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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 20: the lost practice
With the best intentions, I didn’t make it to Zephyr’s class yesterday at the Life Centre Notting Hill (next week!). In between seeing...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 25, 20131 min read
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Something Witty, Something Bright
Norman Blair is a wonderful yoga teacher, writer and friend. Take the time Naked emperors on the Bikram yoga system and Hell-Bent,...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 24, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 19: Gratitude
I have to admit, today I almost didn’t make it to Jeff’s class at the Life Centre at 2:15pm. I have been battling a little throat/chest...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 23, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge: Addendum to Day 18: Closure
I confess. The energy level, environment and mood I’m in does have an impact on what I write at any given time. The Yoga Challenge is...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 23, 20133 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 18: Doing the best we can
Rather than attending the Lovely Helen Stylianou’s Iyengar class at Indaba this morning, I spent the morning playing pirates, singing...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 22, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 17: Venturing South
This morning I ventured south to Triyoga on Kings Road for a class with Mollie McClelland. While I don’t know Mollie personally, I have...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 22, 20133 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 16: Taking time out to regroup
Today was the first day since the challenge began on January 5th that I did not actively seek out a class. I woke up with a frog’s voice...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 20, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 15: Having a backup plan
Today I traveled across town to Primrose Hill to take a class with Mercedes Ngoh at Triyoga. I have wanted to attend her class for a long...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 20, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 14: The importance of having a local shala
The snow today impeded upon my ability to travel further afield for my daily class, however, I did manage to catch Graham Burns at the...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 18, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 13: Brevity
This post promises to be short. It will be short for two reasons: first, I am busy drafting four papers for my Rolfing training due...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 18, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 12: Vairagya
Today I returned to Triyoga Primrose Hill for a class with Heather Elton, entitled Vinyasa Yoga Level 2-3. After yesterday’s class at the...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 17, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day 11: What makes a class live up to its name?
The labeling of yoga classes by name (dynamic, hatha, vinyasa, etc) and level is a relatively recent addition to the yoga landscape,...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 16, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day Ten: Going with the flow
Most days don’t turn out like they think we will, and for me today was no exception. As yoga classes that began at 2pm and 3pm slipped...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 14, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge: Getting Back on Track
Having finished both Module Three of the Rolfing training late this afternoon and conducting nanny interviews this evening, I am eager to...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 14, 20131 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day Eight: Is Rolfing training a practice? A yoga practice?
As I looked over the weekend’s schedule on Thursday evening preparing for the days ahead, I realized the enormity of the training that I...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 12, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day Seven
After a full day, starting with a 6.30am private, meeting potential nanny candidates, spending time with son before dropping off at...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 11, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day Six: Changing the rules of the game?
As today became a skeleton of what it promised to be in my diary due to the ongoing nanny saga, I spent the majority of my time on the...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 10, 20132 min read
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Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge, Day Five
Having missed yesterday’s practice due to a set of extenuating circumstances and then being thrown a curveball in monumental form, I...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 9, 20133 min read
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What are the chances?
After succumbing to the universal forces that prevented me from practicing on day four of my Yoga Challenge, I arrived last night...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 8, 20132 min read
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The BBC Interview Link
Today I was on JoAnne Good’s show with Ellen Walsh Moorman on BBC 1, it was fun, Jo and Ellen are magical women! You can listen here,...
Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 7, 20131 min read
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