Tag Archives: yoga

10,000!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

thank you everyone for helping me reach 10,000 views on my blog – woo hoo! it’s only taken two and a half years. haha. but seriously, thanks. during the coming months, i am going to reconfigure this blog so it … Continue reading →

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backbending and vulnerability

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

it’s 7:45 am at the studio; nearly time for me to start my finishing postures. but first, i have to complete a trio of extremely inconvenient backbends. beginning with camel (ustra), followed by little thunderbolt (laghuvajra), and ending with king … Continue reading →

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Surrendering to Fall.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

  I see how gorgeous you are before you fall to Earth. You’ll need to be rotten and ugly and smelly for a while. You’ll nourish next year’s beauty: so should be my mantra. I can’t be a perfect autumn … Continue reading →

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ready? transition.

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

what a glorious, decadent, luxurious three days i had recently: wake up. write. go to yoga studio. practice. sweat. rest. drink smoothie. go back to yoga studio. chant. meditate. listen. practice. walk in the sunset, cozy warmth drenching my head. … Continue reading →

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how ashtanga yoga found me

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

this is the story of how ashtanga yoga (eight-limb yoga) found me. it was a grey day in eugene, oregon. mercifully, after three months of searching, i had finally started a brand new job and was looking for a local … Continue reading →

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fasting, days 5 and 6…

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

yesterday was easily the best day of the fast so far, although if the way i’m feeling this fine morning is any indication of today’s fast, it could just be getting better and better. i woke up yesterday feeling incredibly … Continue reading →

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