Autumn Lotus Yoga

But I hope to soon!!  Have hopefully found a new yoga home in Boston but will save details on that for another few days; don’t wanna jinx it. : ) 

We have successfully arrived in Cambridge and are in chaos — boxes dominate the apartment, finding out where the grocery store is, and when trash day is, and which way is up is keeping me busy!!  We get internet at home on Wednesday morning (THANK HEAVENS!!!!!!!!) and will be able to post daily again then.

As documented in these posts, for the past few months I’ve been workin’ a home practice.  I also love (& teach!) classes; just didn’t take them for a while.  There was a gap period of months in DC where I couldn’t find the right class with the right teacher at the right times.

Generally, for the practitioner there are pros & cons for home and class yoga practice…

Classes

Pros: just get yourself there & further motivation will usually be provided for you; huge benefits from the energy and support of a community; teacher provides supervision of form

Cons: don’t always fit your schedule or are available in local area; tough to find good personal fit with a teacher sometimes

Home practice:

Pros: happens on your schedule; adaptable to your needs of the moment; can use resources like DVDs, MP3s etc to take class from the best teachers in the world (helllooo, Forrest Intensive CDs & workshop MP3s : )

Cons: gotta show up on mat & keep going while maintaining balance in your practice; can end up slacking off & only doing the things you like, not the things you need & get in bad habits; miss out on community

Long term practitioners that I know end up balancing their changing needs during different periods of their yoga life.  Sometimes we do strictly one or the other, sometimes a mixture of both.  Just so long as there’s practice!!

I’ve really enjoyed the home practice, but would like to have a community and someone to give me some good adjustments — god, I miss those.  Keep your fingers crossed for me that the studio I love proves a good fit, pretty please, K?  Back by Wed if I can’t sneak away from the Box Monsters to Starbucks again sooner. : )

Tags: Cambridge Move, Daily Yoga Practice

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