We first connect to the earth through our feet.
Our balance, sense of self, and our “groundedness” with the big ol’ Earth is usually first transmitted through our feet’s dainty arches. The more connected and rooted we are to the earth, the more stability and power we can access in our asana practice. Through activating and energizing three three arches of the feet (medial, lateral, and transverse), we begin to engage up through our legs into our core, which helps us find our center.
This week in class, we are taking this work in the feet up and into the hips. Ah, the [read more...]
The yogis race around in slung back crocs, their new manduka mats slung across their shoulders as they race into class. Here, in air-conditioned conference rooms with indelicately laid out tape (in crowded spaces, everyone gets their own yoga parking space), the giants of yoga meet with their adoring masses and share their wisdom. These yogic rockstars – Shiva Rea, Dharma Mittra, Seane Corne, Ana Forrest, to name a few – become more accessible in the bland, generic conference rooms. In Yoga Journal or on their dvd’s they are impossibly graceful, superhumanly peaceful, and (surely) enlightened. But there’s something about a [read more...]
