June 8, 2015
Tony Bennett belting out a ballad? Bonnie Raitt being bluesy? During a yoga class? Yes, yes, and yes. The music wafting through the keyhole during one of my classes isn’t what one expects to hear from a yoga studio. Read more
June 1, 2015
Life happens. Still, I practice yoga. With a teenager in the house (translated: grocery shopping and parenting have shifted to overdrive, much like his hormones), speaking engagements, and an upcoming move to the other coast, I need to practice yoga. Add that my Parkinson’s clocks in at a full decade, it’s no surprise that life has interrupted my writing and posting about yoga practice. The shift in my practice reflects the changes in my symptoms, (which includes less “on” time). During the increasing “off” times, I turn to yoga. I’ve learned a great deal about how the body moves, adjusts, compensates, peters out. I’ve added modifications in classes, slowing not in approach but in this awareness. I talk it through to students, wondering at times if I’m talking too much. The answer came last week after a wordy explanation of a twist. The synergy in lengthening and contracting seemed an […]
March 30, 2014
Thank you to Helaine of the Parkinson’s Unity Walk for the honor of posting a guest blog. The motto for the Parkinson’s Unity Walk is ‘Make Every Step Count.’ I might add ‘Make Every Breath Count’: Click to view blog post on Unity Walk site: Yoga and Parkinson’s