Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: what is yoga

  • Yoga Experiment

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    Tammy, Recently I tried something new in your yoga class.  I wanted to really get into whatever it is that real yoga people, yogis, experience while practicing. It was right after you gave the first instruction that I tried my new yoga accessory, eyes closed during class.  I didn’t know what to expect but I…

  • Yoga on TV

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    Tammy, Last night I was watching a movie on tv.  A commercial came on for an allergy medication.  The actress was doing downward dog and a canine approached her.  It was ironic and funny,well, if you’re into yoga. What other poses could be shown on tv? For an insurance company commercial:  how about while the…

  • Yoga Occurrence Leaves Me Puzzled

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    Tammy, I’m a little perplexed and a little embarrassed as I didn’t know how to handle a situation in class today. As you have told us, yoga is non-competitive, even with one’s self. Recently you’ve noticed that I’ve been pretty close to the poses you have described and told us to get into. I’m even…

  • 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.  …

  • What’s Love Got to Do With Yoga?

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    Tammy, At the end of today’s class you said, “yoga is love.” It’s hard to think a couple could meet in a yoga class. The mate selection process is a little different, if not impossible, that’s for sure. The women are all decked out in their designer yoga capri pants and matching tops with coordinated…

  • Who’s Yin for a Yoga Vacation?

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    Tammy, Today I went to your yin a/k/a happy hips class. At the beginning of class you played a song that made us feel like we were in exotic Costa Rica.  Wow!  I remembered that you had scheduled a yoga trip there.  I had never heard of a commercial in a yoga class before and…

  • Are there any Poses in Beach Yoga?

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    Tammy, Shortly before 5 at night I put my mat on the sand.  The teacher started the class.  I quickly realized the restaurant behind the beach had a guitarist playing an Eagles song.  To the right there were volleyball courts full with games going.  In front of me I saw the green water, the white-capped…

  • 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…

  • Sanskrit on the Brain

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    Tammy, I think something is wrong and I’m a little embarrassed to admit this to you. In your class, I like to hear the sanskrit words you say as we go into each pose.  I don’t know what is going on but something about the language turns me on; no, not like a fetish or…

  • Topless Yoga

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    Tammy, At one of your yoga classes I noticed a teacher in training was shirtless. I was wondering if I should be topless too. What will people think of my body? I’m slender but not ripped like an MMA fighter. I don’t have any cool yoga tattoos so my cred will be pretty suspect. My…