I traveled the windy road up to SF, thrilled with the cityscape, after these lonely hills, to the Yoga Journal’s 7th Annual SF Conference, and to an enveloped world of yoga. The faces I deem “famous” for my world were talking nonchalantly with each other and with students. Very exciting.
My schedule the first day was aggressive: David Swenson’s Primary Series, Shadow Yoga, with Scott Blossom, and James Higgins. These classes were top notch and helped me to explore new streams of my yoga practice. It was Sunday morning’s class with Rod Stryker that really did it for me. It was a pranayama class and I learned the depth of breath and its meaning. The benefits? Improved health, concentration and mental focus – increased vitality, manifestation of desires and intentions – self-realization. Watching my partner as she practiced pranayama, her lungs expanded and something wonderful seemed to happen. Incorporating this practice into my regular practice this week has been the goal and the benefits are already apparent, with my week in full bloom. *overheard at the conference
