Hi Everyone,
We made it to Pune! The flights were long but uneventful! The taxi ride from Bombay to Pune was intense. Lots of flooding! We are in the Hotel Chetak for a night and move into the flat tomorrow. We have our class schedule. We ate Indian food and walked around. More later!
must run.
Anne
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Twelve Hours until I leave Waco
Well, I'm in the pre-travel anxiety phase. What have I forgotten? Is everything really going to be fine while I'm gone? But mostly I'm just excited also.
Here's a lovely picture of B.K.S Iyengar.
Next update will be from Zurich or India.
Stay tuned!!!!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
and ready to go !!!!
My student, Ann Alridge sent me this picture, titled "how to weigh correctly." urdhva prasarita padasana comes in handy it appears.
I just had the last Tuesday class before the hiatus. It was a little sad. It will be weird not to teach yoga for a month and a half. Actually, it is just weird to leave your life for a month...
but we did sun saluations, the happiness pose (parsva dhanurasana), and some restorative things at the end. Denise gave me some very handy travel items and Alexandra gave me some chocolate... Really sweet!!!
Mostly, I'm just in the sheer excitement, ready to go phase. I'm completely packed. Tomorrow, I have a really full day: massage, trip to the vet, writing, several meetings on campus. I need to practice at some point. and then the last wednesday class, then the day of departure.
A couple more hints on home practice. Do restorative poses. Think how much you love legs up the wall pose (viparita karani) or supta baddha konasana or setu bandha, why not do them every day???
Saturday, June 23, 2007
I am packed
Well, I'm packed and ready to go. I have some consulting work to do in Dallas the next couple days so I had to get everything ready. It is weird to think I'll be gone for a month and I'm only bringing one backpack. It is the same backpack I took when I spent a semester in Greece and the summer backpacking in Europe. It's been on a few trips to Mexico and central America, even on a trip to Costa Rica without me !
Here's a picture of me and my godson H.W. He is totally cute. He is chewing on my keys. H.W. gave me the hot pink yoga mat that I use in class last Christmas. I don't really think of myself as a hot pink person, much less a hot pink mat with paisley prints sort of person. But shortly after I got the mat, Christina gave me a hot pink yoga mat bag, with the magic money pocket, as Marie calls it, so maybe it is one of those Nietzschean things where you become what you are. I did choose hot pink as the background color for the blog. Hmm... I also didn't think I was a mini-van person, but a free Honda Odyssey from the parents is hard to turn down and even though I'm not a soccer mom, it is useful for hauling props around and as Alexandra Foley says, I am "yoga mom to many."
Fall Session Dates
Fall Yoga Classes Start August 20 and 21 and Sept 5
To reserve a space send a check to Anne Bowery, 511 Wayne Drive, Waco 76712.
Mondays 6:00 PM at Lakeshore (Beginner) NOTE NEW START TIME
Tuesdays 10 AM at Lakeshore (Beginner) Finally, A daytime class !!!
Tuesdays 5:30 PM at Lakeshore (Intermediate)
Wednesdays 6:30 PM at Salon Adeva (Beginner)
Monday Session Dates
Session 1 8-20 - 10-15 (no Class Labor Day) $80
Session 2 10-22 -12-10 $80
Tuesday Morning Session Dates
Session 1 8-21 - 10-16 (No Class 9 -25) $80
Session 2 10-23 – 12-11 $80
Tuesday Evening Session Dates
Session 1 8-21 - 10-16 $90
Session 2 10-23 – 12-11 $80
Wednesday Evening Twelve Week Session $120
9-5 - 12-12 (No Class 9-26, 10-17, and 11-21)
To reserve a space send a check to Anne Bowery, 511 Wayne Drive, Waco 76712.
Mondays 6:00 PM at Lakeshore (Beginner) NOTE NEW START TIME
Tuesdays 10 AM at Lakeshore (Beginner) Finally, A daytime class !!!
