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 <updated>2010-07-09T02:50:00+0000</updated>
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   <name>rsuepeters</name>
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   <title>Taught Deep Stretch Tonight</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Taught-Deep-Stretch-Tonight.html"/>
   <updated>2010-07-09T02:50:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[I taught my Thursday Deep Stretch for Dancers class at the belly dance studio tonight.  We typically focus on hip flexibility in preparation for splits.  This class is much more "goal oriented" than any of my other classes.  It's interesting to teach in a dance studio.  I have a tentative non-"om"-ing policy.  But I'm not sure I want to stick to that.  It just feels so natural for me to chant om at the end of a class, and sometimes at the beginning.  So... what to do?  Because ultimately, I'm a conduit of the wondrousness of yoga... it's not about what I want.  But, am I being authentic?  That's what resonates with me here... Maybe they'd be cool with it?]]></summary>
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   <title>Ah Rain!  Lunar Practice it is!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Ah-Rain-Lunar-Practice.html"/>
   <updated>2010-07-08T01:38:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[Tonight it poured rain just like a few days ago.  So much rain that we have to take new routes home whenever we drive, carefully avoiding the lowest intersections.  I felt like a slow, lunar, deep stretch practice tonight.  The rain puts me in the mood for pigeon and the like.  I practiced the 40 minute hip opening flow on Shiva's Fluid Power disc and another 25 minutes of headstand, handstand, various twists, and supported baddha konasana before a 10 min savasana.]]></summary>
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   <title>Ahh!  Worlds Colliding!  Or, I&#039;m going to teach my co-workers yoga!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Ahh-Worlds-Colliding-Or.html"/>
   <updated>2010-07-07T03:54:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[Well, next week I begin teaching my co-workers yoga!  Whee!  I'm teaching two six-week sessions, both on Tuesdays; the first is 4:15-5 pm, and the second is immediately following: 5:15-6 pm.  Different offices in our building are on "summer hours" so some people are done working at 4 pm, others at 5 pm.  Anyway!  I've got about ten people in each section.  I'm really excited to share something I love so much with people I spend oodles of time with.  Therein lies the challenge, I think...  For some, it will be their first exposure to practicing yoga, for others, I teach them at AlleyCat semi-regularly.  I'm hopeful (but trying not to be too attached to the idea that) they will love yoga too!  I am planning classes that focus on opening the front body and strengthening the back, as the students will almost all be office workers.  Hip openers will be frequent too! My practice tonight was an hour practice on Shiva Rea's Fluid Power DVD called "creative flow."  There were certainly some creative namaskars and Kalari practicies that I really enjoyed.  I really love the spontaneity in Shiva's classes.  I hope to study with her some day!  The general plan is to get my RYT-500 through her Samudra Global School of Living Yoga, sometime in the next 5-10 years.  We'll see!]]></summary>
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   <title>YOGATHON!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/YOGATHON.html"/>
   <updated>2010-06-29T17:41:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[I got a call from a yoga studio in Jeff City the other day asking me to teach at their annual yogathon.  Each year they hold a one-day yoga festival of sorts for a particular charity.  Last year it was to fund at-risk teens in Uganda, and this year it is in support of the American Heart Association. With so many classes to choose from, there's something for everyone! Suggested donation is $30 for the whole day.  Location is Wilson's Fitness Downtown Studio in Jefferson City, MO.  Date: July 24th!  Hope to see you there! Here is the schedule and contact info directly from Facebook : Join teachers from mid-Missouri at Wilson's Fitness Downtown Studio for a day of FUN, and HEART HEALTHY EXERCISE, RELAXATION, AND FOOD! All money raised goes directly to The American Heart Association. 8am - 8:30am Registration (We welcome early registration prior to July 24th. Please call Wilson's Fitness Downtown at 634-3036) 8:30am - 8:55am Welcome and Group Sun-Salutes (Don't know what Sun-Salutes are? No worries. We will teach you this very simple series of stretches to warm up the body and prepare your heart for bliss!) 9am - 9:50am PILATES! ( exercises for the core taught safely and with mindfullness to the lower back)taught by Tracie Matthews, and POISE, POSTURE, AND PERFECTION! (Stand Tall with grace, learn to align your body with muscular action) taught by Curtis Sudduth 10am - 10:50am KUNDALINI!(Yoga, with a twist! Open up your Chakras and your soul!) taught by Megan Sappington 11am - 11:50am *OH MY ACHING BACK!* (yoga for those of us with lower back issues) taught by Alberta Mobley, and VINYASA FLOW YOGA (Meditation through movement) taught by Rebecca Peters 12pm - 12:50pm HULA HOOPING! (Try something new with an amazing teacher that's all over the news!!)taught by Lois Bennett, and BELLY DANCING! (these women will get your belly moving in ways you never imagined!)taught by Gaylen Rich-Carver and Cassie Lentz 1pm-1:45pm Restorative Deep Relaxation Yoga (Indulge in a deep relaxative state, similar to a trance...) taught by Jennifer Heintz 1:45pm - 3pm LUNCH! A vegetarian and Heart-Healthy lunch provided by Hy-Vee. ALSO: HENNA TATTOOS provided by artists Katherine Van Zandt and Meghan Woolbright! ORGANIC SNACKS provided by Margo Jakobi of Happy Heart Snacks! FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS provided by Dr. Angel Allen, AND MORE!!! Tickets include all classes, extras, plus lunch: Minimum Donation of $30 per person. SUPPORT AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION, STUDY WITH INCREDIBLE TEACHERS, LEARN SOMETHING NEW, AND HAVE FUN!!! For More Info, contact Rene' Harden at 634-3036 or Megan Sappington at 353-2417.]]></summary>
