The Shoulder Season

It's a funny phrase, "shoulder season", as a reference to Fall andSpring. Wasn't until I moved up here that I understood that phrase torefer to the "shoulder" at the side of a road, a kind of halfway pointbetween the highway and the ditch.  Until then I had an image of thevery weight of coming winter bearing down on the patient shoulders ofFall, a kind of seasonal kyphosis born on the hearty bodies of NewEnglanders. But if the shoudler is the side of the road.....is Winterthe highway, or the ditch?

Maybe the seasons are more like a fluid yoga practice ebbing andflowing, gradually shifting toward the deeper seasons of Summer andWinter. Not much "ebbing" this year though, more like a long slingshotfrom a catapult and...here we are. Undeniably beautiful. Clearly on thedownside of "shoulder" and into the very lungs of Winter. However youdefine it, our "shoulder" was brief indeed.

Our schedule too shifts with seasonal fluctuation....In December I starta new class up here in Thetford called "Unwinding"—a mixed level classgeared to somewhat experienced yogis, and diving a little more into thework of subtle body work I am studying at Prajna yoga, incorporatingthat floor based, somatic work into a hatha practice that explores asana(level 1-2 poses, see events listing) in  the second half of the class.This class will run Mondays 5:30 in Thetford. If it's interesting toenough people, I plan to continue on into the new year. The Tuesday 6:30am class in Thetford is, like many of us, in hibernation mode until theSpring.

In January, we will begin a Saturday 2 pm vinyasa class in WRJ.

There are likely to be a few more changes along the way—stay tuned. Staywarm. When the weather is super exciting, be sure to check the websitefor cancellations before hitting the road.

Love,
Leslie