In the glorious movie Galaxy Quest, there’s a moment where a rock monster is chasing Tim Allen, playing an actor pretending to be the captain. In response, over the communicator, Alan Rickman’s Dr. Lazerus posits acerbically, “you’re just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?” To which Taggart yells,…
Turning off your Red Alert
How long have you been on red alert? You can call it “Fight or Flight” if you like, that physiological response to perceived threat that makes your heart pound. Or just “stressed out,” a state so common it hardly bears mentioning when someone asks you “how are you?” Whatever you call it, if you’re like…
Before & After Yoga
We’ve all seen the meme of the horse “before yoga” and the unicorn “after” – and appreciated the glorious, glittery truth of it, right? Here are a few fandom before & after’s – what would you add?!
Fandom Scenes for Meditation
It’s a crazy stressful reality out there – we need every tool at our disposal to deal with it, including yoga as well as breathing and meditation. Sometimes that includes going mentally to a sort of “happy place,” or maybe better put, a mental environment where we feel safe and calm. For those of us…
What Floats Your Boat Pose?
A Lexicon of Light
Light is mind-boggling. On one level it’s the simplest stimuli we have available to us, the first thing we notice when we are born. On another, it is infinitely complex. Light is an interaction of electric and magnetic fields across space – only a tiny fraction of which is visible to us. It enters our…
Anne of Green Gables Flow at Prince Edward Island
Recently we had the pleasure of visiting Prince Edward Island, home of the beloved Anne of Green Gables. Here is a yoga flow chronicling my own attempt to channel Anne and live some of her adventures.
Ritual, Yoga, and Fandom
by Derek Wilson, Guest Blogger When last asked whether or not I liked Star Trek or Star Wars better, I was left dumbfounded. Questions arose like weeds in a particularly stoney garden. Do television-based series allow for better characterization and world building? Do movie-based series allow for better pageantry with more focused, concise story arcs? Are…
How to Be Extra in Yoga
The evolution of language is fascinating isn’t it? In particular, I’m enjoying the recent new generation’s take on slang – which seems to involve taking normal, boring words and laying new meaning on top. It almost feels like a secret code that they’ve got going on. Something or someone is “basic” or “lit,” which sound…
Cries that Compel; Tears that Transform (Camel Pose)
Emotions get a pretty bad rap, even amongst us non-Vulcans. Crying especially is looked at with some disdain. It’s like it’s not just your eye fluid leaking, but your inner untamed beast bleeding into civilized society. Those of us with our hearts on our sleeves often feel like a hot mess. We can’t hold it together, we…