Bob looks across the room at Alice with envy. Alice is binding in Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana with ease. Bob has been trying for months to hold his foot with his arm behind his back. He has only recently been able to hold on to his elbow with his hand. Bob struggles and tries even […]
There it was again. A long audible sigh from my neighbour. She is happiest when the people around her and the teacher are paying attention to her. She has found that sighing works really well. It is quite distracting for the people around her.Aesop wrote about the pitfalls of drawing attention to yourself in one […]
Tom is in class again today. This makes five days in a row that he has been here. The last time I saw him in class was more than a month ago. I wonder if Tom has switched from the “Grasshopper’s approach” to yoga to the “Ant’s Plan”. Only time will tell. The Ant’s Plan […]
Last week our yoga teacher told us the story about the Itsy Bitsy spider and he tied it into our yoga practice very nicely. In case you have forgotten this nursery rhyme her it is. The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the […]
The prince approaches the large wooden doors with determination. He has been struggling for over an hour now to reach Sleeping Beauty. He has made his way through the thorn bushes and across the moat. All that remains is getting through these doors and into the castle. At last he will be able to save […]
In the story of The three little pigs each pig builds a different house to protect themselves from the big bad wolf. One pig built his house of straw. The second pig built his house out of sticks and the final pig built his house out of brick. The wolf came along and blew in […]
Hansel and Gretel Their evil step mother is leading Hansel and Gretel deeper and deeper into the forest. Hansel heard her plan to abandon them in the forest the night before and he is prepared with pockets full of shiny white pebbles. As they go deeper into the woods, Hansel keeps dropping the pebbles every […]
Bob looks with envy at Alice as she works on one of her yoga poses. He has always wanted to be able to do that pose as well as Alice does it. Bob does many yoga poses with ease but he has always wanted to be able to do more. Bob is suffering from the […]
“There is no point in me working on this pose anymore” thinks Alice. “No matter how hard I try I am not making any progress. I am not getting any benefit from it. ” Alice is suffering from the Sour Grape trap. Aesop wrote about Sour Grapes a long time ago in his story about […]
Bob’s face is turning red. He is holding his breath as he struggles to bind in the twisting yoga pose. He has gone way beyond his edge. “Bob, you have to back off a little bit or you are going to hurt yourself!” says his yoga teacher. “You are following the Wind’s plan when you […]
