Cheryl Thomas, RYT
www.cherylthomas.com
yoga@cherylthomas.com
415-308-3377
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Balance
(recycled from December 27, 2009)
The
last thing you need is another article/lecture about one more thing to
work on, fret about, or stress over. But regardless, let's chat about
balance, particularly balancing your life. It seems to be the topic
du jour. Huffington Post even has
an entire section entitled The Balanced Life
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/the-balanced-life) with a bunch of
cool articles like unitasking, compulsive hoarding, benefits of
meditation, yoga for stress management and low stress jobs in America
(huh?). BL used to be just the woohoo-speak of life
coaches, but now everyone is striving to find a bit of yin with their
yang,
Target with their Nordstroms, inhale with their exhale, 7 jeans with
their 501s, and debits
with their credits. But keeping balance in life keeps getting harder
and harder. The more we tweet, text, google, bing, post, blog, and
surf the less we rest, reflect, explore, meditate, ruminate, connect
and create, It seems impossible to find that sweet spot of doing
enough, but not too much.
Here's the Yoga Link: I like to think of our time
on the yoga mat as a metaphor for life off the mat. If we can learn to
balance on the mat then
we take those tools into our real life. Take a look at vrksasana or
tree pose. It requires deep roots and a strong
foundation, eagle-eye concentration, courage and commitment, and
steadfastness. Might these be good qualities off the
mat? While standing on one foot you are
supporting your entire weight on 26 bones, 33 joints and 100 muscles. A truly amazing feat (hah!). Off the mat you're balancing 26 texts, 33
voicemails and 100 emails. In tree pose
you must be super strong and completely still--just the soft in/out of
the breath. But each nano second you must be able to instantly
adjust to the most subtle changes without falling. If you're too rigid,
you
topple, if you're too lax, you collapse. You must be cool, calm and
collected. Sound like life? I think
so.
So the next time you're in class and practicing Tree Pose,
it's not just a yoga pose, it's life.
Want to read some of my past emails? Just click
here and you'll be taken to my newsletter archive page. Enjoy
and as always, please let me know your thoughts!
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Week of August 15, 2010
Tuesday
Noon - 1:00 (Class subbed by Usha)Yoga on Center, Healdsburg Slow Flow - All Levels
Wednesday
5:30 - 6:55 p.m. Yoga Studio Ganesha, Sebastopol Vinyasa Flow + Restorative - All Levels
Thursday
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Graton Community Club All Levels
11:30- 1:00 (Mirka Kraftsow's class) Westside Yoga Studio, Sebastopol Gentle Yoga 6:00 - 7:30 (Mirka Kraftsow's class) Westside Yoga Studio, Sebastopol Gentle Yoga
Week of August 22, 2010
Tuesday
Noon - 1:00 Yoga on Center, Healdsburg Slow Flow - All Levels 6:00 - 8:30 (Private) Restorative Yoga For Metabolic Syndrome UCSF, San Francisco Wednesday5:30 - 6:55 p.m. Yoga Studio Ganesha, Sebastopol Vinyasa Flow + Restorative - All Levels Thursday 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Graton Community Club, Graton Gentle Flow - All Levels
STUDIO WEBSITESYoga on Center: www.yogaoncenter.comYoga Studio Ganesha: www.yogastudioganesha.comWestside Yoga Studio: http://www.westsideyogastudio.net |
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Hope to see you soon!
Namaste,
Cheryl
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Bulletin Board
Westside Yoga Studio. I will be subbing Mirka Kraftsow's classes this Thursday at 11:30 and 6:00 at Westside Yoga. As always, this will be a gentle class and will end with a long restorative practice. I hope to see you there.
Where Am I
My teaching schedule is always changing. Now you can see an updated calendar on my website www.cheryl
thomas.com. Click on the classes link and there will be a spiffy new on-line calendar. It should always be up-to-date.
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