Email to My Yoga Teacher

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  • Yoga Blog’s First Birthday

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    Tammy, This is the one year anniversary of my blog.  I wonder what posts people have liked the best. I guess yesterday was a good example of my yoga experience over the past year.  It was raining while I was driving to an outdoor yoga class and I was wondering why I was going.  I…

  • How Much Yoga is Too Much?

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    Tammy, This week I took three yoga classes.  Is that too much? I’m afraid if I practice yoga too much I may become severely depressed if I can’t get the poses right.  I wonder what kind of side effects the yoga Prozac presents. I might start dreaming about doing yoga outdoors and end up severely…

  • iYoga

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    Tammy, For various reasons I didn’t go to my usual yoga classes this weekend.  It made me think  about habits and how to use them to change some of life’s patterns.  After all, one weekend away from yoga and I could abandon going at all.  If I don’t go to yoga next weekend, that’s no…

  • My Yogi Name

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    Tammy, I’m thinking that maybe I should take a yoga name.  What do you think of these? From the bhujangasana pose I was thinking of the nickname bhuj.  It’s fun, different, cool, and people will remember something about me. From the paschimottanasana pose I could call myself Paschi.  It rhymes with Kashi so maybe I can…

  • Iyengar Yoga

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    Tammy, I went to my first Iyengar yoga class. Every pose was deliberate and held for a lengthy period of time.  Blocks and belts were frequently used to help us with alignment.  In savasana we put a padded bolster under us to be gentle to the spine. This is much different than the vinyasa flow…

  • Hands On Yoga Class

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    Tammy, I attended a “hands on” yoga class. First the teachers said they were going to massage some Chinese gel into our shoulders.  Since we are in South Florida where they’ve had problems with asbestos in Chinese drywall, I immediately became fearful that this class may be carcinogenic.  Shortly thereafter while I was in downward…

  • Is Yoga Good For Real Life?

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    Tammy, Last week I stubbed my toe.  It didn’t hurt, rather there was blood that took almost a week to completely scab over.  It was at the top of the captain toe so I had to wear sandals almost every day, even at work. I went to a yoga class and after a couple of…

  • Yoga Chatting

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    Tammy, Recently I went to yoga class and there were people hanging out chatting before, during, and afterward.  I started to  wonder why I don’t chat with others when I go to class. Let’s see, first, most of the students are women and they seem to know each other.  What would I say?  Where did…

  • Yoga Games

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    Tammy, You know the swimming pool game Marco Polo?  What if yoga teachers played a similar game called pada gustasana?  I kinda like the rhythm, pada        gustasana                              pada        gustasana. How ’bout Whispering Down the Lane sahaja bhujangasana and see what the last person…

  • Yoga Hating Poses

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    Tammy, I know yogis are not supposed to hate on anything but there are a few poses I find less than desirable. First there is half standing forward bend.  I bet I look like the hunchback of Notre Dame when doing this pose.  I don’t think any teacher has corrected this pose of mine because…