Blog Feed: A Year for Yoga

Days 29-60: Sicko

Published on 2010-03-02 17:16:36

It’s been a rough month (hence the no posting).  My UC flared up (still working on getting it under control) and then I caught a never-ending cold.  I’m just now able to talk again, although still feeling under the weather. Needless to > read more

Days 25-28 — Resting Up

Published on 2010-01-28 20:32:16

I was feeling sort of icky today, so I did the Evening Relaxation practice from Yoga Journal.  Lots of forward bends and an emphasis on letting the body release instead of pushing yourself.  It reminded me a lot of the forward bend sequence I did l > read more

Days 21-24 — Back in the Saddle

Published on 2010-01-24 15:23:17

I was feeling un-motivated to do yoga today, so I tried to procrastinate with some bad Sunday afternoon television.  Unfortunately (or fortunately), the cable was out.  Taking that as the universe telling me to get off my butt, I put in the Insight > read more

Days 17-20– First Real Challenge

Published on 2010-01-20 19:08:22

The past few days I’ve been going along my merry way, yoga-ing and feeling really good about my practice.  Being consistent hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be, doing yoga feels great, and I can feel positive changes in my > read more

Days 15 and 16/365 — “If Yoga Was a Person”

Published on 2010-01-16 15:47:26

The other day I was wasting time online and came across an interview given by Gabourey Sidibe, the actress who played the title character in the movie “Precious”.  Sidibe was quoted as saying “I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was > read more

Day 14/365 — New DVD

Published on 2010-01-14 21:16:59

I did it; I caved and bought a new yoga DVD.  A.M. Yoga for your week with Rodney Yee is a series of 5 short, targeted sequences.  Tonight I did the forward bend sequence and finished feeling completely relaxed.  Despite the name of the DVD, I wou > read more

Day 13/365

Published on 2010-01-13 18:23:47

My thoughts go out to everyone affected by the earthquake in Haiti.  If you’re looking for ways to help, NPR has put together a good list.  Tragedy like this is a reminder that the only certainty is that life can change at any moment. In my l > read more

Day 12/365 — An Automatic Smile

Published on 2010-01-12 20:22:24

Today I did the Honey Routine, one of Eoin Finn’s free podcasts .  I really enjoy these podcasts because (a) they’re free, (b) you can put them on your mp3 player and take them with you when you travel, and (c) Eoin is actually doing the > read more

Days 10 and 11/365 — Quickies

Published on 2010-01-11 20:17:21

Although I didn’t write yesterday, I did do yoga — The Quickie from Eoin Finn’s Power Yoga for Happiness DVD.  In the past, doing short routines felt a little like cheating.  I had this idea that if you weren’t practicing fo > read more

Day 9/365 — Yin Yoga

Published on 2010-01-09 16:10:45

I decided to do the Yin Liver practice from the Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers DVD.  It’s an hour long Yin yoga routine focused on the liver/gallbladder meridians and featuring wide legged child’s pose, a gentle backbend, some twists, an > read more