...
posted 8/15/2008 4:30:06 PM

When Ahimsa is Easy
Look, living ahimsa is not always easy, convenient, or satisfying. To me, that is, I speak for myself only. I drive a car. I buy products that come in...
posted 8/12/2008 9:50:40 PM

Stretched Thin
Yesterday and today became one long day around 4am this morning. I realized this as I was stretched out on the living room floor in matsyasana,...
posted 8/11/2008 1:18:33 PM

Whirled Peas
Remember those bumper stickers? "Envision Whirled Peas."Speaking of world peace, I have just learned about the "Songs for Tibet" CD."Sting, Alanis...
posted 8/7/2008 8:30:04 PM

Low Expectations
I told my husband that I'm not sure about this blog business. My seedling yoga practice is having a hard time growing roots and I feel a bit like a...
posted 8/6/2008 9:37:12 PM

July 2008

Heeeeead, shoulders, knees, and toes...
Ray Lynch? Deva Premal? Nooooo. I breathe deeply and stretch into dem bones o' mine to the melodious sounds of *drum roll please* my son's "Sing &...
posted 7/31/2008 11:57:40 AM

A Lesson in Yamas
This weekend a dear friend came to visit me with her 4 year old daughter. This friend has been doing yoga for umpteen years, before it seemed to be...
posted 7/28/2008 9:37:45 PM

The thraaaaack of tall timber slowly splintering...
I am tired deep in my bones from so many months with so little rest. So naturally, my favorite yoga pose is that which most resembles the sublime...
posted 7/23/2008 9:25:51 PM

Very Divided Attention
"A pretty good job done today is better than a perfect job done tomorrow."With this in mind, I did yoga. I did it on the floor of my son's room with...
posted 7/22/2008 4:37:23 PM

Do This, Do That
Oh yes, staying at home with the baby leaves pleeeeenty of time for exercise. Right.When exactly am I supposed to carve out this relaxing hour for the...
posted 7/18/2008 11:25:33 AM

The Obligatory Pre-Exercise Procrastination
So, huh hum, well, anyway, righto then. Yoga, yes.I have the yoga DVDs, the yoga mat, the yoga pants, the yoga music, the yoga incense, the yoga bowl,...
posted 7/17/2008 11:49:51 AM

The Antiyogini Strikes a Pose
Ahhh, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I am beginning yoga. Resistance has been futile. I have been assimilated.When I married my husband I...
posted 7/15/2008 11:41:09 AM