Yoga
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Katonah Yoga with Brittany Kraft
Brittany Kraft is my favorite yoga teacher. She teaches Katonah Yoga and you can sign up for her classes here.
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Tips for SUP Yoga on Windy Days
Last weekend was another beautiful week on Lake 288 with Big SUP. It was so windy, though! When the wind is this strong, it can put the class at risk. A lot can go wrong. Try a few of these handy tips to make SUP yoga on windy days a little more manageable. Tips for SUP Yoga on Windy Days Partner Carry the Boards SUP yoga boards are heavy! If it’s super windy, it may be too much for one person to carry. Partner carry the boards by having one person lift the front end and the other lift the back end. Carry the Board Into the Wind Also, make…
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SUP Yoga Photography Tips
Last weekend I had the opportunity to work my first shift at Lake 288 with Big SUP yoga! One of the things I’m working on right now is how to take good SUP yoga photos for the students, so I thought I’d put together a list of SUP yoga photography tips. SUP Yoga Photography Tips Listen. Get an idea of everyone’s favorite pose and remember it along with their name. The sweetest sound to a person is the sound of their own name. While running through an intro about what it will be like on the water, throw in a few ice breakers and invite the students to introduce themselves,…
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How to Get into Lotus Pose
I don’t know about you, but I had a super stressful and crazy hectic week! A few friends mentioned the same thing. Weeks like this really emphasize the importance of yoga practice to me. I can deal. If I don’t keep up with my meditation practice, I can’t deal at all. Lotus pose is meant for a meditation. Ha. Usually I meditate in sukasanna – I can barely sit in lotus pose for five minutes. Everyone’s different, though. When I had regularly practiced yoga for a while and started working toward lotus I just wasn’t there. Chris, on the other hand, hardly ever does yoga but can hop his super…
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Who’s Driving this Thing, Anyway? Common Yoga Metaphors
Joe Walsh, apparently. I spent too much time this weekend working on this drawing of a song I heard. It was probably worth it. When I was about 3/4 of the way through, I indignantly said to Chris “where did all of my ink go” since the pen was almost empty. He looked at the paper and replied, “It’s on the page”. Yes. It is. Lots of lines. Love these white opaque uniball pens for drawing on magazine paper. It’s a good thing I have 3 (well, now 2) of them. If you make it through this whole article, I’m impressed. Having a good grasp of the cultural narrative is…