Asana Comfortable Seat

Asana means "comfortable seat".  It does not mean "cirque du soleil performer".  Don't be discouraged or intimidated with crazy hard poses you see around Instagram.  Yoga Asana is about getting the body ready to sit comfortably in meditation.  You want to train your body to be a "friend and an accomplice" as Iyengar says in Light on Life.  Asana calms and strengthens the nervous system while yogic breathing or pranayama calms and strengthens the mind.  

Each pose that you advance to, you are to find comfort in it.  Comfort means that you can steady your gaze, take full complete breaths without strain, and find balance between the struggle and the ease.  

Yoga is not about joining the circus.  It's not about throwing yourself into a pose because your neighbor in class did it.  Challenging your body to go farther as your body says to, not your ego, can be right for some people.  Others will never stand on their heads and that is fine too.  Remember, it's not about being a carni.  It's about finding comfort in the uncomfortable.    

WIGWAM

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The Wigwam Fest Sunday Series is fast approaching.  First Sunday Funday is April 12th continuing through May 3rd.  It is a Sunday FILLED with all things health and wellness.  I will be doing a DTOX Yoga session on April 19th incorporating vinyasa with a mindful detox.  Get your tickets today.  Use Promo Code DTOX to receive $10 off.  Check out the amazing lineup here.  http://wigwamfest.com

The girl w the one big boob

Daylight savings time brings tired folks and late folks and the girl w the one big boob. Even though we put Ilsa to bed at the same time, she knew something was off. She, and therefore I, was up several times. By 5 am, I put her in bed w me to nurse. 1 hour later, my alarm went off for yoga.  She was still latched on. In laymen terms, she'd been eating on one side for an hour. I jumped up, dressed and ran to yoga.  

In Bikram style hot yoga, you stare at yourself in the mirror most of the class. How appropriate for those who know anything about the founder, Mr Bikram. I digress. 

As I plant my eyes, I notice my left boob is about 14 letdowns bigger than the right. Holy shit.   

Let it go.

As I move through the class, my balance is off. Way off. My balance is never off. It must be the boob. I mean it is literally the size of my head.  

Get out of your head-into your body. I did.  

Zoned out. Follow the breath.  

Later.

I noticed the teacher was laughing. Hard.  

I snapped out and looked and the teacher was looking my way laughing.  

Fyi-as a yoga teacher. Don't make inside jokes. Don't laugh at your own jokes. And definitely don't look towards the girl w one big boob and laugh and point. I'm still not sure if it was directed at me. Most likely not.  

Right?  

Happy Daylight Savings