You know how things start simply, then get complicated, then are reduced down to their essential state again? I am always talking about this. It’s true. There is something about the edges– easy times, challenging times– that brings up our patterns, whether in the physical,…
Continue reading It’s Not a Circus// Finding Yoga and Maybe Meaning in Architecturally Complex Postures
In class this week, we practiced Asta Vakrasana (8-Angle Pose). Many students approached this posture for the first time. I find arm-balances to be an exhilarating addition to the physical practice. Aside from the liberation one feels when the feet and the seat lift off the…
Continue reading Pose Mechanics: Asta Vakrasana
This class focuses on Vairagya, or Non-attachment (one of the key teachings on this yogic path). This is an all-levels class that lasts about 50-ish minutes. For yogis who are new to sirsasana (headstand), please exercise caution. I recommend learning headstand from an experienced teacher and…
Continue reading Practicing Vairagya (Non-attachment)
Hello hello. Can you believe we have come this far on the vlogging journey? I’m excited to share this next little video with you on forward folds. In my opinion, forward folds are an often-neglected, though supremely useful part of the physical practice of yoga. …
Continue reading Day 27~~ Digging Forward Folds
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iSYw9bdkU]Want to take your backbends deeper? Come into your quadriceps, lengthen your side body, plug-in the shoulders and ~BOOOOOOM!~ open your heart. Blessings to you all, Kelly
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YYhklIR7Y] blessings, dear yogis. today’s video features a short sequence for the hips. i practiced this sequence every day for a number of months in 2006 and it REALLY helped me appreciate micro-movements in this tight area. a few more of my REALLY tight hip…
Continue reading Day 23– Sequence for REALLY tight hips
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCbOylkdxkY] BLESSINGS of love, Today’s video features some alignment techniques designed to bring your standing and balancing postures into full bloom. Try these out on Virabhadrasana i,ii, & iii (warriors i,ii, & iii); Utthita Parsvakonasana (extended lateral angle); and Ardha Chandrasana (half moon). Do you…
Continue reading Day 18– Firing Up your Standing Postures
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMX5-2wucLc] Namaste, dears. Day 15 means we have reached the halfway point of this vid-blogging challenge. Wow. It is going so fast. The more videos I make, the more ideas come to me for more! For today’s post, I was inspired by a comment by…
Continue reading Sequence for Release of Low-back Tightness
Occasionally, I find myself sore or tight in the upper back, neck and shoulders. Generally, these kinds of body aches follow a poor night’s sleep or a long day at my desk. (Can you relate?)I had such a fitful night (and next day) earlier this week,…
Continue reading Day 12~ Sequence for tight shoulders, neck and upper back
Hi Loves, Even if you do not have time for a full yoga practice, you have time to care for your spine (I promise!). Try this several times a day. Short, sweet & to the point. LOVE. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYaTA6MU24]