Welcome to Yogi Sticks!

Do you know your Gomukasana from your Adho Mukha Svanasana? Is your Vrksasana all it can be? And how do you feel about Supta Baddha Konasana? Do you know what I'm even talking about?

Sometimes the Sanskrit - however beautiful it sounds - is not very helpful. So, to encourage my students to expand their yoga practice into their home, I sketch the poses we practice during class on a chart and add the Sanskrit and common name. Hopefully, this is a useful tool to help them along in their yogic journey. I also troll the internet, books, and journals to find interesting articles about yoga and the yogic lifestyle.

Out of the Clear Blue Sky...

I went with my family to explore Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales this weekend. What an amazing garden. Such beauty and peace - I can't wait to go back with a picnic lunch and spend the day meandering the many paths.

On the way, we saw a plane doing skywriting (my son, 7, actually said "Mom! Look at those clouds! They look just like words."). None of us had ever seen skywriting before, so that in itself was fun. But the final bit of writing was priceless:

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