Eating Well
Since I've started teaching again, I pretty much never stop eating. There are a couple hour breaks here and there, but woe be the person who encounters me after a break of three hours or more. It's more or less the same meal again and again: yogurt, oatmeal/granola, massive quantities of fruit, salads, cooked veggies, tofu/tempeh. And then some variations along the theme. I don't usually tire of the repetitions, but there's only so much variation possible when it feels like I'm always hungry with no time to cook a thoughtful meal. Snacking abounds. On warmer days, I develop a strong addiction to Rice Dream Oatmeal Cookie Pies.
Chris (special gentleman friend) has provided a bit of a solution by being hired as a cook at the illustrious Moosewood Restaurant. For those who haven't heard of it, it's a vegetarian restaurant owned by a worker collective that, over the years, has put out an extraordinary number of cookbooks. They change their menu with every meal, which means that all leftovers need to be taken home by the workers or composted. I think I'll be solely responsible in seeing that nothing ever goes to waste.
From fellow yogi/yogini friends, I've heard mixed things about food consumption combined with a very steady yoga practice. Some say that they get "fed by prana" and often forget to eat. Others, like me, eat like linebackers (sorry, US sports reference). In the meantime, while a good portion of my day is devoted to eating, any recipes or links to posts you have written about recipes (quick ones preferred) are appreciated.
Chris (special gentleman friend) has provided a bit of a solution by being hired as a cook at the illustrious Moosewood Restaurant. For those who haven't heard of it, it's a vegetarian restaurant owned by a worker collective that, over the years, has put out an extraordinary number of cookbooks. They change their menu with every meal, which means that all leftovers need to be taken home by the workers or composted. I think I'll be solely responsible in seeing that nothing ever goes to waste.
From fellow yogi/yogini friends, I've heard mixed things about food consumption combined with a very steady yoga practice. Some say that they get "fed by prana" and often forget to eat. Others, like me, eat like linebackers (sorry, US sports reference). In the meantime, while a good portion of my day is devoted to eating, any recipes or links to posts you have written about recipes (quick ones preferred) are appreciated.
Eating Well
In a post about food, what better sequence than one for digestion? Not to be performed directly after eating, of course!
- Start practice lying on back
- Supta Pavana Muktasana (Reclined Wind Relieving Pose)
- Take knee out to side for gentle hip opener
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 on other side
- Supta Balasana (Reclined Child's Pose). Draw both knees into chest
- Release legs to lie straight
- Repeat steps 5 and 6
- Garbasana (Child's Pose)
- Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose). Come into "Baby Cobra," working up to full expression
- Lower from Cobra until forehead rests on floor. Raise back. Move between two positions with breath
- Ardha Salabhasana (Half Locust). Repeat other side
- Move between both legs in Half Locust. It should look a bit like a swimming kick
- Salabhasana (Locust Pose)
- Take hands under knees and roll on back
- Roll up to seated
- Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Fold)
- Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
- Pavana Muktasana (Standing Wind Relieving Pose)
- Vrksasana (Tree Pose)
- Repeat steps 18 and 19 on other side
- Dandasana (Staff Pose)
- Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle)
- Mandukasana (Frog Pose)
- Take arms towards one side. Repeat on other
- Savasana
- Nadi Shodna Pranayama (Alternate Nostil Breath)