Sadhana Day Five: Sunshine at Last
I made it to bed last night around 10:30, and had just turned out the light when I remembered that I hadn’t laid out my clothes for the morning. Tired as I was, I got up, gathered the tights, t-shirt and underwear and hung them in the bathroom. Any other night I might have weighed […]
Sadhana Day Four: forward bends, take two
Sunrise at Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming – not as steep a climb as getting up some morningsOne thing I wanted to accomplish during this sadhana was to reconnect with the joy of early morning practice – and joy it is. For one thing, the nagging little voice that says: “It’s time for practice, better […]
Sadhana, Day three: Twists
A New Zealand June sunriseThis morning when I looked outside at 5:15 a.m. the sun was already up, just hidden behind the perpetual cloud cover. I’m looking forward to the first clear blue-sky morning. Today’s sequence, as usual, wasn’t quite what I posted yesterday, although it was close. Chattush Padasana fell by the wayside. And […]
Sadhana, Day Two: backbends
The sunrise we’d like to have seen on the first day of SadhanaThe first day of Sadhana is a bit like the first day of school, when you get to see who else is in your class. Everyone who was early enough to have a choice scoped the room and set up in their personal […]
First day of the Sadhana: forward bends
Tomorrow is officially the beginning of summer. It’s also the beginning of the second annual 10-day Summer Sadhana at Yoga on 7th. At 6:15 tomorrow morning, 18 of us will meet at the studio and begin to practice together. We’ll repeat a sequence of forward bends (days 1, 4 and 7), back bends (days 2, […]
Summer Sadhana: the breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you
Summer Sadhana starts on Monday, June 21, and just like last year, I’m wondering if I’m ready. “Sadhana,” apart from being the name of a 60’s and 70’s Bollywood star with an iconic hairstyle, is a Sanskrit word which translates as, “a means to get something done.” (Which presumably explains why it’s also the name […]