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Balance In The City: In The Zone
Sometimes it happens during the first OM, and other times it takes until savasana. It can come and go, disappearing without warning like the NYC sample sale season. I have been interested in and trying to track my own points of entry, departure and reentry into the yoga zone. I have learned that it is [...]
Balance In The City: Back Into It
Back from the holidays. Back to work. Back to yoga. I’ve been fondly remembering last year when I threw out my back by retrieving eyeliner from the bathroom floor. It took three months before stepping foot into a yoga studio. As a child, I was fortunate to avoid broken bones or sprains, while B.K.S. Iyengar was plagued with malaria, typhoid and bouts of [...]
Balance In The City: Why Yoga?
It was just one of those days; I was cranky, irritable, short tempered with no one or nothing to blame. My energy was pulled in three different directions: in need of a run, a hard yoga class, or a romantic comedy with a big bag of butter popcorn. I even crossed the street to see [...]
Balance In The City: Fall Into Balance
Balance – n. 1. a state of equilibrium; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc….. 4. mental or emotional steadisness…..7. the power or ability to decide an outcome. We attempt balance every day. We balance a checkbook, balance work and life, balance to put on a pair of pants or shoes, balance chemical equations. As children [...]
Balance In The City: Gotta Go
We move fast and multi task. I’m currently writing this on my phone while jockeying for position on the train, apologizing for my bag, thinking of what excuse to use for being late to work (rain) and wondering why I never listened to Cat Stevens before. We also multi-task in yoga: breathing, moving, twisting. How [...]
Balance In The City: Ommmmmm, nnoooooooooo
I can feel the hesitation when announcing it’s time to chant “OM”. The inhale seems short and often stifled. I can hear the wheels turning, “Am I off key? Will I last long enough?” Those are often the thoughts in my head and can only assume they are in others. OM does not have a [...]
