COURTNEY ROHAN YOGA

Once leaving Philadephia, almost two years now, getting back to the city has been what I would have once called a struggle. Now, I call this life. I call it happenstance. The playground. It's wonderful to be headed downstream, where everything I want is waiting for me. Let me paraphrase: Relaxing in the current stream that I have created sends me downstream, and as I float downstream, everything I've asked for appears. I will be traveling from June 18th to June 26th. If you would like some Thai Massage or Yoga, be in touch (609 417-3217) to schedule some playtime. Sat Ra Courtney.

Upward Salute, an opening backbend-- the first of many backbends leading to my  dropback Working on my Urdhva Dhanurasana dropback and realizing what this movement really entails has brought me down to earth about advanced poses and their implications. Being able to do advanced poses is not just found in the Annamaya Kosha (the physical body sheath) alone, but rather begins in the progression of poses and expands through all the layers. Let me take a moment to explain what I know about sheaths or koshas. Each of us beings are made up of these layers, each leading on to the deeper sense of the self. So, as one would imagine the koshas begin on the outer layer, which consists of your physical body, the Annamaya Kosha. This is where many people begin their yoga practice, and where many people stay. Yoga feels good to the body. But as we are divine, our being is more than skin and bone. We are energy. When we accept this we are chosen to deal with the next layer/s of our beings.

Jay-Z was on Oprah's new network, OWN,  speaking about his career and how he became a master of his craft. He spoke about the flow in music and how the artist tucks into the music to create the flow. How they find themselves in the music in order to avoid interrupting the flow. They become apart of the music. There is a flow to everything. In life, there is a flow. In yoga, there is a flow that varies from one tree of yoga to the next. There is a flow in our bodies, the flow of blood and the flow of air. Recognizing this flow changing the way we interact with and in the world. It changes the way we address our strengths and our weaknesses. Fighting the flow is what gives us splinters, how we drown or choke. We do not become strong in life by going against natural forces. We should tuck into the flow of ourselves, life, music, yoga, nature and ride or float or jump the way that is right for us. The goal should be how to tuck in all the time, into every moment and experience. Thi

My aunt called me to the table The honest truth On the wooden surface The truth of my monkey ass Realizing not what I am worth I did not want to call her tell her What was going on cause I knew I would be picking my heart up From the linoleum The brown and white tile Impression stuck on my arteries But last night I needed someone To call it what it was Stupid for me to believe in things That are not real Lies leading to more lies One monkey vine to the next So I am happy my heart hurts Because of the truth There is nothing like it Nothing better Than knowing who you have become Even when your ass is exposed And the kitchen with my aunt The only place To pick myself up cleaned From the wood and tile truth Of an ugly situation.  picture taken from: chiclittlehouse.blogspot.com 

I've smoked, talked too much about too much, eaten too much of the wrong foods and drank way more than one night should have allowed me. I believe it is time to stop looking for the fix that feels easy and create a list of fixes that work for us, not against us. Here is the list I pull out when I am stuck, when the day is not bright, when I feel heavy, and the people around me feel even heavier. Use mine or create your own. 1. Pray: Do more here than just utter a prayer.Pray about all that troubles you and all that you are grateful for as well. Be real with the creator and allow Him to be real in return. Say something new and He will do something new in return. 2. Work out: I have recently discovered the treadmill. I want to push myself harder each time, beat my last record, or go a little further. When I am done, I feel good about myself. I have drained myself of excess emotion and thought. 3. Yoga: I have to be careful here. Sometimes, with skirt or dress on, I just drop

taken from farfromperfectrobbin.blogspot.com Sometimes to remember is the best course of action and yet somehow, remembering is a skill so hard to access that we are left only to forget. What we remember is key. What we forget, even more a key. Why have we chosen to forget that date or that time? Why was the message lost after it left that loved one’s mouth or that stranger’s conversation, glanced in passing, dialogue about the flowers in the garden and his laying deeply in their bed, remembered? Are we choosing to stand in the world forgetting the things that make us great or give us joy? Is it a choice to forget, like it is a choice to remember? That is, some things at certain times remembered. September 11th came and went so fast this year. I did not remember anything of it except, I turned on the TV and the Today Show mentioned shortly that one teacher in a small school in somewhere unfamiliar is following the curriculum guide for a study of the memorial. I looked at the d