Cool it: rest your head on a chair, then put your feet up
A few weeks ago I promised to fill in the blanks of the cooling yoga sequence I’d suggested – the poses that hadn’t already made it onto this blog in the form of a Five-Minute Yoga Challenge. I meant to do it, really I did. Then we lost our summer, temporarily. At about the same […]
Cool yoga for hot summer days
On Tuesday night, in the last two classes I taught for the summer, we put the props away – no mats, no blankets, no straps, no bolsters, no chip foams. Just us, the floor, the walls and a couple of wood bricks each. The oak floor in the Yoga on 7th studio rests on a […]
Supported Bridge Pose: cross over into quiet
As quiet as a yoga practice may be, the mat is a busy construction site. We make triangles, bound angles, side angles, plows, boats, half-boats, gates, bows, and yes, bridges. And you can’t make a bridge without raising the idea of crossing it. If you see the pose as the bridge, then Setu Bandha Sarvangasana […]
Sadhana, Day Nine: the last twists
This morning we worked our way through the twists practice for the last time. Tomorrow morning, for the 10th day of Sadhana, we’ll do a restorative practice. There was some discussion of starting late, because of the July 1 holiday, but it turns out that at least two people wouldn’t be able to come. So […]
Five Minute Yoga Challenge: can you let yourself relax and breathe?
As much as we may think we come to yoga for relaxation, in my own experience, it’s easier to get up and do a vigorous morning practice than it is to break the momentum of the day’s to-do list and come to a complete halt. This week’s yoga challenge asks you to do just that. […]