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   <title>Would you like to be a nomad?  Yes, please.</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Would-you-like-to.html"/>
   <updated>2010-06-19T00:14:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[Last week my brother visited me randomly. He drives a semi truck between stints overseas in the Middle East, and was driving through Columbia on his way back home to South Dakota. He called me just as I was getting out of a yoga class I was teaching, so I had some time to go meet him. He had to park in a wal-mart parking lot, as there was no way his truck was going to fit in our tiny driveway. A normal-sized truck can barely fit!  It was pouring rain, so I drove my boyfriend's car up to wal-mart instead of biking.  Mostly we just talked about what it's like to drive for a profession, and how he hopes to own his own truck some day. We didn't talk about politics, of course, as we seem to be polar opposites. It's not usually productive to go there!  He could only stay for 30 minutes, then back on the road again! Each time I see my brother (since it happens so infrequently), I'm very aware of the passage of time.  I notice how his voice has much more of a northern accent.  I remember my family members as having a certain appearance, sound, etc... and then when reality is different, I'm reminded of how easy it is to compartmentalize information I don't use on a daily basis.  I don't see my family members very often, so information about them often gets "stored" and doesn't get "updated" very often, unfortunately.  So, soon, I need to go visit!  It will likely be September before I can get up there. As much as I try to be anchored in the present, I still dream of a day when I can have a more mobile job.  A job that is less specific to one location.  I like the idea of having a "home base" but having the freedom to travel to far-off lands.  Of course this fantasy includes a non-planet-harming version of air travel which, may not yet exist.  In this fantasy, I have loads of time for teaching yoga, doing massage, and exploring the world.  World explorer, that's my title.  My boyfriend is WAY into video games, and it seems the only ones I can get in to are those that allow me to travel to imaginary places with blue and purple landscapes and exotic animals like hydras and murlocs. I frequently look at tinyhouseblog.com and dream of tiny living arrangements without loads of crap that I have now. My 37 wal-mart bags of books would need to be pared down a tad.  I would love to visit this beautiful country and many others before they are buried in plastic.]]></summary>
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   <title>Facing Fears, aka going to the Simon Park weekend in KC!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Facing-Fears-aka-going.html"/>
   <updated>2010-06-03T16:20:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[Well, I love yoga. That much is obvious. I'm not going to say that arm balances are my nemesi, but... I fear most of them. So, what is a yogini to do? Go to a workshop, of course! My teacher training studio is hosting Simon Park August 6th - 8th. This is the agenda, taken directly from Kansas Siddhi Yoga's webpage: FRIDAY AUGUST 6 | 6:00-8:00pm |  Prana Flow: Energetic Vinyasa - Experience the latest evolution of Prana Flow: Dynamic asana, creative flows, and integrated pranayama as a moving meditation that will tune and tone you from the inside out while giving you the tools for navigating life's changes with grace, power, and confidence. We will explore several vinyasa waves of multi-dimensional sequences-intelligently unfolding an evolution of movement meditation, fluid namaskars, backbends, arm balances and hip opening to understand the underlying flow of prana. SATURDAY AUGUST 7 | 9:00-11:30am |  Jai Hanuman! Inversions and Arm-Balances - Handstands and inversions are empowering mudras that embody the best qualities of Hanuman, the archetypal heroic monkey: courage, fearless flying, pranic body of power, agility and light. Learn a pathway of flows within a powerful Vinyasa Flow workshop that guides you into the movement patterns that connect you to the core cultivation of prana so that you can evolve to enjoying handstand in the center of the room with creative energy and empowered vitality. SATURDAY AUGUST 7 | 2:00-5:00pm |  Artful Assists for Vinyasa Teachers - Designed for teachers and students, we will practice assists practical for teaching Vinyasa Yoga. A skillful touch has the power to transport your students to a whole new level of awareness. What could take you years to understand in your body could just take one precise, effective, supportive enhancement from a well-trained teacher. We will also explore how Thai Massage can be a great complement to Yoga assisting. SUNDAY AUGUST 8 | 10:00-12:30pm |  Liquid Flow (Slow Vinyasa and Restoratives) - Yoga To Restore Your Prana! Enjoy a slowly developing, flowing sequence of postures that are restorative in nature, yet heart-opening as well. Practice in a way that creates space in the joints and spine, and calms the nervous system. The movements are similar to the way tai-chi is practiced; slow, methodical and meditative. We will fluidly work toward deep hip-openers, liberating backbends, and quiet forward bends. Restorative, supported inversions complete this thoroughly re-energizing experience. This is going to be so fun!]]></summary>
