My new website is live, I am writing in the blog with a new format, and I have plans to send newsletters; hopefully soon and then once a month. All that PLUS I finally put myself on Instagram!?!?!?! This morning I had 9 Instagram (IG) followers, which reminds me of a Broadway tune “NINE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE THINGS”, which goes (in part) like this:

“I’d Rather be 9 people’s favorite thing than a hundred peoples’ ninth favorite thing.” (WHY?)

Those nine people will tell nine people
Then we'll have eighteen people loving the show / IG post
Then eighteen people could grow into
Five-hundred and twenty-five-thousand, six-hundred people
Loving our show / IG post

Each class I’ve taught this week has been fraught with tales of internet confusion and/or frustration. Interesting, because that is often the way my yoga practice goes — I work and I work, often making no headway, and then - miraculously - the pose appears or the action begins to make sense. I have to trust that the technology process will be equally effective.

One new teaching I’ve shared may be causing a bit of uncertainty, until experienced and explored:

It takes a page from the teachings of Christina Sell. In her April 4-day intensive, she introduced drawing the balls of the feet isometrically away from one another (or midline) - note I didn’t say heels, just balls of the feet. I am finding it a wonderful tool, tho challenging to explain at times. It affects the entire leg and - for example - when used in poses like Parsvakonasana (side angle pose) or Virabhadrasana II (warrior II), it creates (for me) a grounding of the big toe mound plus an outer spiral action of the bent front leg, which keeps the knee from ‘caving’ in. Since I place a lot of attention on the foundation of the poses I teach, this one is proving invaluable for my own practice, and - I hope - the students who grace my classes. Thank you Christina!

If - due to the pandemic - you haven’t been to a class lately, play with the above a bit. Give it a few days to sink in, try it in different poses. Remember, it is an isometric drawing apart of the right and left forefoot (Focus on the balls of the feet, not the heels. Also, leave your toes relaxed.)

That’s all I have for today - I think my brain is sizzling in anticipation of all the technology knowledge coming my way.

Take care,

Leslie

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