I've gotta admit, I've never been one for New Year's Resolutions. It always felt a bit false to promise to do or not do something and tie that to a specific and somewhat arbitrary date. It always struck me like starting a diet it's a fad or phase and thus seems doomed...
The Gift of the Unexpected Yoga Moment
One of the things I've been learning, and with which I've struggled for a long time, is the concept that Yoga and Yoga Asana means much more than the one or one-and-a-half hour classes I attend. Part of my struggle lies in the resistance to that idea. That is, of...
There’s no failure in the effort
Yoga Asana can be a beautiful thing to behold. When we experience -- or see -- poses done with grace and ease, it can fill us with peace, joy and a sense of wonder and accomplishment. Although we strive for detachment, to show no preference for one pose over...
Greeting the Sun … With Navasana?
One of the greatest impediments to my daily practice seems to be an ingrained habit of staying up way too late. Even an hour (or a half hour!) past bedtime effects my ability to get up and find enough will power to get out of bed, let alone go to the gym for a...