During the Open Your Lotus workshop on Saturday, a student asked me what to do. “I feel fearful about my knees when approaching lotus pose,” she said. Last year, during the Arm Balance workshop, another student asked, “Why do we do arm balances? Is it to get strong arms?” Recently, a fellow yoga teacher was…
Remember that change happens one breath at a time. Rome wasn’t built in a day. I had to fly half way around the world– to India– to find out that I was still the only one who could do my practice forme. Same me as back in Ohio. No one else was going to do…
I grew up hiding. I learned that if I wasn’t who my parents wanted me to be, I would be punished. And so I hid who I really was then, and for many years after. When I got older, even though I wanted to come out of hiding, I was often too scared. The somatic memory…