The Yoga Intensive: New Year’s 2023
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In 2011, I was able to transplant an annual ritual from my Sydney yoga school, which we called the January Intensive, to my studio on Mitchells Island. It's a program...
I’m Old and Grateful for Yoga!
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We human beings have a myriad of ways to identify ourselves. For my part, I am a mother. I am a sister. I am 160 cm. tall. I have two...
Remembrance
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A lovely man died yesterday—his demise spurred on by having been on kidney dialysis for some time. I didn’t know him well; initially it was by virtue of his reputation...
Yoga and Hip Replacements
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Hip replacement surgery is a daunting prospect for anyone. Fortunately, the first suggestion of the surgical option usually comes well in advance of the need for the actual operation. You...
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While staying in Newcastle for a few days recently, I decided it would be delightful to do some yoga classes while there. Admittedly, I'm out of touch; I don't often...
Yoga and Getting Down to the Bones
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Bones represent getting down to basics. We might talk about the bones of a story. Diving deeper we say, I knew it in my bones. When Estes features bones in...
Those Tricky Yoga Balancing Postures
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The theme for my yoga classes during the month of March is 'The Quality of Balance'. Like last month's theme--Befriending Backbends, I thought, gee, I wonder if we can make...
Gratitude: The Eventual Result of a Car Accident
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Last week I had an accident with my car. Ironically I was pulling into Old Bar Automotive to get my registration check. The car was sporting four new wheels to...
What Style of Yoga Do You Teach?
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Ultimately what will give a yoga teacher her style or maybe more accurately her voice is life experience. I learned huge lessons from having had osteoarthritis for nearly two decades,...
We Are Living in Interesting/Confusing Times
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There is much that we can be grateful for, even with the virus skulking in the background, but now moving more and more in the foreground. It is my wish...
Every Birthday is a Big One
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I heard a friend say today that she is happy this year is almost over and that next year has got to be better. Then, she added, 'That's what I...
Living Legacy: We All Have One
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I was hanging out with a dear friend recently and told her that I was pulling together a collection of my yoga classes for my YouTube channel. I referred to...
A Sutra a Day: IV-33 – Tiny Instants of Time Add Up
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Source: https://t.co/grNUcTBB7K via Michelle on Pinterest For some reason, maybe because of teaching some workshops on 'How to Work with Older Students', I seem to be preoccupied with ageing....
A Sutra a Day: IV-32 – A Balancing Act
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Source: https://t.co/kAsXIzhheJ via Michael on Pinterest Yoga philosophy has a handy way to categorise elements of the material world. In Sanskrit there are three forces called gunas: tamas, which...
A Sutra a Day: IV-30 – You’re the One to Set You Free
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Source: Uploaded by user via Greg on Pinterest One of the students from my Patanjali study group has inspired me. He was talking about his week and how he...
A Sutra a Day: Patanjali’s Best
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Source: https://t.co/G6OxB0wYCY via Allied on Pinterest The first time I went to the Iyengar Institute in Poona, India, I was a babe in the woods in so many ways....
A Sutra a Day: IV-29 – After Rain, Radiance
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Today is weather-perfection where we live on the magical mid-north coast... Mitchells Island, New South Wales. I think you know what I mean by perfect conditions. (If you are...
A Sutra a Day: IV-28 – Valentine's Every Day
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Illustration by Gretta Kool By the time some of you read this post, you may already be in trouble. Did you remember that tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and did you...
A Sutra a Day: IV-26 – The Force of Freedom
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Is wanting a bad thing? Should we be without desires? If we covet something we don't have, aren't we incomplete in some way? For many years, my greatest longing was...
Dusting Off the Word According to Patanjali
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Yesterday I kicked off the first of six sessions in which 9 students and I will look at least the philosophy of Patanjali. The format is a discussion in which we will tease out...