I recently downloaded Maria Villella’s Primary Series video and have been enjoying using it every few days for a “Led Practice” day. Visually, production values are high, the light is very pretty, and Maria herself is lovely, as well as her asana which are gorgeous and effortless-looking. It’s sort of Ashtanga soft [...]
Dharana, concentration, is the sixth limb of Patanjali’s yoga. It’s sort of a precursor to Dhyana, meditation, which, in turn, is a precursor to Samadhi, the culmination of yoga. At least, that’s my understanding. A lot of what is called meditation out there is concentration practices, focusing on a mantra or the breath for example, [...]
I had an awesome yoga practice today, due primarily to a return of the Big Silence for several awesome seconds, only experienced by me one other time, plus today, that makes twice in this lifetime so far, and yes, I’m going for three.
That first time was at the David Williams workshop, this shocking [...]
Yep. Can you believe it? I have been doing a near-daily ashtanga yoga practice for an entire year. I started with just the surys mid-summer 2009 sometime. I was 38. I don’t know the exact date I started, but, based on when I bought my manduka, I’m thinking the beginning of August. After a couple [...]
That’s right. It’s been six months since I started doing a near-daily (more on that in a moment) ashtanga yoga practice. How time flies! When I started I could barely limp through the surys—that’s the 10 sun salutation at the beginning, 5 surya namaskar A and 5 surya namaskar B. It took me three months [...]
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today's yoga practice
- friday
May 11, 2012 | 10:09 am…and now we come to lady’s holiday. the weakest week of yoga that ever barely happened.
- thursday
May 11, 2012 | 9:09 amprimary to navasana. can’t seem to get past freaking navasana this week. at least I’m on the mat.
- wednesday
May 11, 2012 | 9:08 amprimary to navasana with Maria’s vid.
- tuesday
May 11, 2012 | 9:08 amSKIP. Shame.
- monday
May 11, 2012 | 9:07 amprimary to navasana. am I back in the saddle?
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upcoming book releases
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- how to build a yurt (1 of 10)
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- happy birthday, sophie!
- remains of the play
- the source of my power
- bikini power vs. the ratty sweater
- 2 stories, 1 joke, and a song
- the power of mom’s day can melt even the most bitter of hearts, not that my heart is bitter, but it has gotten a bit crusty around the edges
- the emotional insanity of writing
- the amazing emu
- recycling other people's junk
- screen time for fun and profit
- crafts for karma
- cool felt picture fun for kiddos
- triple chocolate pudding goop, or, this way lies madness
- the TOOL shed
- living the tie-dyed life
- welcome to mayaland's virtual macabre crawfish feast of death!
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