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   <title>Idealizing the practice</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Idealizing-the-practice.html"/>
   <updated>2010-06-02T18:06:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[The other day a student was remarking how he doesn't want to "waste" his class pass on days when he doesn't feel up to an asana practice by coming to class anyway. This got me thinking about idealization of our practice and the need to evaluate everything as "good" or "bad." I didn't press the "why" of his remark, so the following are strictly my ponderings. What if the idea of practicing when we aren't in the mood is somehow rejecting reality? Rejecting where we are at today, physically, emotionally, etc... If we idealize what a yoga practice "should" be, we miss out on the juiciness! It becomes a challenge to practice despite a feeling of resistance or tiredness, or just not being in the mood. It makes the practice more real and alive to find freedom in the discipline of daily practice. And I don't necessarily mean daily asana practice... although it could be... moreso I mean daily awareness practice, whether that is asana, meditation, other movement practices, or deep breathing especially when stress arises. The yoga (in it's fullest sense of the word) practice becomes so much bigger than the sum of the individual practices when it becomes a way of life, something regular enough to grow from being something we pepper our lives with to a habit to something as necessary as food and water.]]></summary>
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   <title>Hooping!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Hooping.html"/>
   <updated>2010-05-21T17:56:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[I took a two hour hooping class on Saturday and loved every minute of it!  I even have my very own pink and black hoop.  Holy crap is this fun!  And, a perfect partner practice to yoga.  Hooping is very much about finding flow, not over-thinking, and adaptability. I found this wonderful video on www.HoopCity.ca about this very connection. I had no idea hooping could be so fun and inform my yoga practice so much! And, I've only been hooping for six days! HoopCity is also a social networking site for hoopers and has so many resources for online classes. The second video is another hooping video that makes me tear up each time I watch it! The hooper in the video is the moderator for HoopCity and she leads many of the online classes.]]></summary>
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   <title>Projects, Projects, Projects!</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Projects-Projects-Projects.html"/>
   <updated>2010-04-30T22:57:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[First of all, I am very excited about the online Bhagavad Gita discussion led by Bob Weisenberg of Yoga Demystified!   This is a link to the Facebook group.  I think I read the Gita in college.... maybe ten years ago?  But, I never got around to reading it during my yoga teacher training last year, and have been wanting to!  My short term memory is so much better than long term for many things, so it will be like reading it for the first time!  So, yay!  I love group book discussions!  And I love the exclamation point!  (I often say explanation point...which, in some ways, is almost accurate!) And, the bike helmet project is underway.  I never got to the bike shop a few weeks ago, but it is on the list for tomorrow.  I'm imagining something in purple... Tomorrow I start my five-week (9-10 AM Saturdays in May) Into to Vinyasa Flow workshop at AlleyCat Yoga here in Columbia, Missouri.  I'm super pumped about that!  On the agenda for tomorrow's class is a short history of vinyasa flow, a review of ujjayi pranayama, a short flow sequence ~30 mins, and a lovely 10 min savasana. It's rainy here and my cat Otto von Gottotron knows what to do!]]></summary>
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   <title>Blimey, Time to Buy a Bike Helmet</title>
   <link href="http://www.myyogahub.com/rsuepeters/Blimey-Time-to-Buy.html"/>
   <updated>2010-04-09T12:15:00+0000</updated>
   <summary><![CDATA[Ok, so I'll admit that my ego is a little unchecked when it comes to riding my bike.  I mean, how can you not feel immortal when you experience the freedom of zooming on your bike?  Seriously?  I always feel like I pay tons of attention to cars and pedestrians when I'm riding, and don't ride on super-busy streets.  So, so far, I have not prioritized getting a bike helmet.  That's really what it's about, prioritization.  I'm not against helmets.  Or safety.  I guess I just haven't perceived riding without a helmet as unsafe. Well, three days ago I was stopped at a stop light (on my bike) and another biker rolled up next to me and asked me if I had a helmet.  I said something non-committal like "no, but I've been meaning to get one."  To which he says "well, if you break this one (pointing to his helmet), you've still got another skull."  And he rides off!  I was hit and run guilt-tripped!  I thought about this brief encounter for hours after. I'm amazed by people who can get straight to their point without apology.  I really mean that.  There were equal parts guilt and concern in his voice.  I think you have to get the right mix when delivering a message; too much of that or not enough of this; then you've got inaction on the part of your recipient.  So even though I admired the potency of his words, my ego was a little bruised at being told what to do... or something.  Checking my ego is one of my biggest off-the-mat challenges! So I'm off to the bike shop to check out helmets.  I'll post a pic when I get one.]]></summary>
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