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Overseas travel and yoga, part 3

Posted on by Jean Campbell

In-flight yoga: Making the best of a bad situation Let's face facts: The human body was not designed for what passes for airline travel these days. Our physical selves are most fit when we get adequate rest, frequent gentle to moderate movement, and challenging physical work on a regular basis. But for the next eight hours, I will be in a small seat with my elbows touching my neighbors and just barely enough room to cross my legs. Being in such a cramped space... Continue reading

Overseas travel and yoga, part 2

Posted on by Jean Campbell

Fear of flying I have a number of overwhelming fears that might keep me from things I love, if not for some amazing yogic tools that allow me to go on and do it anyway. I feel lucky to have this resource to fall back on when one of these little buggers threatens to keep me from something I want. Flying is one of them. Yes, I know all the stats; driving to the local store is more dangerous than air travel, and air accidents are rare and unlikely. But flying seems so unnatural to me;... Continue reading

Overseas travel and yoga, part 1

Posted on by Jean Campbell

The Road Trip Car to plane to bus to train to plane -- and so on and so forth. Getting from the U.S. to Europe can be grueling, as spinal immobility is the body's worst enemy. I am a practitioner and sometimes teacher of yoga for a number of reasons, first and foremost being self-realization. But while traveling, yoga is my practice for restoration. It is for survival. I was accompanying my youngest daughter to France. Her first job out of college as an assistant English teaching... Continue reading

A morning ritual of gratitude

Posted on by Richard Kirby

  It's early morning; the sun is barely peeking over the horizon, and I'm in my pajamas, still a tad groggy, padding barefoot across the kitchen floor to get the cup of coffee Jean has lovingly prepared for me. Java in hand, I step into the office and pull the iPad from my desk, and then head back through the kitchen and out onto the deck, where I pull a chair out from the table and sit back to start my morning routine. I open the iPad, but I'm not looking at... Continue reading