i have a tendency to err serious.
on first dates i’ve been told i have an “intense energy.” after reading my most recent collection of poems my mom said, “it’s good, but do they all have to be so melancholy?” (side note: they did not).
anyway—this week i wanted to go against my grain and put energy into something light and fun. so, here are seven silly reasons to do yoga paired with goofy scribble guys (by me).
enjoy~
a seven pose series to get better at lifing
one legged mountain is a great pose to practice if you want to get better at putting pants (or socks or underwear or shoes) on your body. without falling over.
getting good at this is especially handy in those horrifying moments when you have to get dressed in front of strangers—like in gym locker room or after a casual hook-up. those times when you’d really love to become clothed as quickly as possible without getting your foot stuck halfway down your pant leg and awkwardly stumble-grab-stumbling around.
we are a nation that is horrible at pooping. truly—we are really bad at it.
and we have to do it every day! if you want to improve your pooping powers pop a yogi squat every morning to wake up your digestive tract and get ready for a great poop-filled day!
have you ever been jealous of opossums ability to play dead?
like when that one coworker spontaneously “pops by” your house? or when you see your ex at the grocery store while trying to carry way too many things to not have a cart? if you practice corpse pose enough you’ll never have to wish you were a opossum again! you’ll get so good at surrendering to stillness the next time you encounter even the slightest modicum of social discomfort you’ll be stop, drop, and savasana-ing faster than a rat up a drainpipe.
summer gatherings are rife with pitchers of festive beverages like berry lemonade and peach tea.
while delicious, these colorful beveys are a stain waiting to happen, and the notion of lifting and pouring behemoth pitchers is too intimidating for many partygoers. but with the mad hand strength you’ll build in downward dog ditch cans and bottles this season and pour with confidence all summer long! plus, you can bust this impressive pose out at opportune times to look cool and make new friends.
parallel parking sucks. that is simply a fact of life.
but practicing revolved chair will make your spine and neck so strong and mobile it could suck a little less.
does your whole body tense at the phrase “we are experiencing higher than normal call volumes”?
eagle pose is for you! not only is this pose so incredibly frustrating it will make you forget all about your call or how annoyed you are to be on hold, it also takes so long to get in and out of that you’ll probably be on the line with a real live human before you’re even half-way into the pose.
trying to be not an asshole is one of the hardest things any of us can do.
doing happy baby as often as possible can makes it a little easier. partially because of how it releases tension in the low back and hips and just generally feels pretty great, but mostly because it’s just really hard to be a dick when you have a regular habit of making yourself look like a turtle stuck on its back with its little feet sticking in the air.
Love your humor and art! So needed.
I am so happy your mother put the link to your Substack in her newsletter this morning. I am a yoga teacher, too, but a disgruntled one at the moment. I sampled a few of writings and I'm loving connecting to the heart of yoga through you. 🤍