Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: Yoga Attitude

  • Modern Yoga?

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    Tammy, Today I was running late for a yoga class at a gym.  I got there just as the previous class was letting out.  I went into the room and practically the entire floor was already covered with mats.  As I walked throughout the room looking for a space, I didn’t see any friendly faces…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Valentine’s Day Yoga

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    Tammy, Today one celebrates Valentine’s Day and exchanges romantic gifts with his/her special person. What does everybody do for his or her self?  No, I’m not referring to anything pornographic.  In class you generate an atmosphere of silliness, acceptance, and wacky places where we’re supposed to put our various body parts which you call poses.  …

  • Sickness Yoga

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    Tammy, I’m sick again.  It may be that I was just doing too many activities and burning the yoga candle at both ends.  Actually, it was probably the close-talking woman at the networking party who told me she had been sick on and off for 4 months but that she wasn’t contagious.  Maybe I should…

  • Please Solve a Yoga Dispute

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    Tammy, At work, there is a woman who goes to a yoga class from 12-1. She leaves the office and changes in the yoga studio bathroom. After class, she changes in the studio bathroom, bypasses the shower which is adjoined to same bathroom, and returns to our office in her professional clothes. She tells me…