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Photographs courtesy of Kyle Murphy In August of 2012 I decided to take a leap and get professional yoga photographs taken...meaning the person behind the camera was a pro, and I'd do poses, but the outcome was left to chance. I make no claim that my alignment is perfect, but I do know that I was trying my best to follow my own knowledge, plus the cues of the patient instructor/coach there. Your poses may (will) look different, but out of sheer humility (to prove that it's the IDEA of the pose, not the IDEAL) I thought I'd unveil these, with the pose names in English and Sanskrit. Eventually I will add my own pose notes like how to get into them, how to make your own adjustments, and how to move out of them. Enjoy, offer me feedback, Pin, or whatever you please. Parivrtta Anjanyasana - Revolved Lunge Pose with palms together at the heart in Namaste Mudra (also can be considered a modification of Pavritta Parsvakonsana - Revolved Side Angle) (Eka Pada) Setu Banda Sarvangasan...

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I wanted to share a really great yoga experience I had yesterday when I did two essential things: 1) ventured out of my comfort zone; and 2) abandoned my ego. I went to one of my favorite local studios (#HapaYoga) to pick up a TRX class. If you haven't ventured into a gym lately TRX is a type of equipment that consists of a long strap anchored high to a wall, with two stirrups at the ends. The strap lengths are adjustable and the stirrups have handles for gripping with your hands or securing your feet. You use your body weight and incline positions to vary the effort you need to stabilize yourself for certain exercises, lift yourself up or let yourself down; this mirrors some traditional "machine," free weight or even floor work exercises with the benefit of you controlling the weight and being supported by straps. I have received the most intense (and still enjoyable) core workouts using this system and am actually getting trained in June so that I can help teach some cl...

Just trying to gather up some good info to pass on about Yoga and Health and Family related events this Spring. Thank you SoCalKidsSanDiego.com and San Diego Coast Life being such AMAZING resources! April 13 at the Del mar Fairgrounds is the Hullaballoo Family Music Festival ! April 13 is the El Cajon Library Multicultural Family Fiesta that celebrates the cultural diversity of its community and customers. The event will feature a wide variety of entertainment, international refreshments donated by more than 30 restaurants and markets, and an information fair. April 13 and 14 Healthy Living Festival at the Del Mar Fair - Free Admission April 20 is Suzie's (organic) Farm Strawberry Jam : a fun, family-oriented farm experience focused on everyone’s favorite summer fruit. Strawberry Jam kicks off Suzie’s Farm “Event Season,” which will be hosted at their new property Suzie’s at Sunset, on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. April 21 at Legoland and Apr...

FREE Neck & Shoulder Pain Clinic 13 Apr 2013 from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PDT) Community Clubhouse at Golden Hill Park & Rec 26th & Russ Blvd (Parking on Russ Blvd.) San Diego 92102 DIRECTIONS at http://blissyogi.com/directions.html Are you (or someone you love) TIRED of Suffering from Neck & Shoulder pain? If you said yes then come to this free clinic and experience natural, drug-free relief. Wear loose comfortable clothes. Family and friends welcome. RSVP to Deepaa@blissyogi.com Setting Right Your Most Important Relationships 20 Apr 2013 from 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM (PDT) Community Clubhouse at Golden Hill Park and Rec Special Event With Awakening Being Gail Wingfield Do you want to improve your sense of connectedness and harmony in all your relationships? If you answered YES, then please join us for a rare opportunity to learn how to set right your most important relationships. Then observe the effect that has on all your other relationships. Bring water, a notebook and pen...

Update - Sten made me aware that the timing between the slides and the audio fails at the 31 minute mark. I am preparing a corrected version. I'll upload it as soon as I can, and re-post the link. Update 2 - Corrected versions are posted to Vimeo  and YouTube .  I was invited to participate in the joint Maryland Cattle Industry Convention and Hay & Pasture Conference. My visit to Hagerstown was quite enjoyable. I met a number of folks and I learned a great deal. I gave two presentations: “Optimizing Forage-Based Animal Nutrition” and “Beef: The REAL Health Food!” I meant to record both of them, but I forgot to turn on my Zoom H2 for the animal nutrition presentation. [slaps forehead] I’ve produced a “video” of the Beef presentation. It’s a combination of an audio recording with the PowerPoint slide set.  

This week I started to experiment in one class with chair yoga, then even more in another class, and so next week I declare to be Chair Yoga week. You can get a surprisingly good workout EVEN IN A CHAIR doing yoga. It affords you the opportunity to take balance issues out of the equation (for the most part) and focus on alignment, creating space, engaging the abdomen, and breathing above and beyond all. For those that have injuries, physical limitations, arthritis, are pregnant or just want to try something different, having the chair nearby brings the floor closer to you (or you closer to the floor, however you perceive it) and may offer a little more security, as well as a multitude of modification options. We worked Warrior 1, 2 and 3 using the chair (virabhadrasana series). We did spinal flexion and extension (uttanasana, anuvatasana), forward, back and side. We used the chair to make reaching the floor not even a concern in Triangle Pose (trikonasa) and Half Moon (ardha chandrasan...