Bandha Mania!

When I got to Volleyball Guy’s this morning, he handed me a couple of photos. Volleyball Guy loves to take photos. And then he gives you the ones that you’re in. Which gives us all an opportunity to be very self-satisfied (my pincha mayurasana photo is on the fridge–I know, I’m a dork) or rather [...]

Winter practice

Home practice today. The Cop is kind and turned the heat up when he got up, about 20 minutes before me, so the house was nice and toasty. We had a bunch of paperwork to look after this morning–a few last details that need to be addressed for the new house, so by the time [...]

End of vacation

Well, my week off flew by, and now it’s back to work. But first, practice at Volleyball Guy’s. It was freezing this morning. Okay, maybe not freezing like places where it snows, places outside the desert–but for me, it’s freezing. Like 36 degrees or something. And the garage door wouldn’t open. So I called The [...]

Festive Saturday Led

So I had this bright idea that I would do Mysore this morning, instead of led. Uh, yeah, that was the plan, until I slept in until 8. Alright, led it is. Class was packed. As I was going in, Volleyball Guy came over and gave me a big hug. It was nice. Welcoming. And [...]

Just another morning Mysore

Nice warm, crowded practice this morning. A bunch of folks from Volleyball Guy’s went to Bikram yesterday, as a holiday treat. I can’t seem to get psyched up for that. Not sure why. Well, I could say it was because I was busy cooking, which is true–but the fact of the matter is, I didn’t [...]

thanks

the cop my gift from the universe fat cat and pushy dog my best friend in CA my family seung sahn dae bong sokai volleyball guy and the yoga gang my team at work om shanti

Self doubt

Today’s practice was racked with self doubt. Just looked up “racked” to make sure I was spelling it right (wondered if it might be “wracked”) and find that the word derives from the Swedish dialect for “wreck,” and there’s a definition of the original term: “a wind-driven mass of high, often broken clouds.” Yup, that [...]

Practicing with Sharath

Well, with his CD, actually. Vacation day, but I have to go into the office for two hours to run a webconference that got rescheduled. So I slept in and then had to scramble to figure out the practice situation. The likelihood of my practicing at home after noon is slim, as I know from [...]

Unmasked!

As I was unrolling my mat this morning, Sanskrit Scholar, who had also just arrived, leaned over and said, “I have an important question: are you donutszenmom?” I laughed and said yes, but then I felt kind of anxious. I went back in my mind to see if I’d said anything I might regret. Couldn’t [...]

Sunday: Coffee and Abs

Just sat down on the floor next to The Cop and said “ow!” My abs, just under my lowest ribs, are killing. And then I figured out why–lolasana. I’ve been working lolasana as a precursor to jumpbacks from sitting poses (versus just putting my hands in front of my knees and jumping back from there). [...]