The myth of the heart opening pose
‘Open your heart – become more compassionate with heart opening poses!’ Instructions on these lines are common in yoga classes and in both online and print magazines. Here are some examples from respected online yoga magazines: ‘Heart opening poses help you bec
Inspiration from Pina Bausch and revisiting ‘Saggy Cat’
I was doing some work in my front garden a few days ago, when one of my students walked by and then stopped to tell me about the film she’d just seen. The film was Pina. My student said ‘Now I have some understanding of what you’ve been trying to teach us in class!’ Having read about
‘Organic’ Yoga
‘Can yoga make you more creative?’ one of my students asked a few years ago. I replied that it seemed to help my own creative process and also my tenacity to see projects through. I asked a few students whose work involved being creative, what they thought? One person said she believe
April 02, 2011
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Soft Spine, Fluid Spine
In class last week we did the ‘Saggy Cat’ experiment. We investigated how to bring a more fluid connection between body/spine and head/neck in back bends and certain standing poses – and in our daily lives. From ‘all fours’ position – on hands and knees – we im
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