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Sadhana: the practice for day three
Finally, sun patterns on the studio walls, about 6:05 on Tuesday morning. Tuesday, day two, was shoulder stand variations and forward bends. It was interesting to see which standing poses were echoed...
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Sadhana: the practice for day four
In Vancouver we're still waiting for a glorious sunrise like this one, in Scottsdale, AZ Today was the third day of summer Sadhana, and the first time we’ve come back to repeat a practice, albeit with...
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Sadhana Days 7 to 10
If your yoga mat looks like this, you might be too close to your practice. Sunday, Day 7, was our day of rest. I slept in until 7 a.m. It was glorious. Since then, we’ve been working through the...
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Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: stretch your shoulders with an imaginary sticky mat
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" Dr. Seuss One of the conundrums we face as beginning yoga students is that we can’t know what...
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Five-minute yoga challenge: strap up and rotate your thighs in triangle pose
Straps can make you smile. For the last few weeks I’ve been strap-happy – deeply in love with the simplest and most economical of yoga props. In every practice I do at least one pose, and often more,...
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Prop up in half-moon and learn to fly
How is it we fly so well in our dreams? The first time I lifted off in half-moon I was in a setup just like the one in the picture below, but without the belt. At that moment, after months of mid-room...
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How is a yoga pose like a Russian matryoshka doll?
What does yoga have to do with matryoshka dolls? A lot, as it turns out. From the outside, yoga poses can look as though they don’t have much in common. Take this handful: extended side angle, triangle...
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Forget about the Borg: resistance is utile
Yes, those triceps could be even more assimilated. Give me time. The Borg is quite possibly the most thought-provoking alien species ever to populate science fiction. “Born into a collective...
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Take a Seat in Utkatasana, the Yoga Chair: Five-Minute Yoga Challenge
Ever felt like a bottom-heavy Daruma doll when you were squatting? Utkatasana can help. I disliked Utkatasana the first time I tried it. Wende’s demonstration made it look simple enough: raise your...
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Rare birds and yoga poses: what I learned from Jawahar Bangera and the...
Lots of birds, and lots of cover for them.Alan and I met the bird watcher in the parking lot of the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve a few miles north of Palm Springs. He was sitting on the tailgate of his...
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