on the first day of december, yoga gave to me… { the 12 days of yoga }

On the first day of December, yoga gave to meeee

A yo-gini in the pose Tree.

One of Tree Pose’s (Vrksasana) gifts is teaching us that it is okay to fall. Everybody does. Even the people who think they’re hot sauce.

So when you fall, and you’re going to sooner or later (+ sooner and later), here are a few tips:

1. Laugh as you’re going down. You know that sh*t is funny.
2. Holler “Timberrrrrrr!” and watch everyone freak out.
3. Fall with awareness…and take out all the mo fos standing near you. That’s spreading the love. They can learn with you! Like this:

They look happy to be falling, don’t they?! Even the dude on the bottom of the yoga-sugar-cookie-tree-pose-pileup. His hair is falling off, but he’s learning. (Ok, i’m not good with gel frosting.)

Your yoga teacher might look like this as you fall down and go boom:

See how his eyebrows are up in his hair? And his mouth makes a little “o” of surprise, his gloopy hands raised in horror?

But that’s okay, too. Inside he’s laughing with you. I promise.

Now go forth and be treelike! :)

{ stay tuned, 11 more days of yoga — and yogi/ni sugar cookie people — to come! you know to expect the unexpected here. this may be the month of partridges, pear trees, and turtle doves, but this is yoga, mo fos! }

{ yogini + yogi sugar cookies whipped up, hand-cut, baked, and frosted by me! yes, i am currently working on my technique. gel frosting is my nemesis! }

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