[Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Nicole Newman who blogs at Yoga for the Arts] Rush hour service. No available seats. No accessible pole or overhead rail. Hello classic subway slide-and-stumble. And, it’s too crowded to whip out reading material. How can rush hour transform into something more productive than mentally reciting my “To Do” list as I bite my lower lip in agitation, or keeping a hyper-vigilant watch on the smelly guy picking his nose who is encroaching on my … [Read more...] about Surreptitious Subway Yoga
Archives for 2012
The Psoas: Is it the most important postural muscle?
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Nadine Fawell who blogs at Yoga with Nadine. Check it out!] Well, I think it is anyway. There are many, many reasons I think this: I could practically write a BOOK about the psoas. But here’s something to think about. When we went from walking on four legs to walking on two, we had to find a way to hold our upper bodies, well, up. In four-legged creatures, the spine is happily suspended between front and back ends. In our case, it pokes up into … [Read more...] about The Psoas: Is it the most important postural muscle?
For the love of lululemon…
...in case you were wondering what to do with all your lululemon bags... If anyone's listening from lululemon, I'm incredibly frustrated that you don't deliver to overseas military addresses. What's up with that? Would it really be so hard to use the U.S. postal system? We need our lulu too! [UPDATE #1: I'd love to say lululemon fixed the shipping issue immediately--they did not--but I can say they did contact me immediately to let me know my concern was passed along to the shipping team. … [Read more...] about For the love of lululemon…
7 Ways to Maintain a Home Yoga Practice
[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lindsey Lewis, yoga teacher and life coach, founder of www.libreliving.com.] Getting going can be the hardest part. Some mornings, like today, I've been up late the night before, man oh man my mind is all over the place, and I'm convinced my body is telling me to go back to bed. "Don't you think another hour's sleep would benefit you more than meditation and asana?" On days like this, I can spend almost a quarter of my allotted morning practice time … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Maintain a Home Yoga Practice
To Take the Posture is the Purpose of the Practice
"These forms are not a means of obtaining the right state of mind. To take this posture itself is the purpose of our practice. When you have this posture, you have the right state of mind, so there is no need to try to attain some special state. When you try to attain something, your mind starts to wander about somewhere else. When you do not try to attain anything, you have your own body and mind right here." ~Shunry Suzuki in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind … [Read more...] about To Take the Posture is the Purpose of the Practice
Overriding Lizard Brain: 5 Ways to Go Beyond Fear, Anger and Negativity
Editor's Note: This post is written by yoga teacher and life coach Lindsey Lewis who blogs at www.libreliving.com. THE WAY IN The mind has a way of taking control. Scientists and life coaches call our Amygdala—the region of our brain pretty much in charge of feelings of anxiety, fear, anger and negativity—our “lizard brain.” Why lizard brain? Because this area of our brain evolved a loooong time ago, back when our primal lizard-ish concerns were much more prevalent. This is why our … [Read more...] about Overriding Lizard Brain: 5 Ways to Go Beyond Fear, Anger and Negativity
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