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Category Archives: Yoga
25 Jan 2011
Steps I stepped: 4864. A walk around the supermarket this evening was 1300 steps. Step step step. I’m so very tired now. If I write little bits of the blog during the day, that’s going to be easier. Our new … Continue reading
5 Jan 2011
When the room is stale, you open a window and let the clean air in. The lungs get stale too. After a night’s sleep the air at the base of the lungs is rather old and needs refreshing. The complete … Continue reading
4 Jan 2011
Last night I began packing for the Lake District staff week. So far: ice skates. Then lay down and listened to music until sleepy, again lots of energy coursing through my body. It doesn’t make me jump and twitch and … Continue reading
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Notices (29 July 2010)
– I listen to the seconds tick and they seem to be somewhat in a hurry. Or maybe it’s me, because sometimes they seem incredibly leisurely – When I breathe it originates from the back of the nose. When the … Continue reading
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Breathing consciously makes all the difference
Breathe Stretch Stretch no more than if waking up and yawning A natural stretch A natural breath No fancy postures needed Breathe into any tightness And as the breath leaves, notice any relaxation Not only in ‘yoga’ But sitting at … Continue reading
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Starting the day inwards
After three weeks of getting up and going straight to work, I am welcoming the chance to have some space in the morning. Some space to stretch, some space to not immediately get busy, some space to relax and connect. … Continue reading
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Second Class
Yesterday evening I taught the second weekly class. It felt very different this time. Last time I didn’t really feel present and wasn’t really sure how the whole thing went. I was rushing through the poses and nervous. This time … Continue reading
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March 8
The birds outside are now in time with the birds in the alarm clock Six o’clock They sound much the same The mornings are getting lighter Easier to get up Beginning the day with a stretch Breathe and relax Breathe … Continue reading
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The Brown Celtic Warrior
I look at the keys. I don’t know what to write. They are not keys. They are lights on a screen. Early morning. I wanted to stay in bed. After two snoozes, some yoga. Why are snoozes always nine minutes? … Continue reading
Early Starts
A new experiment: getting up at 0545 to start work at six. That means I’m finished by lunchtime. (Yes, Sunday is the start of my working week, laughing at blasphemy) After a long post-lunch kip, I didn’t even know what … Continue reading
Om Yoga
Woo! A new yoga book Caroline bought me. I like yoga books; I have many. This one is nice and simple: Om Yoga by Cyndi Lee. It has crayon drawings by the author and sets out a daily practice for … Continue reading
The end, the beginning
And that’s it! Four weeks of early(ish) mornings, daily asana, continuing when in the past I have given it a miss. Previously, I could find any excuse not to do yoga. Any excuse will do. But for four weeks I … Continue reading
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Candle Gazing
Kind of like a birthday present, the 27th day of the course is relaxation, breath and candle gazing. I really like the candle gazing; I hadn’t done it for a long long time. Darken the room, look at the flame … Continue reading
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The days are strange, the nights are weird.
Woke from dreams of military hardware, huge vehicles that could roll over anything, hundreds of them converging at Avebury to meet the media. The days are strange, the nights are weird. It’s day 26, of 28 – only a relaxation … Continue reading
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Walls, firewalls.
So, yeah, you’ll hit some walls, probably firewalls; you are going to get burned. That’s pretty tough and it’s the only way in this yoga thing. Or the only way I know. I am suspecting that the hard part, the … Continue reading
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Dark Days
One problem with following a course in a book is the disproportionate time it takes for some classes. Today’s review took one and a half hours, including the sitting still. Some days take only 20 minutes. I’m feeling pretty exhausted … Continue reading
Torso > Limbs
Problem areas. One of mine is the hamstrings. If you have been practising yogasana for fifteen years you are supposed to be able to touch your toes, right? Right?? Well I can’t. And it doesn’t matter. Stretching, breathing into, relaxing … Continue reading
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Yogasana
I am into the fourth week of the course, with only six days to go. On January 1st, it wasn’t so much a resolution to ‘do’ yoga every day because I find resolutions are made by one part of me … Continue reading
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Hallucinating while the owls hoot
I’m sure we are meant to sleep longer this time of year. In winter, I need way more than the eight hours I usually like and get. Today is one of those days when I know I won’t fully shake … Continue reading
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Simple
This compulsion to keep moving. To keep moving within, if not without. What is driving it? What if it’s nothing very much? What if we were spooked once and from there fled? And have been fleeing ever since? Stopping outwardly, … Continue reading
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