Author Archives: Abby

Obstacles

By Abby | Published: August 9, 2011
Obstacles give us an opportunity to grow. Often the poses we dislike the most are the very ones we need the most. It’s easy to motivate yourself to do something you’re good at, harder to enjoy that which can be a challenge. But, it’s only by doing the difficult things — both on and off [...]
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Magic Number

By Abby | Published: April 4, 2011
As most of you already know, I love basketball and am passionate about my San Antonio Spurs. I love having us all stretch Tim Duncan Tall. Just as on and off the yoga mat, there’s lots of life to be learned on and off the basketball court. A spectacular slamdunk and an ordinary tip-in both [...]
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39 Years of Yoga

By Abby | Published: March 7, 2011
39 years ago today I became a mother for the first time. It also marks the beginning of my yoga practice. In 1972 I had never even heard of yoga, but there it was, offered as a part of the YMCA’s Mother’s Day Out program in Charleston, WVA. I instantly fell in love with yoga. [...]
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Expectations

By Abby | Published: December 16, 2010
In this season of gifts — given and received — a lot of expectations swirl around the exchange. That perfect gift you bought turns out not to be so perfectly received. You don’t see the look of surprise and excitement just as you envisioned. The box you knew had to contain what you always wanted [...]
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Expect the Unexpected

By Abby | Published: October 25, 2010
Before we left Austin for our Second Honeymoon trip to California we made plans. Not only where we were staying, but also where we were eating. Breakfast at MaMa’s — a café that was on everyone’s top 5 list. Fancy dinner at the Grand View Hyatt — boasting to be the last sky-view restaurant in [...]
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Everyone Can Dance

By Abby | Published: September 28, 2010
I fell in love with this video immediately, although I must admit, I have no idea what’s being sung about! The important thing for me is that the left foot never moves — why you may ask, is this important? Well, if you can’t stand and dance with this Cat, the anchored left foot is [...]
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Iodine and Baby Oil

By Abby | Published: September 16, 2010
If you’re of the generation that remembers when an elixir of iodine and baby oil was your suntan lotion — then you should be thinking about skin cancer today. Before Coppertone labels had the letters SPF printed on them, before people thought about being out in the sun as something dangerous, mothers would send their [...]
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Hitting the Reset Button

By Abby | Published: September 13, 2010
Got an email this morning. Someone wanting yoga back into her life, but with a note of regret over having yoga out of her life and needing to start yet AGAIN. I had to share with her, and you, my favorite poem by Rumi. The first time I heard it, I just broke out in [...]
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Bodies Like Rings on a Tree

By Abby | Published: September 8, 2010
A woman in Dallas shared with me how her weight gain just seemed to “happen.” Towards the end of her email she wrote: I think there is a very real possibility that I might break down crying if I become more in touch with it.  So.  I’ll be needing a yoga mat and some Kleenex… [...]
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Life by the Numbers

By Abby | Published: September 1, 2010
Often when I talk about the work that I do — teaching obese and overweight people yoga —  I use the phrase that doing yoga can help you reclaim your health. I believe that yoga as a tool for health is overlooked by most people of size because the general concept and current images of [...]
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