yoga

the temple of tadasana

May 25, 2010
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       Today the yoga pose of Tadasana is my altared space. I love the power to simply stand erect, toes forward, knees and hips aligned, shoulders placed on my back, ribs and belly hugging toward my spine. When I began yoga, the power of this pose escaped me. I just stood there, schlumpadinka style.        [...]

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yoga: the fire in my thighs and the cooling boundary of compassion

April 26, 2010
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       Recently I set fire to my property. I also burned some things up in a fiery yoga class taught by Cate Stillman. She said the heat of yoga would burn up the gunk I had in my body just as completely as the fire I’d lit to my fields.          This offered me [...]

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breathing grace

April 12, 2010
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       Breath is the food of yoga. It is the foundation upon which everything else is built. The breath is where I return when I arise, am lost, tired or ready to celebrate. It is a first altared space.        I think about the tree in my front yard. It’s a big willow and her [...]

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