happy new 2012 year! hope it will be better than the last to all of us and hope we feel more happy with who and where we are in our time of life.
life here has been a bit less worthy reporting on. i have embraced the spirit of christmas fully in the last 10 days and have been pretty much not doing more than stuffing myself with nice food. quite a few of the all-mighty coca-colas (my-biggest-vice) as well !!!
the practice has stopped on 22nd Dec as i have abused my body and felt too stuffed to move. ;-( unfortunately… i have also been feeling like my knees are very tight which is never good.
i did however want to quickly recap last year which -in ashtanga terms – was very important for following reasons:
- i took an ashtanga course at the beginning of last year
- around may time, i had my first mysore class at astanga yoga london shala and started my home practice which from then on has varied from 3 to 4 even 5 days a week.
- around the same time i started this blog in order to record my relationship with ashtanga
- the early morning practice has been attempted but not for long and have slipped back into the early evening one
- mysore classes have been consistent on once-a-week basis
- in november attended david swenson workshop weekend which was very enjoyable and most informative too
- and the last but not the least – i got an honorary mention in the 2011 round-up on claudia’s blog 😉
new year resolutions? i usually do not make any but i will try and make my practice steadier.
well, i better do a short practice now to start a warm up and to get back into the full practice before my first mysore class on the 10th January.
happy new year!
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Happy New Year Ivana.
You should have come and done the free class at TY this morning.
oh, i didn’t know they had a class. ayl shala is closed until next tuesday. let me know if you are in london again next weekend at triyoga or ayl. x
Happy new year Ivana! 🙂
you too xxx
Hi Ivana
I am in London most of this coming weekend. I will be doing practice at The Lifecentre Saturday morning, mysore class is 8:15-10:15. Philipa Gendall is the teacher, she’s good.
Saturday afternoon I am actually giving a 30 minute lecture on Mysore in Covent Garden
Sunday I will practice as usual at YP in Bethnal Green
Hi Ivana,
I am in London most of the coming weekend .
On Saturday I will do the Mysore class at The Lifecentre (8:15-10:15 with Philipa Gendall) and on Saturday afternoon I am giving a 30minute talk on Mysore in Covent Garden.
On Sunday I will practice at YP as usual
hi Kevin
my left knee is a bit sore so i don’t want to do the intensive shala practice until next week hoping it will go away. doing a pensioner version one at the moment 😉 i will see if i can make the talk – i have your email from before so have all the details i think.
i have never been to YP – how is it? are they ok with drop in?
i would like to meet up eventually 😉
x
Hi Ivana,
Hope your knee improves. You can drop in to YP, it’s 8-10 on Sunday. YP is a nice light space, no moving elsewhere for closing and we go for breakfast after 🙂
Talk starts at 2:30, there are 3 talks, two including mine on India and one on Japan. If you want to come email me and confirm as I am one of the speakers I get two guest passes.
that sounds good – especially breakfast – i guess you are all vegeterians 😉
i will try to make it on saturday as i would really like to hear the mysore story and Japan is my number one on my ‘to-visit’ wish list.
i’ll let you know
I’m not a veggie, love a post practice bacon sarnie! Though we usually have croissants, porridge, etc
I love Japan too, I’ve been 4 times.
Let me know
there is a great fry-up place on bethnal green road – hard to get a seat though 😉
oh, i am so jealous – i have never been to japan but absolutely obsessed with it
Japan is crazy, it’s just so different, but it’s great fun and my favourite place on earth. I have a friend in Tokyo, she loves showing foreigners her city.
We usually go to Gallery Cafe