I'm going to be teaching advanced techniques of learning to deal with the ow of now - being less phoney! more funny! - at the Kriplau Center for Yoga and Health this summer and I wrote this piece for their catalogue:

My first yoga teacher used to say, “Don’t think of it as pain, think of it as sensation.” I was always thinking “yes, painful sensation.” Over time, of course, I learned to diminish the painful sensation not just by thinking about it differently but also with both breathing and alignment. And when all that didn’t work, I learned to put my Type-A ego aside and back off the pose. Back away from the chaos. Being a clever yogi, I then attempted to export these techniques from my mat into my life.... read more here