These days I am drawn to the wide-legged forward folds in the ashtanga sequence almost as much as the heart opening backbends. Sometimes they complement each other, other times they fight against each other. Our ashtanga instructor described the … [Continue reading]
Over the weekend, I took one of three of Desirée Rumbaugh's amazing workshops being held at the yoga studio. It was titled "Stand up Straight" but, although the description said nothing of the sort, somehow I made the leap to spinal alignment and … [Continue reading]
Few have never heard the idiom "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." Although typically associated with three monkeys, apparently there may be a link to 18th century Buddhists. On some deep level, I must have known this. For when I saw these … [Continue reading]
I'd been constantly complaining about the annoying enthusiasm, the torn up lawn, and toe nails landing on my bare feet in the feeding frenzy. All these things, and more, annoy the heck out me. Yet, even now, as he sits by my bedroom door just waiting … [Continue reading]
...tired. Mighty but tired after the first week of practice in full pads. These "junior midgets" the biggest and baddest (read: oldest) on the fields. As I sit in the shade watching them do their thing, I glance over to the far right hand … [Continue reading]