Upper Valley Yoga Blog
Yoga on the BrainMarch is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Which is fitting because Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of my stroke. In the months following my injury, I struggled with walking, concentration, sensory and information processing, and managing over-stimulation. Alongside physical therapy, a regular yoga and meditation practice were the biggest source of support for developing new connections in my brain, and rebuilding strength, balance, and coordination. Over the years, I continued to find relief and rehab. . . Read more |
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The Ground we Play onI love to nordic ski but haven't done much of it in the past 5 years. Partly because of residual balance challenges following brain surgery in 2011 that make the world a little wobbly for me, partly because of my problematic right shoulder, which twinges with too much repetitive movement. But this snow! I mean, really, this snow..... Yesterday my dear friend Nancy—who is kindness and patience personified and a kick-ass skier as well—agreed to go out with me, to go slow and be patient. It was glorious.. . . Read more |
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All Yoga Classes are Free Friday, 1/20/17Why are we offering free classes on Friday January 20? Selfishly, it's because I have some very dark feelings about the impending transition in D.C. and confronted with my own feeling of helplessness and fear about where this country is headed, it feels like a "something" to do on the day of inauguration, even if it's a very small and local "something." I invite you to turn your T.V. off, bring a friend, come to class at 8:30, 10, noon or 5:30. All are welcome. Let's fill our little yoga home in White Ri. . . Read more |
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Looking AheadIf you come regularly to my Sunday 9 am class, you know that I have been exploring mudra for the past couple of years. Not every week, but many of them, I spend a little time researching and experimenting with a mudra that feels particularly relevant, and I often use that as the starting point when building the vinyasa flow practice that will constitute most of the class. Simply put, mudras are gestures—usually of the hands—that evoke psychological and spiritual attitudes, each with its own specific q. . . Read more |
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Yoga as Mood StabilizerYoga makes you feel better. Sometimes it's just that simple. While I would love to be feeling the joy of the holiday season, I'm going to be honest here. I am mostly not feeling it. Not yet. That said, the newly snow-blanketed landscape does brighten my mood. And, when I came home from the studio Wednesday afternoon and my husband Greg had hung the lights, hung the wreaths, put the candles in the windows, I did feel a little something stirring. but mostly what I felt was gratitude to him, because it meant. . . Read more |
