Green Tara Celtic Dreams

Living with scoliosis is a puzzle.  Often a person doesn't know they have it until some crisis brings attention to it.  For some it is mild, for others it is debilitating.  For me, It's a moody situation - some days I'm doing very well, others not so much.  I do my best by listening to my body and regularly engaging in weight training, stretching and Pilates.  Yin yoga and restorative yoga are my cornerstones in managing the pain and giving me a much needed mental and physical rest from it.   Having to deal with doctors is the worst part.  I don't want to see x-rays or MRI reports, and hate having attention called to the skeleton in my closet.  Doctors have, for the most part, been useless.  They give me mixed responses, none of them helpful unless it's a physical therapy referral.   So I joined a Facebook scoliosis awareness group to learn more, and most of what I've learned is horrifying.  The fusion isn't a once in a li...

image from www.viniyoga.com Saturday, 09/07/19 was my first experience with Viniyoga.  I've heard of Viniyoga and it's "father," Gary Kraftsow, but knew nothing other than that some consider it to be a therapeutic, perhaps clinical (ahem, dry) type of practice.  I can no longer enjoy vinyasa yoga and focus these days on non-flow hatha, yin, restorative and Kundalini. When I learned that the local studio has a new Viniyoga teacher I reached out to her.  She assured me it is not a vinyasa type class, so I went to investigate it on Saturday. What sets Viniyoga apart?  Some of the cornerstone principles, according to  www.viniyoga.com   are "function over form," "breath and adaptation" and "repetition and stay."  At the introductory workshop our teacher, Gretchen, had some sheets up on an easel showing the lineage of Viniyoga.  The term isn't new - Viniyoga is mentioned in the Yoga Sutras.  At right is a little info about the li...