by robinpenney | Sep 10, 2018 | Home Practice, Private Sessions, Teaching, Yoga
I’m just coming inside from the most delightful afternoon out in my garden. We have a fairly small backyard here in California, but we have filled this patio with flowers and climbing vines. A lot of it was here when we got here, so I’m trying to keep it...
by robinpenney | Dec 16, 2017 | Life, Teaching
I wrote this little note several months ago after a full day of yoga practice in Texas: “What a fabulous last day with Gioconda Parker at the San Marcos School of Yoga. The word “conversation” came up in totally unrelated circumstances three times...
by robinpenney | Nov 10, 2017 | Teaching, Yoga
Have you ever avoided the arm balance section of a yoga class? You know, slipped away to the bathroom just when the teacher announces that it’s time to breakdown Bakasana (Crow Pose) or (even worse) Handstand? This has happened in my classes from time to time,...
by robinpenney | Nov 2, 2017 | Teaching
I learned about using a “home base pose” in sequencing from Schyuler Grant in her Art of Teaching Kula Style Yoga training, which I highly recommend. It’s pretty simple, but can profoundly shift your teaching by lending a LOT of creativity and...
by robinpenney | Jan 2, 2017 | Teaching, Yoga
On the first day of 2017, my family and two other families went on our traditional New Year’s Day hike. We headed to the redwoods of Northern California with 8 kids in tow, and took on a 7-mile out-and-back hike. It was peaceful and meandering and it also had...
by robinpenney | Oct 31, 2016 | Meditation, Teaching
Savasana. How sweet it is. No matter what we each experience during an asana practice, we all rest here, often with cozy blankets and supportive props. It’s a super sweet way to end a class, especially if we’ve really challenged ourselves. But there is a...
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