Archive for the ‘Practices’ Category
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
February 21 marks the 4th annual Yoga for the Office class at the STC's Canada West Coast chapter. This year I will be adding a chair to the mix. Chair yoga has become increasingly popular because the aid of the chair makes the benefits of yoga accessible to almost everyone. ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Today is the 30th and final day of the Reach Out Challenge. On day 28, I thought that since it was nearing the end I should step it up a notch, and I hoped that I could meet the challenge of Kundalini yoga. OMG!
A friend lent me a Maya Fiennes ...
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Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Since my last entry I've had another seven chances to expand, learn, and grow through my yoga practice. The Reach Out Challenge has been a gentle invitation into new beginnings on the mat, especially in combination with the one-month membership to My Yoga Online.
In the past week I've repeated the Short ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
The good news is I have two more days of yoga to count towards those pledges. Friday I had a great 54-minute run and did my post-run yoga practice, and it was fantastic. But last night I came home quite late after a wonderful movie (Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris) ...
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Well, it finally happened. Was Led Zeppelin my downfall? The night after my last entry, I did my post-run yoga while watching more Led Zeppelin on YouTube. Then the following night, I listened to Led Zeppelin (which I have on album and CD) while doing my post-run yoga. Interestingly, my practice has lengthened ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
After my last entry, I was so enlivened by listening to Led Zeppelin while I wrote the blog post that I continued on to do a 40-minute practice while listening to more Led Zeppelin! So I didn't need to use my Get Out of Jail Free card or car yoga ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
From 10:32 pm until 11:38 pm tonight I was stuck in a traffic jam waiting to cross the Port Mann Bridge. Translink, you suck. Just a minute while I see who else sucks. Kiewit, you totally suck. Gateway Program, you suck. Province of BC, you especially suck.
I protested this project ...
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
I learned from another yoga teacher at the Yoga Outreach trauma-sensitive yoga training that there is an offshoot of Bikram yoga called Moksha yoga. It is another form of hot yoga that has a gentler pace than the relentless Bikram yoga. Another difference is the teachers have the option of ...
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
One of my yoga teachers, Jennifer Steed, explains yoga as "changing your life in one breath." It is that simple. One deep breath can change how we feel in a moment. Have you ever noticed how sometimes your body involuntarily takes in a deep breath? Often, on the exhale of ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Last night I had the good fortune to attend Yoga Outreach's Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training. This class is for volunteer teachers who teach through the Yoga Outreach program, but also for any teachers or workers who want to learn more about supporting clients who have been affected by trauma.
The Georgia ...
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