Tuesdays 5:30 PM at Lakeshore (Intermediate)
Wednesdays 6:30 PM at Salon Adeva (Beginner)
Monday Session Dates
Session 1 8-20 - 10-15 (no Class Labor Day) $80
Session 2 10-22 -12-10 $80
Tuesday Morning Session Dates
Session 1 8-21 - 10-16 (No Class 9 -25) $80
Session 2 10-23 – 12-11 $80
Tuesday Evening Session Dates
Session 1 8-21 - 10-16 $90
Session 2 10-23 – 12-11 $80
Wednesday Evening Twelve Week Session $120
9-5 - 12-12 (No Class 9-26, 10-17, and 11-21)
Friday, June 22, 2007
Iyengar Yoga helps Breast Cancer Patients
One of my students, Dee Blinka, gave me an article (Science News vol 171, May 12, 2007, p. 301),
about a pilot study on the effects of Iyengar Yoga on Breast cancer patients. THe study reports that women who practiced Iyengar yoga after completing cancer treatment had lower levels of depression, more ability to cope with the "demands of illness" and perhaps mostly amazingly "40 percent less of the immune system agent NF-kappa-B... which is linked to the production of inflammation aggravating chemicals."
Pretty impressive findings!
about a pilot study on the effects of Iyengar Yoga on Breast cancer patients. THe study reports that women who practiced Iyengar yoga after completing cancer treatment had lower levels of depression, more ability to cope with the "demands of illness" and perhaps mostly amazingly "40 percent less of the immune system agent NF-kappa-B... which is linked to the production of inflammation aggravating chemicals."
Pretty impressive findings!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Establishing a Home Practice
The absolute best thing you can to for yourself is establish a home practice. Your home practice is where you find your own yoga. Yoga classes are great for learning about yoga poses and for inspiration and energy, and for experiencing the community of yoga, but the real benefits of yoga are found through the internal exploration that a home practice brings.
Where to start? Just do what you remember from class. Those of you who have been taking from me for a while. You have all the knowledge you need to practice at home. Don't worry if you are doing everything right. Just start doing something every day. You have to have faith in what I've taught you, faith in your abilities as practioners, faith in the practice of yoga itself. I know it is hard to find the time. Everyone is busy and life is full. But all the more reason to get yoga into your life every day. It gives you the energy to experience life to the fullest.
Find out what your hindrance is. When I first started a home practice, I wouldn't go get my mat out of the car... So I bought another mat for the house. At the time, I didn't have a separate yoga room and sometimes I'd practice in the bedroom and the living room and if the house mat was in the living room and I was in the bedroom I wouldn't practice. Finally, I bought three mats and that seemed to solve that obstacle. I practiced with yoga videos and tapes for a really, really long time.
here's an easy way to start practicing at home. Do some seated poses while watching tv. or everyone loves supta badha konasana and legs up the wall pose. Just buy a bolster (Or make one out of some blankets you have) and do those poses every day. Its a start! and that's what's important.
Here is a list of yoga books and videos. Many of the books have sequences in the back that you can follow week by week. I've starred the ones that are most helpful for home practice. Ho
Books by BKS Iyengar.
Light on Yoga (the Bible of any yoga practice, B.K.S Iyengar’s first book, published in 1966, lots of detail, lots of pictures. EVERY IYENGAR YOGA PRACTIONER MUST OWN THIS BOOK)
Tree of Yoga (A collection of essays about the philosophy of yoga and yoga practice)
******Yoga: A Path to Holistic Health (nice coffee table book, accessible pictures, lots of sequences for specific ailments in the back)
Light on Life B.KS. Iyengars’ newest book. Lots of information about the psychological effects of yoga. It has a great sequence in the back of the book for emotional stablility
By Geeta Iyengar
Yoga: A Gem for Women. Good information on yoga generally and specifically geared toward issues that are important for women.
