Birth Announcement: it’s an app!
My Five-Minute Yoga Practice, the iPhone app (works also on the iPod touch and iPad), was released into the world on July 15, weighing in at a robust 25 MB. Already a lively little thing, it moves if you hit “play” on any segment, and the photos go by in synch with the words. It […]
Sadhana Days 7 to 10
Sunday, Day 7, was our day of rest. I slept in until 7 a.m. It was glorious. Since then, we’ve been working through the practice for a second time. The basic pattern for Monday and Tuesday has been the same. On Monday, we experimented with removing the Warrior poses and Parsvottanasana from the standing pose […]
Sadhana: the practice for day six
One of the interesting things about this lotus is that it was photographed in New Jersey.Day five, Friday, was a day for experimental standing poses. In this case, what happens if you create a shoulder brace out of a long strap, hold the ends of the strap, and do your standing poses without taking weight […]
Sadhana: the practice for day four
Today was the third day of summer Sadhana, and the first time we’ve come back to repeat a practice, albeit with some changes. In fact, it was amazing to see what a difference it makes to add a few standing poses and Supta Padangusthasana 1 and 2 to the practice. By the time we started […]
Sadhana: the practice for day three
Tuesday, day two, was shoulder stand variations and forward bends. It was interesting to see which standing poses were echoed in the variations. For some reason I had never seen quite so clearly before how Eka Pada Sarvangasana (shoulder stand with one leg descending) relates to Parsvottanasana (intense side stretch pose) – with a concave […]
Sadhana: the practice for day two
The first day of Sadhana went off without a hitch. In fact, from where I sat, it felt comfortable and familiar. I know I wasn’t the only one. On her way out the door, Rosaria said: “It feels like we just picked up where we left off last year.” Savasana was short, and for reasons […]