How to make time for yoga in your busy life
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 27 December 2011
Alice is getting ready for work. The lunches for the kids are already made. She has checked her email to make sure that there are no more crises. Alice has already canceled her yoga practice because her husband is unable to take their oldest child to music class tonight.
Now it is time to get everyone [...]
How to get off the grid and relax with yoga
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 26 December 2011
Has this ever happened to you?
Your phone goes off and suddenly you are in a panic. Where is that phone. You need to see who was trying to reach you. Is there an important news update that you need to know about. Where is that phone. You put it down just a moment ago.
Your stress [...]
How a Growth Mindset will move your practice forward
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 23 December 2011
Carol S. Dweck in here book “Mindset – The new psychology of Success” talks about how babies naturally have a growth mindset. Watch a baby learning how to walk. They struggle to stand up holding on to the furniture. They take a step and down they fall on [...]
How yoga gets rid of stress
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 22 December 2011
Stress!
Just reading the word and your body starts to get tense. Stress is a big problem in everyone’s life. The shallow breathing, the rapidly beating heart, the sweaty palms, the whirling mind. Stress causes havoc to your body.
Yoga can help you to manage stress. The heightened awareness of your body that a regular and frequent [...]
How to protect your wrists in Parsvottanasana
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 20 December 2011
Bob’s wrists were really hurting. Bob is thinking that Parsvottanasana is such a simple pause, that all he has to do is put his hands together behind his back, take a step forward and bend over. But his wrists are really hurting. The more he tries to get his palms together behind his back the [...]
How to use the flirt-o-meter to tell if you are flirting during yoga class
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 19 December 2011
“Do you come here often”
Oh no not another one thought Bob. He sneaks a peek at his flirt-o-meter and finds that the needle has moved well into the flirting section of the scale.
This is getting to be so tiring. Every time he comes to yoga class there is always one of the women trying to [...]
Are you a yoga Butterfly
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 16 December 2011
A crack appears in the thick skin. Suddenly the cocoon begins to move. Gradually a new creature appears. Slowly a butterfly emerges. Its wings spread wide and then it flies away. The butterfly is very different from the caterpillar that created the cocoon.
A butterfly goes through three stages during its life cycle. You also go [...]
The 3 habits of great yoga practice buddies
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 15 December 2011
Sam needs a partner that she can depend on. It is critical that her partner be punctual as well. Every night they have a date to go out for a walk to the park. If Sam’s partner is late Sam’s stress level increases rapidly. It is very important that Sam’s partner makes it on time. [...]
How to use the Learning zone to improve your yoga
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 13 December 2011
Bob did not realize it but his teacher was watching him. Bob was doing the modification of the Ardha Baddha Padma Pashimottanasana (one leg in half lotus forward fold) that the teacher had given him a few weeks ago pretty well lately. Until recently it had been a real struggle to complete even this modification. [...]
How to pick up your newspaper: try these standing forward bends
Posted by Jack in Newsletter on 12 December 2011
Bob is disgusted.
Everyday the newspaper delivery boy throws the newspaper on to his front door step. This is not what is bothering Bob.
Everyday Bob goes out to pick up the newspaper and every time he has to squat down to pick it up. He can not simply bend over and pick up the paper.
Bob is [...]