Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: what is yoga

  • Early Morning Yoga

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    Tammy, Last night  I saw a hilarious movie and a few live comics; a late night full of laughs. I arrived at the outdoor yoga class early in the morning today.  Apparently the teacher said hi to me right before the class started, but I didn’t even notice.  I must’ve been in the “yoga zone”…

  • Yoga Goal Achieved, So. Really?

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    Tammy, Little do you know but for the past month I’ve actually been doing the homework you assigned me some fourteen months ago.  That’s right, I’m doing child’s pose every day.  Woo hoo!  I’m completing your assignment, albeit a little late.  I know you’ve given up on expecting much from me.  But come on, what…

  • Am I Becoming a Yogaholic?

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    Tammy, I think I may be  turning into a yogaholic.  Can you tell me if I am in need of a twelve-step flow, I mean program?  Will I need an anti-yoga intervention?  Will you be my sponsor? I practice yoga with you once a week. I go to Barnes & Noble a couple of times…

  • Heartbreaking Yoga

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    Tammy, I was the youngest member in tonight’s class and guess who was seeing a cardiologist for a possible sedated, invasive test, potential angioplasty, or impending heart attack?  Yep, that would be me.  Already things were a little off the yoga tree of balance. First you had us put our butt up against the crown…

  • Is Pain Yogic Pleasure?

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    Tammy, Yesterday I ventured out for park yoga. There was a raised cement platform in a public park where the class would take place.  It was a sunny, early morning, about 75 degrees with a slight breeze; glorious yoga weather.  I arrived five minutes before the class was scheduled to start. I scanned the area…

  • In Yoga is it judging or helping?

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    Tammy, So I arrive in your class one day.  There is a guy there and I hear him happy that another guy (me) will be in the class.  I don’t think about it much.  Then the guy rattles off a whole bunch of maladies and how he is affected by them.  I quickly decide that…

  • Yoga on the breath

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    Tammy, The other day you caught me grimacing during a pose and told me to breathe and smile.  Why is breathing given such a big focus in yoga? When you’re concentrating on your breath, you fail to take life for granted.  You fail to worry that you’re doing triangle pose wrong and you fail to…

  • Taking Yoga Seriously

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    Tammy, The other night in class you came over to my mat and looked at me and asked, “How did you get into that mess from what I demonstrated and described?”  You laughed at me.  I laughed at me.  Yeah, I try as hard as I can, but come on, yoga’s funny stuff. Let’s take…

  • Breakfast with the Bikrams

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    Good morning Tammy, Since I haven’t been to any of your classes this week, I decided to take my second of ten Bikram yoga classes this morning.  Despite the near death experience at my first class, I’m going again because Groupon ehounds me to see whether I’m using the Groupons I purchased.  Groupon also wants…

  • My First Bikram

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    Tammy, Tonight was my first Bikram yoga class.  I don’t know if I can go back but I’ve already paid for 9 more lessons. When I walked in the studio door it was already a little steamy.  Okay I thought, this is really going to be exhilarating.   When the teacher arrived she asked for my…