Tag: meditation

Lessons from a Yoga Challenge

I recently completed a 30 Day Challenge at my beloved yoga studio. (I’m using the title yoga challenge somewhat loosely as I was allowed to mix it up and take dance and Pilates instead, but yoga is my first love at Sacred, and it’s mostly what I did). I loved the 30 Day Challenge and the feeling of community that came…

Working Toward Stillness

Yesterday, I returned to yoga after a hiatus that began with my 3-week trip and that continued a little longer than it should have upon my return to the city. My wonderful flow yoga teacher announced that we would be devoting the class to Vishnu’s Couch, the side-lying pose in which Vishnu reclined in stillness before creating the universe. That’s…

Anti-Resistance Training

I recently started attending hot yoga classes. I thought it would be a good fit for me, a girl who is prone to stagnation and who has a great love of aggressive therapies (think acupuncture and gua sha, not, you know aggression aggressive). I was also a girl in need of movement, stretching, new blood, release. It was a good…