Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Lots of sunshine in Sacramento

Summer, the most glorious season, with lots of sunshine, means good days by the river, tomatoes in the garden, peaches in the farmers' market, and . . . this summer a great opportunity to delve deeper into yoga.

In the fall of 1972 I was teaching high school, living in West Sac, just returned from a trip to Guatemala. I'd heard other travelers talk about some very interesting thing called yogaOut of pure curiosity I found a series just starting, meeting at the YWCA on 17th and L.


Pure curiosity paid off bonanza-scale. The series lasted two years, during which we got quite a grounding in philosophy and in hatha practice. All these years later I still thank the instructor, Narayan S., who each week drove down the hill from Ananda Cooperative Village in Nevada County.


Since then, yoga has been vital, a constant, a support -- just plain important. I'll get around to some of that history. 


But now it's summer of 2015, I've been back living in Sac again for several years -- and I've begun a wonderful yoga course, taught by Michelle Marlahan and staff at the It's All Yoga studio. This blog will reflect learnings and musings during the course. 


Putting sunshine on yoga in a season of sunshine!

1 comment:

  1. Looking forward to reading your blog as we travel on this yoga training journey! I also found out about yoga in the early 70's but was not as consistent with it through the years... will be fun to compare stories! See you in class!

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