5 Yoga Lessons From a VW Van Named Roxie
Roxie and I shared only a few passionate weeks together. But during our wild rides, that aging, but sexy, VW van taught me many important yoga lessons that I’ll never forget. Our first meeting was unexpected. The owner of a yoga studio near where I was staying introduced her to me. He needed someone to cover a few yoga classes, but the studio was 24 miles away, and I didn’t have a car. “You can borrow Roxie,” he said. “Roxie?” “Yes, our VW van.” You named your van Roxie? A yoga teacher driving a VW van? Really? Isn’t that a stereotype? Should I buy some patchouli and tie-dye shirts to wear...
read moreIf Showing Up For Yoga Class Is Difficult, Stay Home
I spend a lot of time encouraging my yoga students to develop a home yoga practice. In my eyes, this is the eventual goal of all yoga — to move beyond the group aerobic class and connect to your own mind and body. If you think showing up at a yoga class once a week is difficult, try doing your own practice at home every day when everything in your apartment or house screams, “Stop doing yoga! Pay attention to me!” Distractions at home include: Children and partners, who sometimes actually do say, “Pay attention to me!” It’s free. If you skip your home...
read moreStop Telling Me What To Do: Personal Yoga Practice
Learn the secret that yoga teachers don’t want you to know, and set your practice free. Would you do any of the following? Play your guitar only when your teacher is directing you. Balance your checkbook only in math class. Go jogging only with your running coach. Do yoga only in a group class. Yoga has become such a hot commodity in the West that it’s fallen into the same marketing trap as other forms of exercise, like aerobics and spinning–people think they can only do it in a group class while a teacher is directing them. If your guitar teacher asked you to pay him every time you...
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