I know it's coming. This isn't like turbulence on a plane that can come out of nowhere, despite the pilot's pre-flight discussion of the air conditions and the weather. This isn't like the way the weather shifts and buckles in the summer or in the winter, tolerable one day, painful the next. This is always…
Everyone Loves a Yoga Teacher
Everyone loves a yoga teacher, especially one decked out in lululemon because some of those clothes aren’t really made for practice; I can attest to that. Trying on top after top only to end up with a veritable assortment of sports bras better made for a kinky night in despite the company’s rather non-yogic vision…
Only Human
It was cold that evening and I remember how the body could flow, twist and bend - something that seemed to have been blanketed by an extreme chill tightness that settled deep into my legs and lower back. Veins and arteries had become frozen streams upon which fatigue and hopelessness would skate; fortunately the ice wasn't…
Yoga Teacher Training Week 4: Let it Go
Here' s my flip, succinct recap of yoga teacher training weeks 1, 2 and 3. I like to keep these posts lighthearted and as if I were talking to a friend. Because yes, I am taking this very seriously, but I also am remembering the joy in what I am doing and hope that it…
Yoga Teacher Training Week 3: Inverting and Philosophizing
It hit me, as I am about to enter Week Four of this teacher training program, that I only have seven weeks left. And as I view this news as utterly bonkers, so you are treated to a bonkers visual representation of this number. I don't know exactly what's supposed to happen to the average yoga…
Yoga Teacher Training Week 2 Part II: The Shoulder
Everyone has a favorite joint, what's yours? I must admit, I am not a fan of the feet. Granted, my sense of balance has improved tenfold - or I'm just taking the train sober more these days - thanks to yoga, but I am still not a fan. This isn't anything phobic, rather, I had…
Yoga Teacher Training Week 2 Part I: Structure
In a previous life, I wanted to be an actress. I wanted to shine on Broadway, recite Shakespeare with the best of them, and just act. In another iteration of my current existence - potentially imaginary - I wanted to be an architect. I wanted to created order, neat lines, and building designs. I wanted…
Learning to Fly
The first time I went upside-down, knotted up in not-so-silky silks, the world spun out of control, blood rushing to feet, the normal turned into something utterly abnormal. A nightmare where the self was still the self, but with an unaccustomed perspective; I was bound secure, yet floating not knowing, not understanding where the red…
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
The cool air near to the floor might be kissing my palms, but I still feel the ghost of fingers entwined like that chainlink fence I'll be walking past, if I choose to pause, sip my coffee and remember how that moment would have befit a cigarette, before I continue to walk uptown to start the…
Yoga Teacher Training Week 1 Part II
I'm going over what I learn in my yoga teacher training program. For those who want to catch up, the link is here: Yoga Teacher Training Week 1 Part I Unless you're the kind of person that works in healthcare or is a nut about fitness (cough, cough, me) most of the anatomy-related things you…
Time's Thievish Progress 