Books about Iyengar Yoga
*****How to Use Yoga by Mira Mehta Very accessible introduction to yoga, very helpful for establishing a home practice.
****Yoga: The Iyengar Way Silva Mehta, Mira Mehta The next step up, more difficult poses, more detail.
*****The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health : A Lifelong Guide to Wellness by Linda Sparrowe, Patricia Walden
Other Yoga Books
****Yoga Explained. By Mira Mehta et al, very good intro to yoga, yoga philosophy, and also very helpful for establishing a home practice.
***Relax and Renew by Judith Laster
Yoga from the Inside Out by Christina Sell (who happens to be my sister and there are pictures of me in the book as an added bonus)
Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners DVD ~ Patricia Walden (2002)
Yoga For Beginners II (Yoga Journal's Yoga Basics) DVD
A.M. and P.M. Yoga for Beginners DVD
Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Relaxation VHS ~ Rodney Yee (1992)
Yoga Journal - Yoga Practice for Flexibility DVD (1992)
Where to start? Just do what you remember from class. Those of you who have been taking from me for a while. You have all the knowledge you need to practice at home. Don't worry if you are doing everything right. Just start doing something every day. You have to have faith in what I've taught you, faith in your abilities as practioners, faith in the practice of yoga itself. I know it is hard to find the time. Everyone is busy and life is full. But all the more reason to get yoga into your life every day. It gives you the energy to experience life to the fullest.
Find out what your hindrance is. When I first started a home practice, I wouldn't go get my mat out of the car... So I bought another mat for the house. At the time, I didn't have a separate yoga room and sometimes I'd practice in the bedroom and the living room and if the house mat was in the living room and I was in the bedroom I wouldn't practice. Finally, I bought three mats and that seemed to solve that obstacle. I practiced with yoga videos and tapes for a really, really long time.
here's an easy way to start practicing at home. Do some seated poses while watching tv. or everyone loves supta badha konasana and legs up the wall pose. Just buy a bolster (Or make one out of some blankets you have) and do those poses every day. Its a start! and that's what's important.
Here is a list of yoga books and videos. Many of the books have sequences in the back that you can follow week by week. I've starred the ones that are most helpful for home practice. Ho
Books by BKS Iyengar.
Light on Yoga (the Bible of any yoga practice, B.K.S Iyengar’s first book, published in 1966, lots of detail, lots of pictures. EVERY IYENGAR YOGA PRACTIONER MUST OWN THIS BOOK)
Tree of Yoga (A collection of essays about the philosophy of yoga and yoga practice)
******Yoga: A Path to Holistic Health (nice coffee table book, accessible pictures, lots of sequences for specific ailments in the back)
Light on Life B.KS. Iyengars’ newest book. Lots of information about the psychological effects of yoga. It has a great sequence in the back of the book for emotional stablility
By Geeta Iyengar
Yoga: A Gem for Women. Good information on yoga generally and specifically geared toward issues that are important for women.
Books about Iyengar Yoga
*****How to Use Yoga by Mira Mehta Very accessible introduction to yoga, very helpful for establishing a home practice.
****Yoga: The Iyengar Way Silva Mehta, Mira Mehta The next step up, more difficult poses, more detail.
*****The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health : A Lifelong Guide to Wellness by Linda Sparrowe, Patricia Walden
Other Yoga Books
****Yoga Explained. By Mira Mehta et al, very good intro to yoga, yoga philosophy, and also very helpful for establishing a home practice.
***Relax and Renew by Judith Laster
Yoga from the Inside Out by Christina Sell (who happens to be my sister and there are pictures of me in the book as an added bonus)
Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners DVD ~ Patricia Walden (2002)
Yoga For Beginners II (Yoga Journal's Yoga Basics) DVD
A.M. and P.M. Yoga for Beginners DVD
Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Relaxation VHS ~ Rodney Yee (1992)
Yoga Journal - Yoga Practice for Flexibility DVD (1992)
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