Greetings fellow #yogadork crew and the amazing #365yoga sangha! Can you believe we have reached a quarter of the way into 2011 already? Thought it might be time to check in with my peeps and see how your yoga is so far this year and report how my progress has been. I started this adventure [...]
Nancy Alder
Revolution is afoot! In actuality, it’s happening all the time – evolve and revolve – but as we approach a new dawn in the era of modern day yoga, the spirited yogadorks have spoken and are moved to unite in peaceful protest. Against what? And whom? Why, the powers that be. YD pal and intrepid [...]
Review by Nancy Alder When YogaDork asked me to review “Once Upon a Pose: A Guide to Yoga Adventure Stories for Children” by Donna Freeman I of course said “yes.” Despite the fact that I teach yoga to adults, I was intrigued about how an instructional yoga book for children would be laid out and [...]
For better or for worse Sadie Nardini remains true to herself. Here she speaks candidly with Nancy Alder about her signing on to the YAMA (Yoga Artist Management Agency), her rise to the national stage/yogi stardom, and why she thinks being “unyogic” is just plain ridiculous. Enormous thanks to Nancy for a great job well [...]
Though it might not feel like it, in these dark, cold days of January, the daylight hours for us Northern folks are slowwwly creeping longer. Really! Before you know it, it’ll be spring! But let’s not rush things, eh? There’s something to be said for the quiet stillness of these winter days, and what better [...]
It’s like giveaway city over here at yogadorkville! And we couldn’t be more pleased to announce our next candidate, What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication (Oct 09, Rodmell Press) by the ever inspiring Judith Hanson Lasater and her husband Ike Lasater. Judith, a yogi, teacher and accomplished author takes a step away from her [...]
Meditate on This! Month-long Challenge: Final 10 Days, Reflections and Prizes from Namaste Book Club
If you haven’t noticed we yogadorks are huge fans of the Namaste Book Club! And so we are super thrilled to be a part of their great meditation challenge, ‘Meditate on This’, a month-long journey through daily meditation practice. Without too much YD yapping, we’ll just let Namaste Book Club founders, the fabulous Nancy Alder [...]
Welcome to the next installment of yogadork book corner! It’s our esteemed pleasure to welcome back the indelibly superb Nancy Alder to share her review of The Handbag and Wellies Yoga Club by Lucy Edge. While not a true “yoga book” Lucy takes steps on and off the mat to tell her story of a [...]
[We are so pleased to bring you our first book review! And overjoyed to introduce our guest reviewer: madame yogini, supermom of the Northeast, proud supporter of yoga as her bailout, the one and only Nancy Alder! Some of you may know her as @yoga_mydrishti. She’s also co-founder of the Namaste Book Club (with Jenny [...]
