I had a class with Debbie tonight. I love it when we start with laying down poses... it makes warming up feel so much easier. You need to give people a break at 8 PM at night!
Thank you, Debbie! - hey, this can stand for the beginning of my gratitude journal!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A bunch of gems
Another Yoga Dave gem: "if you're angry with me, this is your problem, not mine".
If I am angry at someone, it is my guilt projected onto someone.
Live in the moment: don't feel guilty for the past or worry about the future.
When you have a huge job that is so huge it is difficult to even start, start by doing 16 minutes of it each day.
If I am angry at someone, it is my guilt projected onto someone.
Live in the moment: don't feel guilty for the past or worry about the future.
When you have a huge job that is so huge it is difficult to even start, start by doing 16 minutes of it each day.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Yeah Dave Yoga
I had a great week-end: three sessions with Yoga Dave: yoga, wine and chocolate. The chocolate was exquisite, the wine a cool idea and the yoga was great! Dave is a great guy.
Here are a few ideas that I got:
The gem: if you are on a highway and the traffic is impossibly slow, and you notice that the reason the traffic is slow is because everyone slows down to look at some accident on the side of the road. Life is pretty much the same: we go at full speed and then all of a sudden we see something out of the ordinary and slow down to see it better (or talk about it) and slow others down behind us. What if we could ignore those little accidents on the side of the road and just keep going full speed ahead. How far could we get if all we listened to was people that helped us maintain speed and encourage us on our way?
The yoga lessons:
- make them laugh! Really hard without having any idea why they laugh, have a healthy non-judging laugh.
- keep postures longer; pick up a posture to open a chakra and maintain it for 5 minutes
- when you're genuine, you don't need to be perfect
- the scented simple oils work very well: a dash of lavender or violet oil on the inside of the elbow will be with them for the day
- help the ones that seem to struggle or rest first... they need it most; they need to know that they are gently accepted.
Thanks Dave and Wendy! It was a great week-end!
Here are a few ideas that I got:
The gem: if you are on a highway and the traffic is impossibly slow, and you notice that the reason the traffic is slow is because everyone slows down to look at some accident on the side of the road. Life is pretty much the same: we go at full speed and then all of a sudden we see something out of the ordinary and slow down to see it better (or talk about it) and slow others down behind us. What if we could ignore those little accidents on the side of the road and just keep going full speed ahead. How far could we get if all we listened to was people that helped us maintain speed and encourage us on our way?
The yoga lessons:
- make them laugh! Really hard without having any idea why they laugh, have a healthy non-judging laugh.
- keep postures longer; pick up a posture to open a chakra and maintain it for 5 minutes
- when you're genuine, you don't need to be perfect
- the scented simple oils work very well: a dash of lavender or violet oil on the inside of the elbow will be with them for the day
- help the ones that seem to struggle or rest first... they need it most; they need to know that they are gently accepted.
Thanks Dave and Wendy! It was a great week-end!
Hi guys!
Exercise has been over my head my entire life. I loved math more than physical education, and books more than basketball. I'm good with computers, but a push-up seemed impossible just a few months back and I'm a klutz with dancing.
I'm working full time and I have two-year old... The fun starts early in the morning and never ends until I go to bed. There's mostly good stuff in both my work and my life, but it is so exhausting.
In this big struggle, I decided that doing a yoga teacher's training is the right thing to do that will help me balance everything. Indeed, after a yoga class I'm more patient with my kid and with my colleagues and life gets easier.
This blog is going to support my growing. I intend to keep it very positive. I will post my gems (life lessons), my miracles (changes in perspective: seeing the full half of the glass instead of the empty one) and my yoga lessons (what I like, what I think works in a yoga class, my yoga and life mentors etc.).
I'm working full time and I have two-year old... The fun starts early in the morning and never ends until I go to bed. There's mostly good stuff in both my work and my life, but it is so exhausting.
In this big struggle, I decided that doing a yoga teacher's training is the right thing to do that will help me balance everything. Indeed, after a yoga class I'm more patient with my kid and with my colleagues and life gets easier.
This blog is going to support my growing. I intend to keep it very positive. I will post my gems (life lessons), my miracles (changes in perspective: seeing the full half of the glass instead of the empty one) and my yoga lessons (what I like, what I think works in a yoga class, my yoga and life mentors etc.).
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