By mary on February 24, 2010
On our way home from lunch today, we passed a church being built. My four-year-old-sage-of-life son asked, “Mom, God’s in there, right?” As I opened my mouth to tackle this question, he followed up with a quick, ” ‘Cause He’s there and in the other one, too, so He’s in two places at once, and [...]
Posted in all levels yoga, beauty, family, inspiration, stuff to ponder | Tagged backbends, God, Long's Peak, stars, sunshine, twists
By mary on February 17, 2010
A few nights ago as I rifled through the bathroom cabinet looking for the “good” toothpaste (not the baking-soda-blech one, but Tom’s of Maine cinnamon-clove. Oh yeah.), I spied my electric toothbrush. Dare I say that we had a moment?
I hadn’t used it in a couple of weeks in favor of my new dentist-provided old [...]
Posted in all levels yoga, family, inspiration, stuff to ponder | Tagged smile, toothbrush
By mary on February 10, 2010
About two years ago, our then near three-year-old had this hilarious habit of asking
questions and then immediately asking, “Yes? Or nope?” And we could really get him going with it. If he forgot to ask yes-or-nope, we would ask “yes?” and he would say yes-or-nope over and over and over and over and over and, [...]
Posted in all levels yoga, family, inspiration, play, stuff to ponder, yoga | Tagged hillary rubin, no, ski, yes
By mary on January 19, 2010
Balance.
This time of year, the time when we’re already reviewing and reflecting on our New Year’s Resolutions, there is a focus on balance. Balancing life and work and play. Balancing relationships in order to give more, take less. Balancing family relationships, marriage relationships, significant relationships. Balancing your checkbook so that you know that the bank [...]
Posted in relationship, yoga | Tagged balance, dharma, new year's resolutions, yoga journal
By mary on November 30, 2009
My husband refuses to speak Starbucks. While I found it frustrating at first, since I am fluent and enjoy practicing my language skills, it’s now kind of funny. My drink: a grande-soy-no water-chai. His drink: a grande-triple-nonfat-latte. When my husband orders, it’s a medium-chai-made-with-soy-milk-and-no-water and a medium-skinny-latte-with-an-extra-shot. The baristas correct him ruthlessly, every time, with [...]
Posted in stuff to ponder | Tagged amy ippoliti, anusara, ashtanga, aspen coffee, coffee, de west, iyengar, iyengar yoga center of denver, jeannie manchester, non-attachment, omtime, richard freeman, the yoga workshop
By mary on November 4, 2009
As I googled images for “joy” recently, there were myriad photos of older folks laughing, loving, and living fully. It reminded me of the hallway in the recreation center where I teach yoga, which is lined with a photograph exhibit of people in the prime of their lives.
I love walking that hallway.
It’s filled with flirtation, [...]
Posted in stuff to ponder | Tagged ananda, deepak chopra, hedonic, joy, laugh, midlife misery, old people
By mary on October 7, 2009
I am always amazed at how lessons in life happen. While they seem like subtle nudges if I look at each of them individually, I get a lot of nudges in a short period of time. Something way bigger than me is making sure that I don’t miss the signs.
This week’s nudge/shove was all about [...]
Posted in all levels yoga, stuff to ponder | Tagged elena brower, ganga white, nudge, present, time, yoga journal
By mary on September 23, 2009
This is one of my favorite quotes from the movie, “The Lion King.” As one who frequently mashes up quotes, cliches, and song lyrics, I feel a kindredness with that little warthog. Bless him.
I actually googled this quote. Hundreds of millions of hits later, I sat in awe, my fingers not knowing what link to [...]
Posted in intermediate yoga, power yoga | Tagged confidence, experience, past, radiant, stained glass, vulnerable, yoga today
By mary on September 7, 2009
Douglas Brooks, a professional scholar and teacher of the Rajanaka Yoga tradition, recently blogged that “yoga…makes roots in revelation.”
Yes!
Quite a few years back now, pretty soon after we moved to Colorado in fact, I really opened up to yoga. It was during a tremendously painful and emotional time in my life; one during which my [...]
Posted in all levels yoga, stuff to ponder | Tagged dance, douglas brooks, healing, insight, rajanaka, revelation, revolution
