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Which Would You Prefer – Sit Still or Experience a Shock?

Posted on 07/08/2014 by paulefallon

This is a reposted blog essay from on of my favorite bloggers: yogibattle. Here is some disturbing news from the Western front: many people can barely tolerate to be alone with themselves. At least those were the findings in a … Continue reading →

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One Breath to One Movement

Posted on 06/05/2014 by paulefallon

Sequencing is the term we use for the series of yoga poses that we put together to create a coherent class. Like most things in this world, sequencing is something I never thought about until I had to do it, … Continue reading →

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My Chakras / My Asanas

Posted on 05/30/2014 by paulefallon

Specific yoga poses draw from, and contribute to, how the seven chakras exist within each of us. In theory, chakras strength and asana strength correlate.  I decided to investigate that in terms of my own practice. Consider the seven Chakras … Continue reading →

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In the Zone

Posted on 05/05/2014 by paulefallon

I went into the studio Sunday noon and laid my mat in a favorite place beneath the skylight tight to the front mirror. I like the way the rays highlight my poses. All the better still if the sun steaming … Continue reading →

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Shoulders and Plow

Posted on 04/28/2014 by paulefallon

I am obedient by nature. I follow the yoga teacher’s instructions and execute every pose.  Sometimes I lag, since I flow slower than many, but I sequence through and catch up in downward dog. Teacher’s give permission for variation when … Continue reading →

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Foot Chakras

Posted on 04/24/2014 by paulefallon

In honor of Earth Day our yoga instructor Maureen led a class that emphasized our connection to the earth.  We began in Toe Squat Pose. Toe Squat is a yin pose, and like most yin poses, it looks easy but … Continue reading →

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Giddy Yoga

Posted on 04/14/2014 by paulefallon

I completed my RYT200 yoga Teacher Training yesterday. I’m a yoga teacher.  The class is organized as 200 hours of work over eight weeks but I channeled my inner geek and logged a lot more than that.  In addition to … Continue reading →

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Restorative Yin Yoga

Posted on 04/07/2014 by paulefallon

Yin yoga is like making a feast out of nothing. The poses are easy, barely poses at all.  We hold them a long time; so long I forget I’m in a pose. When the tinkling bell goes off to change … Continue reading →

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Krishnamacharya: Lynchpin Between Ancient and Modern Yoga

Posted on 04/03/2014 by paulefallon

Newton took the apple out of the Garden of Eden and used it to demonstrate gravity. Franklin sucked lightening out of the sky and channeled it to the earth.  Then Edison captured it in a bulb. Over the past 500 … Continue reading →

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Iyangar Provides a Restorative Antidote to Power Yoga

Posted on 03/24/2014 by paulefallon

In my quest to explore different types of yoga, I took a 75-minute restorative Iyangar class at Om Namo in Cambridge with Ally McAlpin. Four students met in an unheated.  We began class with our mats short end to the … Continue reading →

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