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#PowerPose Week 7 – Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana

#PowerPose Week 7 – Urdhva Prasarita Ekapadasana

A great way to bring focus, mindfulness, and appreciation to your practice is to take notice of day-to-day differences.  Am I tighter or more open today? Did I step into the pose with more or less control?  Did I find my drishti quickly or slowly?  Is my breath rhythmic or sporatic?  Is my balance solid […]

#PowerPose Week 6 – Adho Mukha Svanasana

I can remember a time when I was new to the practice and a teacher made the reference that down dog was a resting posture.  “Yeah, right!”  Is what popped into my head.  (Okay it might not have been that G-rated.)  The blood was rushing to my head, my arms were fatigued, and my hamstrings […]

First, Read the Book

First, Read the Book

The other day, my youngest daughter, came home from school in a flurry of excitement about a book report assignment.  She went on in great detail about how there were ten options and she had to pick three.  She already knew which options she was going to do and had started to complete one of […]