BarefootAndUpsideDown

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 16, 2010

What is it about being upside down that causes such a rush? Is it the increased blood flow? Is it the heart rest? Is it because Mind rests more easily and fully when the legs are up? Is it more psychological: being upside down forces up to look at the world with a different perspective? [...]

Category: 2010 Practice Journal | 4 Comments »
Tags: bent arm dog, forearm balance, half handstand, headstand, Home Practice, pincha mayurasana, sarvangasana, shoulderstand, sirsasana, yoga inversions

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 12, 2010

January 11, 2010 FOCUS: Standing Pose Flow Last night I spent some time writing and pondering my dreams, which has been a theme this month, both at the Comfort Cafe and on  the cool blog I recently discovered, Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Noncomformity. In the middle of this quiet activity,a strong tug drew me [...]

Category: 2010 Practice Journal | No Comments »
Tags: bodymind consciousness, david darling, savasana, standing poses, yoga flow, yoga home practice, yoga pose sequence

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 11, 2010

Jan.10, 2010 FOCUS: Seated forward bends and twists This afternoon I practiced viparita karani (legs up the wall) on my platform bed. At first, I thought I’d put on a cd but then decided against it, so I could enter a more meditative state. What happened was that I entered a more somnambulistic state. My [...]

Category: 2010 Practice Journal | No Comments »
Tags: baddha konasana, balasana, bent-arm plank, cobra, downward facing dog, halasana, mommy-yogini, pascimottansana, pratyahara, sarvangasana, savasana, viparita karani

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 22, 2009

What is it that I am waiting for? Why do I think I am not good enough or strong enough or smart enough or beautiful enough or kind enough? Why is the ripeness, the fullness of my existence so difficult to accept? Why do I think someone is more ~ or less ~ then my [...]

Category: Life, Poetry, Spirituality, VIDEO THURSDAYS, journaling | 7 Comments »
Tags: gratefulness.org, Gratitude, Jane Hirschfield

carolyn aka LaughingYogini | June 11, 2009

Poetry can be used as a wonderful tool for your meditation. There is a layer of a good poem that is “off the page.” When I teach poetry, I ask my students to try to understand, not only the literal interpretation of a given poem, but also whatever levels they find off the page. Often, [...]

Category: Poetry, Spirituality, VIDEO THURSDAYS, journaling | No Comments »
Tags: "Only Breath" "Say I Am You", Anoushka Shankar, Eleni Karaindrou, IshqDaFakeer, Jallaludin al Rumi, Meditation, mystical poetry, rahmama2, reading poetry, sufism, video