http://www.yo-fi.com com_fireboard en-us Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:21:32 -0500 http://www.yo-fi.com/components/com_fireboard/template/default/images/english/emoticons/fb_rsspower.gif http://www.yo-fi.com 88 http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,112/catid,14/ Do you eat before or after a yoga session? I tend to eat after, or if I don't do yoga first thing in the morning, I'll have eaten a few hours before. ... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,111/catid,19/ All of the MB videos are a great tool to either start a yoga practice or recharge your existing practice. I have practiced with Mitchel several times over the years, and now that I have all of his new DVD's, I truly feel his presence in my yoga room whenever I use one for practice. Mitchel does a great job being true to himself in each of the classes. It's hard to choose a favorite, as they are all wonderful, but I would recommend starting with either the hips or shoulders series. With this being said, I fi... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,110/catid,36/ My last trip to San Diego I took a class at Your Yoga Voyage, http://www.youryogavoyage.com/youryogavoyage/site.nsf/d?ReadForm&m=1.YOURYOGA&s=1. The instructor was inspiring and used good alignment cues. It was an intimate practice (maybe half a dozen students). Great start to the day!... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,109/catid,35/ gee, I haven't written in weeks but have been reading all these words of wisdom... And through it all (with 4 days left) , I have thought a great deal about what yoga means and means to me. Most importantly I realize that it means that i have a place to go, a place to BE , whether at home, hotel room or somewhere in between that allows me to take time for myself. To reflect, to calm, to re-energize and to slow down and BREATHE!!! I need this more in my life now than I would have ever imagined. It h... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,107/catid,35/ Remember that commercial, "This is your brain on drugs" with the egg in the frying pan? (I must say, I never quite got it -- looked pretty yummy to me.) Anyway, "my brain on yoga" is slow to come to resolution on the experience, which I have decided is exactly the point. I came away from the last workshop with the word "resolution" on my brain and have been thinking about it, on and off, ever since. I am getting a better grasp of the importance of continuation, exploration, discovery and patience in lif... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,106/catid,35/ Taking on this "Experience" was more of a taking on of a physical challenge for myself. Or so I thought. I hit an emotional wall a week ago while we were in Santa Monica. I found YogaWorks and practiced there every day, but as the days and classes passed, I felt more raw and more vulnerable. Yes, my body was stronger after 12 days of straight practice, but this emotional exposure wasn't what I had planned for - or had my husband. I imagined a stronger physical practice and wasn't prepared for this vulner... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,105/catid,36/ My favorite studio in St. Louis is Southtown Yoga. Of course, I am a little partial :)... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,104/catid,35/ I actually feel like I've been doing a lot less asana practice since The Experience has begun which is an interesting result of a 30 day yoga challenge. I've gotten onto my mat every single day over the past two weeks, but many of those times I've been just letting my practice be guided by how my body feels, not by how what I think a yoga practice should be. Some of those practices have only been 15 minutes long with just a few standing poses and then a good amount of seated forward bends but why do I fe... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,103/catid,35/ so it is day 15, i come to yoga, I ache and I am cold. Everything sort of hurts a little. And my yoga buddy fells this way as well. So we are both dragging........... and then we have this amazing Liz class with this very powerful and calming and focusing breathing exercise at the end............ and I am energized not in a caffeine way but in a deeper more grounded way. And I continue to discover more reasons why the experience is so meaningful.......... http://www.yo-fi.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,44/func,view/id,102/catid,35/ Hello everyone :) I am feeling amazing so much good stuff! almost getting towards the end.I never imagined I would have such a beautiful experience! I am doing a 5 day detox at the juice stand, just started today and wanted to include towards the end, so a lot of good stuff! well looking forward to Sarah class!see you in the morning:)...