Showing posts with label clothes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clothes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Soul Soothing

You know when times are bad? When you feel down? Anxious, tired, yucky all around?
What music do you put on?

A while back YogaGlamGirl tagged me, to which I responded with deafening silence. One of the questions on the meme asked which five songs you know all the words to. I don't know the words to any songs. Not real ones. Only sanskrit chants. I know lots and lots of those, and when times are hard, I chant them. A Lot. The other music I always turn to for comfort is Tori Amos. Any of her work will do, but my favourite is Sorta Fairytale off Scarlet's Walk. I *love* that song. It fixes what's broken. And sometimes, I practice yoga to this song. And sometimes, this is what happens:


A nice, anxiety-releasing backbend sequence, starting with surrender in child's pose, knees apart, feet together.

Inhale into a deep kneeling back arch, as deep as is comfy and safe for you.


Exhale and surrender into child again.


Inhale and flip over your knees into this back arch (kapotasana variation maybe?)
Hands and knees in exactly the same position as for child.

Exhale and surrender forward into a full prostration.
Then follow these instructions backwards to go back to child pose.

Pink t-shirt courtesy of Debbi and Roots.
And look what else Debs gave me: a Just Breathe tee shirt!
She said she had to get it when she saw the logo...
Thanks, honey.


Saturday, April 07, 2007

In praise of Maya

No, I don't mean the veil of obscuring illusion, but rather Maya Prass, the wonderful South African designer.

I recently acquired a(nother) pair of her trousers and was reminded of why one should support local design. She doesn't use organic cotton, probably because the only organic cotton available in SA is imported from India, and the high environmental cost of transport kinda cancels out its enviro-kudos. She does, however, employ her own machinists, have her fabrics hand-printed, and generally produce a fantastic product locally, making jobs in local industry. And the garments really are beautiful. Even if you don't think you are gorgeous, you probably will in one of these little ensembles:






This is my last post for a week or so while I dry out my signapses (wish me luck!) so I hope you all enjoy Easter, if you celebrate it, and have a great week!