BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 31, 2009

When advertising my classes, I stress developing flexibility, strength, and balance. Most people will read that and presume I’m referring to physical aspects focused upon in the classes, which is true. However, FLEXIBILITY, BALANCE, and STRENGTH are qualities needing development in every mind, heart, and life. When I canceled classes at the last minute in [...]

Category: Life, Meditation, asana, breathwork, transformation | 2 Comments »
Tags: exhalation, flexibility, releasing, rigidity, softening, the Aging Brain

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 18, 2009

Today’s post comes from blogger, twitter-friend, yogini, coach, mom, and gratitude chick, LaSara. She posted it on Mar. 13, 2009. Catholicism influences my practice and teaching in many subtle and grand ways, hmmm — food for another post! Anyway, I am honored to reproduce La Sara’s thoughts on Lenten practices here. Be sure to check [...]

Category: Life, Spirituality | 2 Comments »
Tags: Catholicism, gratitude chick, LaSara, Lenten, observances

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 13, 2009

from BAREFOOT & UPSIDE DOWN, poems by carolyn kieber grady: Awakening Saint Carolyn They still call me their Christmas Carol— I was born during a Buffalo snowstorm in ‘54 On a Jersey estuary I caught crabs in coffee cans and learned how to bail I don’t know anyone who died in Viet Nam though rock [...]

Category: Life, Poetry | No Comments »
Tags: awakening, Barefoot & Upside Down, carolyn kieber grady, Poetry

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 12, 2009

I am back home after spending a week with my nearly ninety-year old folks on coastal North Carolina. Lots to catch up on, (email, wash, sleep) so today I’ve put together a collage of videos on the topic of enlightenment. If you have a link that you think we’d enjoy, please pass it on in [...]

Category: Meditation, Peace, VIDEO THURSDAYS, happiness | 3 Comments »
Tags: adyashanti, alan clements, enlightenment, krishnamurti

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 3, 2009

Last week I received a TRIPLE BLOG AWARD,  sent from LEA at Ocean of Perspectives. When a blogger I enjoy sends a little “lovepat” my way, smiles and that great twittery feeling of affirmation sizzle throughout my being. The Three in One Award stands for “blogs of attitude and gratitude, a member of a proud [...]

Category: Blog Awards | 2 Comments »
Tags: buddhaofhollywood, classicpoetryaloud, ocean of perspective, Reiki Help Blog, Triple Blog Award, wahidudden, yoga for cynics, yogadawg

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | March 2, 2009

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Category: Life, breathwork | 3 Comments »
Tags: ahimsa, change, exercise, nurture, Pamair, Reiki Help Blog, Spirituality, transformation, Yoga Sutra