Well, it’s pretty funny.  I was waiting til after an afternoon assisting workshop to write, then completely forgot!   And after commenting on writing everyday so recently too.   I blame the excitement of going out for a fabulous dinner right after the workshop, then sitting down to watch the Travel Channel & zonking out on [...]

We must be living in an alternate reality.  Because it looks like I will be assisting Ana at her Forrest Yoga workshop, 12-14 Feb, at Three Rivers Yoga in Coraopolis, PA.  (It’s by Pittsburgh.)
See:
http://www.threeriversyoga.com 
and
http://www.threeriversyoga.com/eventDetail.aspx?eventId=150
That is of course contingent on avoiding disaster, which I am very adept at conjuring up, mostly in my own head.   [...]

Gather round the campfire, dear yogis, I have a horror story to tell. 
First, this is not my story.  It is the story of a friend who gave me permission to share it.  It does not involve a teacher I know — CERTAINLY no one at Back Bay nor in Boston at all.  Beyond that, I [...]

Well, due to a variety of reasons, my turn as an assistant at Back Bay looks to be complete.  I mourned last night and today am focusing on moving on;  resetting my schedule a bit and working on setting up a volunteer gig.  Hopefully there will be more on that soon!
Also taking the time now to [...]

Did 3 practices today.
First was 2 hrs on the mat for teacher’s practice.  Focused on a very dynamic, sweaty sequence, worked my ass off & thought “that’s my practice for today.”
Second was assisting a full Forrest class, taught by Lynne at Back Bay —  windows fogged, walls dripping, busy room.  And I thought, “nope, this is [...]

Yeah, that headline could be interpreted in so many ways.  Snicker away at your favorite.  Let’s get it out of our systems.    It was the most descriptive term I could come up with!!
But that was the real stunner of a very full day yesterday that culminated in assisting Peter’s class.
First off, my ujjayi [...]

My friend who went to the workshop did an amazing job at the workshop & writing about it – it really is like getting to both have and eat the proverbial cake (yummmm, cake to get to have her go & read about it. 
I especially like that she intuitively gravitated towards being most comfortable teaching [...]