Author Archives: Mara

What does it really take to be a great yoga teacher?

By Mara | Published: April 7, 2012

read my article on RecoveringYogi.com

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I’ve been unfaithful

By Mara | Published: January 9, 2012

This morning I cheated. On my yoga practice. I felt bad about it, as I always do. You see, for many years yoga has been as close to a primary relationship as my own spouse. You might say I’ve been practicing polyamory with my husband and yoga. With whom did I cheat on my [...]

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No Kids Allowed

By Mara | Published: November 21, 2011

For some reason people love kids yoga. I think they have this image of perfectly behaved yogi children all actually following instructions and doing the same thing at the same time. But my experience has been that children are mostly unable to follow simple instructions such as “stand still” or “bend your knee”, [...]

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On Obstacles and Aphorisms

By Mara | Published: October 23, 2011

I often tell my yoga students that the obstacles are not what is IN our way, but they ARE our way. I may have stolen this from Lao-Tsu, and probably misquoted it as well, but what the heck. I never claimed to be original. What I do claim to be is honest, and if [...]