Recently I have been cheating on Yoga with Tai Chi. I had been struggling with Yoga, expecting too much of myself, and it became a pressure war – why am I not better at this? Everyone can do this but me. I used to be better at this, before I sprained my ankle and took …
The other morning I got up at 5 a.m., a habit I have been trying to recreate. It allows me a few minutes to blog before my husband, deceived by the empty spot in my bed to think it’s time for him to get up, and cranky when he realizes how early it really is, …
For a long time I wasn’t good at yoga and that bothered me. I used to weep through class because I couldn’t effortlessly lift my legs and go into shoulder stand – I had to rock back and forth, useless cheating that frustrated me to no end. Then I started going to yoga every day …
