Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: yoga pose

  • Weird Yoga Proposition

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    Tammy, Last week I met this woman at a public speaking class.  She was telling me she met a small business management consultant.  She rattled on, “This businesswoman really took the time to get to know me.  She cares about me and I’m in my 50’s.  With all the age and sexual discrimination that goes…

  • Au revoir Beach Yoga 2012

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    Tammy, Tropical Storm Sandy, who changed her name to Frankenstorm for Halloween, left the South Florida coast somewhat submerged so yesterday’s beach yoga class was washed away. Beach yoga classes are important to my psyche.  After a long week, I, like most, look forward to doing fun stuff during the weekend.  When friends won’t call…

  • Yoga Noises?

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    Tammy, I was at a yoga class this week.  We were doing a pose which involves a lot of stretching and produces a lot of stress; well, at least in my mind.  I heard a noise that was louder than a yogi’s normal ujjayi breathing.  It was more powerful than an asthmatic dying from a…

  • Heading to the Yoga Bar

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    Tammy, The other day I went to yoga at a gym.  After class started the teacher said that later on we would be going to the bar.  “Cool,” I thought.  The class and teacher would chat and get to know each other.  That would build the yoga community.  This was the first class I ever…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Favorite Yoga Poses

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    Tammy, I thought I’d let you know which are my favorite yoga poses, even though I am not an expert at any of them. First there is the rarely done frog pose.  With legs out wide you feel helpless and get the feeling you taste like chicken. Pigeon pose produces a pain like no other…

  • It’s Your Yoga Class

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    Tammy, While waiting for yoga class the other day, I did a little yogic thinking.  I guess these emails suggest I might do that once in a while.  When yoga teachers say that it is my class, I figure that means I focus on me and do the best I can; stopping only if I…

  • A little Yogi

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    Tammy, Saturday morning I took an outdoor yoga class.  I placed my mat down before class and immediately went into my routine pre-class corpse, or savasana, pose.  I try to establish my goal of being non-judgmental for the class.  When I looked up to see if class was starting I noticed a little girl on…

  • Rock & Roll Yoga

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    Tammy, Saturday I went to a rock & roll yoga class. At the beginning of class I heard Tom Petty’s Free Fallin’ over the speaker system, except something was different.  Usually my mind thinks exclusively of the hot, skateboarding woman in the video.  This time I was actually listening to the lyrics and for the…