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Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:10 PM
Registered my Assana!
O The importance put
on a piece of paper. It becomes the end
of the journey for some. The summit, the
pinnacle, and unfortunately THE END. I
see to often as the owner of a yoga studio and a yoga mentorship/studentship
program. It is because of what I see and
hear in the yoga community that I see no value in the Yoga Alliance. I have not always felt that way, even encouraged
my teachers to join, I mistakenly believed it would ·
Make them better teachers |
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Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2011 5:33 PM
Patience with self. How many times I use this as an intention in my classes, how very seldom I am finding I practice it outside of the class. I accepted from the onset of my injury that it was going to be a practice of patience and acceptance. I just did not know it was going to take so long! LOL The simplest of tasks took so much more energy as I hobble around balanced on one leg. The right side of my body having to do twice as much work not to mention these arms of mine were getting a daily work out. |
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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:28 AM
Karma and accountability As yogi's we believe in Karma and that everyone is responsible for
their own. Which means we can also get away with allot because fellow
yogi's typically will not call you out - or make you accountable. Case in point, a fellow yoga teacher on a recent trip was always on
the look out for photo ops in which to promote herself. The photos told
a different story of her journey, as did her later interpreted use of
them on the web. Several of us who traveled on the same trip were
shocked and found it rather comical, yet none of us said anything. |
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Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 7:41 AM
A practice grounded in strict form only feeds the inadequacy you may feel in your physical body and in your ability. Samtosha means contentment,
accepting the truth 'as it is". Not to be confused with happiness or
complacency. The is the ability to accept your circumstances and learn
how to discern that which we can change and that which we cannot.
Building upon our circumstances to become a better you.
I
am learned this in quite a unique way when I broken my ankle this time last year. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 7:39 AM
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."As
I am exploring the wonders of mastery, I am seeing this quote in a
whole new context. For me the asanas of yoga have never come easy, and I
am always exploring new ways to bring about ease and agility which then
allows me the ability to share. It has been in my lack of natural
ability, my practice of exploring and being open that enable me to teach
what I know. I am an artist, a
skill I am not currently practicing, yet I can remember people asking
me why I did not give lesson. |
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Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:18 PM
When
speaking of balance, their are many factors to take into consideration.
You first must have an awareness of gravity, as well as a sense of the
direction of movement. This awareness must be maintained thru out each
and every action. It is here that you will find and maintain your
center of gravity. If you overstretch in one direction your center of
gravity changes and you must balance your direction of movement to
maintain your center of gravity. |
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Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:16 PM
Touch! Such a treat in a yoga practice, to receive the gentle confident, guiding touch of a teacher. I call thisThe Art of Compassionate Touchwhen
working with teachers. The confident guided touch of a yoga
instructor has more then just a temporary effect in the practitioners
body. It is often associated with what I like to call an Aha moment. I
am then able to really process and understand what is taking place in
my body while in the asana with a deeper awareness. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:44 PM
You may also find the achievements and
progression decrease as you learn to just be in the asana and it is
here, as the effort decreases that you find the joy.
When
speaking of balance, their are many factors to take into consideration.
You first must have an awareness of gravity, as well as a sense of the
direction of movement. This awareness must be maintained thru out each
and every action. It is here that you will find and maintain your
center of gravity. |
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Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:38 PM
Perception is a funny thing. I am often taken by surprise at others
perceptions of me. Both the good and the bad. I recognize now that
perception is also a mirror, and having this understanding can be as
much a blessing as it is a curse. I recently had a bio written for me,
thru the eyes of a young woman whom I greatly admire. I read this bio
and thought, wow this is someone I want to be, strive to be yet do not
see myself as such. Yet it is me as she sees me and I am learning how
many see me. |
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reposted from a former blog site: Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:27 PM
Is Yoga Alliance Realy our only option? Absolutely not!! Wow! What an amazing journey life can be if you stay open to the
possibilities. Not sure what to do about my affiliation with the Yoga
Alliance, I decide to see if there are other options. I have spoke to
many teachers in the community about YA and we all seem to have the same
concerns. So I went looking for a solution to the problem. I am
involved with the Texas Yoga Association and as I spoke to the founder
about looking for options did not realize that this was part of her
Agenda. |
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