November 21, 2021 After a year and a half of disruption in life as we knew it, many people have made big...
So, we have been hard at work over the last weeks in preparations for welcoming you back into the studios...
At Source Yoga, this year we have been cautious about gathering and have been holding the safety and well being...
As we begin to see a light at the end of the tunnel of this pandemic with the rates of vaccinations going...
Image credit: Anna Thurston March 2021 I always delight when I hear about Source Yoga community members taking their yoga...
February, 2021 I know it’s been a long year. I know it’s felt like too long since we have been together. It...
September 2020 This summer, I have tried to get into nature with my kids each week. We’ve sought out more...
Only a week later, my inner yoga teacher shows up again; she too, has gone on retreat. She reminds me of the definition of the word mindful, as used by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator of MBSR in the West. Mindfulness is about paying attention in a non-judgmental way. I can pay attention mindfully, I like to think. I have a much harder time paying attention without judgment. So my inner yoga teacher says: What if your discomfort isn’t something for you to analyze away? What if you don’t need to do anything about your discomfort? What if you just noticed it?
Normally, I’d be all about the homework. I am one of those people who’s ridiculously happy to be a lifelong student. I have 2 grad school degrees, for goodness’ sake. I miss taking classes besides yoga. But I have to admit that the MBSR homework is a struggle.
I have been really enjoying teaching in recent weeks. It can be a balancing act wearing both hats of teacher and studio owner, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
My favorite yoga pose is uttanasana. This pose was for a long time my least favorite, in all of its manifestations, and I resisted it. Why? It revealed where in my body I held darkness.
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