Ashtanga Dispatch

Ok everyone! The podcast is now live — and here’s another short(ish) preview.

Also, a few side notes:

1. I love love LOVE doing this with ! She is lively, engaging, and willing to challenge me in thoughtful and insightful ways.

2. I stand by the fact that the women I mentor are brilliant. And

3. Please, for the love of God — can we PLEASE stop teaching series and postures in yoga and start teaching people? (This is something also just posted about because she, too, is brilliant!)

I really do want to say more about this. But I’m going to hold off and perhaps save for a future episode. Instead, I will leave you with a thought i’ve been tossing around in my head:

As a 60-year-old woman with osteoarthritis and a bum hip, I could probably walk (or hobble) into any yoga room and be allowed to do what I need to take care of me.

But (and here’s my question) — why must one be old and infirm to be afforded this right?

If I were younger and less obviously in pain, would I be called lazy? Would my block and/or blanket be taken away? Would I be stopped from utilizing postures out of order that were not only accessible but needed?

This last one, in some rooms, maybe. Which is ridiculous. And even a little bit cruel.

Anyway, what do YOU think? Comment below 👇🏽

And then, go ahead and have a listen to this newest episode of the Ashtanga Dispatch podcast with Zoe and me, which you can find anywhere you like to listen

Also, the full, unedited, version is up on our Youtube — an accident that I just can’t be bothered (don’t have the energy or motivation to fix. So if that’s your jam, have at it! 😅