after early bird yoga

Not a completely natural early bird it has been refreshing to have committed to teaching early bird yoga at 7am on Wednesday mornings. My reward is being up and about at an hour that is still relatively fresh. After this mornings class followed by a wholesome breakfast, the bike ride through the park on my way to a meeting was a rare view of these magnificent trees newly dressed in spring foliage. My senses are not fully accustomed yet to such a dramatic change in all the trees here in Malmö. A few days of warm sunny weather has worked it's magic. I love my new bike! I love spring! 

Experience, research, imagination (a yoga tool box)

I've just completed Tony Parsons book "Starting Over". In an interview at the back of the book he reflects on what makes a novel. Experience (life as you have lived it), research (life as others have lived it) and imagination (life as you can imagine it).
I believe that with a little creativity these qualities apply in yoga. We rely on the experience of our teachers, the experience of a lineage or tradition and our own experience  We are able to constantly investigate and research the immediate effect of yoga in asana during a class and finally with imagination and vision we can alter our perception. So what does this mean? Our yoga toolbox is not so unlike the writers toolbox!