Pulling threads
Notes and news from the present moment, on its swift way to becoming past.
New Year Greetings
Writing to you from under a blue, blue sky, I send happy good wishes for the New Year — and for the new quarter-century! May all your transitions be smooth and landings soft.
May 6 Workshop: Rope-wall Inversions
In this 2-hour workshop, we will explore inversions such as headstand, handstand, and shoulder-stand, using the rope wall to make the benefits of these poses accessible to practitioners at any level of experience. This workshop will provide opportunities to become comfortable with, or deepen into, these expansive, joyful, liberating poses.
March Equinoxe
A detail from “Spring Cross” — one of three new Sky Mandalas released as the northern spring begins…a poem published for you to read…and other good news!
Indigo Sky Multiplied
Blue blue blue! The brilliance of the blue sky! I have recently made a vow to myself, to make the very best of each weather condition that nourishes me, as it nourishes me. (Even if it is out of season.)
Energy Renewing Itself
the principle of allowing energy that is renewing itself,
to be reinforced by rest…
the necessity of tenderness
Turning Corners
When the sky mirrors itself…New developments in #skyproject, last yoga classes of the year, and an eye to future offerings…
For the Time Being
Time, oh time … I am a time-being, a being in a complex relationship with time. Who among us is not?
I grieve the speed of time flying … except in October.
a fresh start
I was reading yesterday in the I Ching, hexagram 32. Hêng, or “Duration.” This hexagram is made of two trigrams: The Gentle / Wind, below, and The Arousing / Thunder, above. How fascinating that two such dynamic natural forces, combined, could yield an association with union and constancy! But in this iconography, the explanation goes:
the gifts of summer
So quickly this July is flying! And so many friends literally flying, springing free, outbound on wings of metal, after these strange years of such restricted movement. It is a gift to move freely when we have felt bound.
Inspired Rest = Inspiration Reset
Inspired Reset Restorative Yoga starts June 25 at Mosaic Yoga Studio in Toronto!
Inspiration Reset
Endings, beginnings, and continuity … Life is forever bringing us change to learn with and from.
Winter Practice
Today, just a quick note today to let you know that the Winter Schedule is live, with all classes resuming next week. You can find the details in my calendar, and described in this blog post.
I will pick up writing on the yamas and niyamas again in the coming weeks — continuing a winter-appropriate exploration of ethical precepts in the philosophy of yoga.
Ahimsa and the Centipede
For a period at the beginning of this year, I framed my yoga classes with the yamas and niyamas: ten guiding principles or ethics of yoga philosophy. I listed them at the beginning of each class, and invited participants to choose the most resonant precept, the one that caught their ear, and to draw into deeper consideration of it.
The precept that continues to resonate for me through this whole year, is the one taught first, the seed of all the others: ahimsa, or non-killing, non-harming, non-violence. Read how sangha, aversion, and a big bug show up as teachers.