Annie Carpenter SmartFLOW Blog
A word from Annie
From outer, inward.
Today, Yoga is undergoing a sea change. Is it fitness? Is it alignment? Do I need 200 hours? 300? How about goats? Annie reflects on why we practice, how her own practice has changed since she was 16, and the one truth Yoga keeps revealing: everything is changing.
Now is Yoga.
Yogis, please don't get mad at me, but I believe that creating Asana classes towards a Peak Pose is mean. I fully lean into creating a clear map for our classes, actively sequencing. But anytime we instill an ultimate destination, we create the conditions for what we might call Winners and Losers.
Secure the Base
Asana exists on a continuum:
… Strength > < Stability > < Mobility > < Flexibility …
What is not apparent much of the time is that at the extremes on either end of this continuum is the possibility of injury.
Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning! Declutter! It’s quite a thing in our times. There are books, hired helpers and social media threads on the topic. We are a people who like our stuff; just look at the container ships that clutter our bays and harbors, and the stores we frequent.