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 […]
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 […]
For a change Bob is happy. His teacher has just announced that the next pose is Marichyasana C. Bob used to hate this pose. This was his personal Ugly Duckling Pose. When Bob attempted Marichyasana C it looked nothing like the pose that everyone around him was doing. It took Bob a long time but […]
“I am getting so frustrated!” said Alice “I am progressing so slowly in this pose.” Alice has set herself a goal of learning six new poses in two months and it is not going very well. Alice’s yoga teacher tells her to use the Filbert Principle to reach her big goal. He then tells Alice […]
Bob is shaking. His muscles are bulging. His face is red. His breath is really harsh. Any second now Bob is going to erupt like a volcano. Bob is trying way too hard to get into the yoga pose. He is in the Volcano Zone. What is the Volcano Zone The Volcano Zone is the […]
Bob is working on Paschimottanasana and his short hamstrings are preventing him from moving very far into the pose. His hands are only getting just beyond his knees. It does not matter what he does he can get no further. His yoga teacher tells him to embrace the crow and improvements will come. He tells […]
Everybody knows the Aesop Fable about The Hare and the Tortoise, but just in case you don’t or you need to be reminded about how it ends here is the story. The Hare and the Tortoise A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though you […]
