Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: daydream

  • The Yoga Wall

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    Tammy, In class yesterday, you asked us to get into the downward dog position with the soles of our feet up against the wall.  I’m trying to figure out why.  I know one reason is for the students to work with this sensation and feel what it is supposed to be like if there is…

  • Heated Yoga Studio Causes Mind Clearing

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    Tammy, It was really hot tonight in your class.  We were 15 minutes into the class and I had to take off my shirt.  It’s taken me awhile but I think I may have gotten over the body image and body hair neuroses; even if I didn’t, we were now talking about avoiding heat exhaustion.  …

  • Yogic UFO

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    Tammy, In Today’s class we were doing triangle pose.  When I looked up I saw something I had never before seen in class.  Through the window I saw a red light out in the main road, at a distance.  Was it a sign that I should stop doing yoga?  Was it the Amsterdam red light…

  • Yoga on a Bicycle

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    Tammy, Recently I went on a bicycle ride right next to the beach.  This is something I do often.   It was the middle of the day and extremely hot. A couple of miles up the road, my bicycle computer indicated that I was cruising.  In fact, I was going a full 3 miles faster than…

  • Chilling Daydream in Yoga Class

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    Tammy, In class you instructed us to do a variation of uttanasana.  We leaned over and hugged our bended knees.  I felt wobbly and visualized that I was a Norwegian long jump skier preparing for a run at an Olympic gold medal.  Fortunately I had been training my whole life for this moment.  NOT!  I…