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06/15/2026
When we forget that every body is different, practice easily shifts toward comparison.
And when comparison enters, something subtle changes — yoga starts to resemble performance rather than exploration.
Not always loudly. Often very quietly.
“Slow yoga” sounds a little redundant to me.
Because when I think about Yoga, I think about slowing down.
Not necessarily moving slowly all the time — but slowing down enough to start noticing.
Noticing the breath or effort.
Noticing the inner dialogue.
Noticing habits.
Noticing moments when we are spending energy unnecessarily.
For me, Yoga has always been connected more with conserving energy than constantly spending more of it. Slower inhalation. Even slower exhalation. Less force. Less noise. Less doing.
And yet, we live in a world that constantly teaches us that more must mean better.
Faster. More. More productive.
That is how much of the modern world works. We absorb these messages, often without even noticing. And sometimes we buy into that narrative for years before we start feeling that something is no longer working.
The body becomes weak and tense.
The mind becomes overwhelmed.
Another coffee stops doing the trick.
And suddenly we realize that what works for productivity does not necessarily work for human beings.
Very often, we have to start going a little against the current — against what it seems everyone else is doing — and reconnect with our needs again.
Or maybe do it for the first time ever.
And that can feel surprisingly uncomfortable.
Slowing down may feel strange.
Unnatural.
We may even convince ourselves:
"This isn't for me. I need to stay busy. I need to keep moving. I need intensity to feel alive."
Sometimes that is true and a real need of the situation.
And sometimes it is simply a way of outrunning ourselves.
Because sooner or later, our needs usually come back knocking.
Sometimes through the body.
Sometimes through the mind.
Sometimes through relationships.
Sometimes through exhaustion or burnout.
And sometimes what we start looking for is simply a different pace.
That doesn't mean all yoga should look the same.
There is room for many approaches.
But labels can be useful — because they help us understand what we are stepping into, what is on the menu, and what is being offered.
So when I say “slow yoga”, I am usually talking about things like:
💛 Slow yoga can become strength training.
When movement slows down, muscles work longer. Staying in positions, controlling transitions, remaining present through discomfort — all of this can become surprisingly demanding.
💜 Slow yoga makes compensation harder.
When movement is fast, it is easier to hide movement habits and avoid noticing them. Slower movement leaves fewer places to hide.
💚 Slow yoga changes your relationship with effort.
Many people know only two modes: push harder or completely give up. Slower practice creates space to explore what exists between those extremes.
🩷 Slow yoga requires attention, not performance.
Sometimes the hardest part is not the posture itself — but staying present while doing less.
🤎 Slow yoga is not necessarily easier.
🧡 It is not always more comfortable either.
But sometimes slowing down is the first moment when we truly begin to notice ourselves.
06/08/2026
There is no perfect yoga pose. No perfct Yoga Asana.
And the sooner we stop trying to imagine one, the less tension we bring into our practice.
Asana is not something we reach through constant correction. It is not a fixed shape we are supposed to match, but something we learn to explore from within our own body.
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Asana is not a fixed form.
It is more like a blade of grass, gently moving in the wind — responsive, changing, never exactly the same twice.
This does not mean “anything goes”.
Some forms are supportive, others are unsafe. But between these two extremes there is a vast space that cannot be reduced to one ideal shape.
I'm thinking about organizing a free pop-up Midlife Yoga class — if this sounds like something you'd enjoy, let me know 🌿
06/03/2026
Social media moves fast.
Yoga doesn’t have to.
Classes, events, and updates now have a home.
06/01/2026
In the tradition of yoga, there is a concept called Triguna — three qualities of nature and mind:
Tamas — heaviness, fatigue, inertia
Rajas — activity, restlessness, drive
Sattva — clarity, balance, calmness
I don’t see them as “good” or “bad.”
More like different movements of energy through the system — different states we naturally move through.
All of them have their place.
Before sleep, tamas is needed.
In the morning, a little rajas helps us get up and move.
The same applies to the nervous system — it is not fixed, but constantly shifting.
Sometimes in yoga we stay in one posture longer than expected 💎
Not to force anything — but to allow the system to reorganize itself.
The same Āsana can feel completely different depending on your internal state.
Sometimes it calms you.
Sometimes it activates you.
Sometimes it simply reveals what is already there.
Yoga does not produce one fixed effect.
It meets you where you are.
Stillness is not something you create.
It appears when the constant adjusting stops.
Asana begins when you stop correcting.
05/27/2026
Most of teaching yoga happens in small adjustments
— and a lot of presence.
05/25/2026
Lately I’ve been thinking about yoga more as a tool than a path.
A tool is something we use when it’s needed.
And put down when it has done its job.
There’s a simple metaphor I’ve heard philosophy teachers use:
If I lose my house key, and inside there’s a crying child and smoke coming out of the oven, I might break a window with a stone to get in.
But I don’t carry that stone with me for the rest of my life 💎
That’s a little how I see yoga too.
Practice can be deeply helpful.
But it doesn’t have to become our entire identity.
Not everything valuable needs to be used all the time.
Maybe that’s why I’m becoming less interested in yoga as a constant self-improvement project, and more interested in it as something we can reach for when we truly need it — and when we’re actually ready for it.
Because even a good tool, used too early, can become another weight to carry.