Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: yoga class

  • Side Angle Pose Reflection

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    Tammy, As you know, I normally keep my eyes closed in yoga class.  That way I won’t feel any pressure to compare myself to my classmates.  Okay, I admit it: the real reason is that I don’t want to see the scary looks other people have when they’re looking at my poses. At an outdoor…

  • Yoga Battle of the Sexes

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    Tammy, Today I arrived about ten minutes early for your class.  I was the fourth person there.  To my surprise the three other people were guys.  I set my mat up where I usually do; this is apparently now the “men’s” side.  More people started arriving; they were women.  In fact, four women showed up…

  • Funky Yoga Sensation

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    Tammy, You will recall I was at your yin a/k/a “happy hips” yoga class three weeks in a row. Last night I was part of a private yoga class with my girlfriend; there was no teacher.  There was a little mood music, though I don’t know if it was technically yoga music.  We were trying…

  • 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…

  • 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…