Let two chairs be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day
When you come back up, even a dark, gray day looks brighter.Here on the wet West Coast, where winter closes in with endless clouds, rain, and steadily diminishing daylight, we take seasonal depression seriously. I have a “happy light” glowing on my desk as I write this. So there’s nothing I’d like to recommend more […]
Ninety days of shoulderstand: the end is nigh – or is it?
Well, at least it’s coming into view – and who knows, I might just keep going.Sixty-five days into 90 days of shoulder stand, I find myself thinking about a New Yorker cartoon I saw a long time ago, and by that I mean 30 years. The drawing is of a street prophet, in beard and […]
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 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 […]
Sadhana starts tomorrow: here’s the first day’s practice
I’ll be laying out my clothes tonight, hanging them on the hook in the bathroom in reverse order of putting them on. I’ll set my alarm clock, and then, if tradition holds, wake myself up three or four times during the night. It’s Sadhana preparation. Wouldn’t have it any other way. This year’s practice is […]