Now that I am semi-retired, I only teach yoga on Zoom from my own home. It’s convenient, easy, and still rewarding. However, in the 10+ years of my yoga career, I had the delight (and challenge) of teaching classes in some unusual places. In fact, thinking back, I realize that I never once taught a class in a place that was an official studio dedicated to yoga.
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Yoga
My personal experiences on and off the mat
Where is Your Head?
Unless you spend a lot of time birdwatching, picking fruit, flying a kite, or stargazing, you are probably bringing your head out of alignment most of the day. Where should it be? Centered and balanced over your spine. Where is it? Most likely it’s too far forward.
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Bringing Yoga to the LBGTQ+ Community
I recently had an opportunity to represent a local yoga non-profit organization at a Pride Festival in Apex, NC. I’ve worked with You Call This Yoga as their website manager for many years and I believe in their mission to bring free, accessible yoga practices to people who:
- Might not have access to yoga (can’t afford it, can’t get to classes)
- Think yoga is not for them (not my community, my age group, my body type)
- Believe they can’t do it (not flexible enough, can’t get up and down off the mat)
accidental goddess 