Lilac

The smell of lilac floats in through the window as I say goodbye to winter for good.

With pleasure I want to announce that I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship to attend a weekend long yoga/meditation retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs with renowned instructor Sarajoy Marsh, and look forward to 4 days of challenging mind + body training with the promise of new discoveries to share with you upon returning home.

Until then I will leave you with some springtime beauty:
Neverest Songs sounds pretty and has cute animations.

Architecturally inspired shoe manufacturer United Nude just launched their spring/summer 2010 line. I wore their Möbius pumps in pink perforated leather at my wedding.

Heath Ceramics' seasonal pottery is so light and playful.

Love and lilac,
Fawn
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Magical Chaturanga

I took a level 3 class with Lisa Mae at The Bhaktishop and it was a blast. The students in class were mostly teachers that day, but even so I felt a resonance in the room when she announced that we'd be workshopping chaturanga dandasana (aka four-limbed staff pose).
I, and likely most of us, wondered: Am I in proper alignment? Does Lisa Mae have a mind-blowing way of approaching this pose? Is my chaturanga ready for critique?
Part of my own inner monologue was a fear of re-injuring old rotator cuff injuries from dancing upside down- hands used to be more like feet to me! Also, during a yoga class about 8 years ago I was told by an instructor that I would cause more injuries to my shoulders doing chaturanga the way that I was. Funny thing is she never offered any suggestions or modifications.
Onward to present time. As I tentatively went through my vinyasa: coming down, backbending, pressing up, lengthening and back down again, BING! a light went off in my consciousness. Chaturanga was no longer scary. My shoulder didn't make snapping sounds when pushing up. Lisa Mae's cues for chaturanga were just what I needed.
It reminded me that what makes a sustainable practice is knowing when it's therapeutic to push through habitual defensiveness, and when it is optimal to stop pushing. In response to that negative experience long ago, I encourage inquiry and kindness rather than fear in my classes, but it's still up to the student to listen.

Love and yoga,

Fawn
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Stillmeadow

Here are a few images from a rejeuvenating silent yoga nidra/meditation retreat I attended recently with Simon Menasche at Stillmeadow Retreat Center in Damascus. There were many different kinds of lichen and moss, old growth trees and the ecosystems that come with, and llamas who I broke silence to speak with daily. Enjoy.
Love, Fawn







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