Autumn Lotus Yoga

Went on a yoga field trip this morning!!  Did a short warm up at thome, then my gorgeous yogi friend took me to her favorite local stretchy joint, The Healing Tree in Wollaston (Quincy) MA. 

We did Kathy Keane’s “power” yoga followed by Kathy’s Pilates class.  Kathy is a darling teacher & VERY good with anatomy and demonstrating in such a clear fashion that little “oh yeh!” lightbulbs went off all around the room. 

This showed up best in her Pilates class, actually, I think… some of the quality of her intelligence got obscured by a bit more floaty metaphysics & imagery than I usually indulge in & also because she has two very strong “repeat words.”  Seriously, Kathy would be one of the best teachers I’ve seen in her style of yoga (softer flow, traditional alignment as opposed to Forrest) if she was banned from ever saying the words “little” or “beautiful” again.  What I find extra entertaining is that Kathy is indeed both little and beautiful, and so it appears are all the rest of us & everything we do.   

Big hearts & flowers to her & The Healing Tree studio all around though — and definitely enjoyed getting out & about.  Got motivated to do so after having been obssessed with a home practice for a while there because I suddenly felt that I was isolating myself & getting too wrapped up in my own BS.  Big wake up was regretting not doing the Global Mala for no good reason.  Needed to lighten up, connect more, enjoy the town.  So that whole structure idea from a few days ago may not fly but I am hitting two classes most days & having a blast!  

Have  a host of yoga adventures set up for next week, including teaching a few more classes, doing Lynne’s Madonnathon at Back Bay on Wednesday night after assisting (Forrest yoga to Madonna — rock on! , and I’ve signed up for Micheline Berry’s Liquid Asana intensives & teacher training next weekend.

New motto: Whoever has the most fun wins.

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