Being hurt is never a fun or easy thing. It’s even fewer giggles when it interferes with your practice on a long-term basis. Such is my case right now. Come to find out the spraigned ankle I experienced about 9 months ago was not, in fact, a muscle injury. My foot had been broken, but [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Injury Loves Company
Posted in fitness, practice, weight loss, yoga on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Never Too Late
Posted in fitness, practice, sprituality, yoga, tagged Add new tag on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I love about yoga is how it brings people together in a common struggle. It binds people, much more so that many other forms of exercise. I expect this has something to do with the fact that yoga should not be a competition. It is a battle with yourself–your own limitations, physically and [...]
Joints a lockin’
Posted in martial arts, practice, yoga on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Martial artists often used the old adage that “pain is temporary–pride is forever”. As a yoga instructor, I’m constantly reminding people to push themselves to the point of discomfort but not pain, which is crucial in injury prevention, however, I don’t mean that you will experience no pain through your yoga practice. In fact, there will [...]
