This is the third article is this series showcasing yoga teachers and organisations who are bringing yoga to people who generally excluded from classes or studios for a wide variety of reasons like social class, finances, incarceration or general access. If you're doing some kind of community or outreach yoga and would like to share your story, please get in touch. By guest author Leah Davies, Paper Planes Connect “Following my heart is how I live my life. Sometimes it’s really easy, … [Read more...]
How to put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation
by guest author Lucinda Staniland Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array; the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding out your solo voice. Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. - David Whyte - Community … [Read more...]
Writer fails to tell story that connects to audience, has meltdown
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat It's been a bloody hard week. My PledgeMe campaign launched on Saturday and it's been a rough ride. 21 pledges in 5 days, totaling almost $900. There's a Yoga Lunchbox community in the thousands. Not a great conversion rate. A lousy conversion rate. Something was up, and I didn't know what, but it was sending my mind into a tail-spin all weekend long. And all Monday... all Tuesday... all Wednesday... Talk about needed my spiritual practice! … [Read more...]