When is Writing...and Downdog Yoga

Writers never stop writing.  Not really.  We may go to the grocery store for some reprieve in the fruit aisle.  We may enjoy the fresh air as we walk our dog (or cat, if you’re that kind of person).  We may clean the house, vacuum, and mop the floor.  And yet, we’re still writing.  At least I am.  Even not-writing is writing because an idea is always gestating in my head.  Stories constantly beg to be told.  Maybe a dying light-bulb is fighting off a vampire that feeds on light.  Maybe a fish is daydreaming of the days when men quivered like worms on hooks.   
What I’m getting at, not-writing is just as good as writing, only until you need a physical manifestion of words shaping themselves into a cohesive story.  Where am I going?  Not sure. 

Yoga, maybe.  When I eventually headed towards a career in yoga, I found much freedom in letting go.  Meditation and asanas (postures) and all the other practices associated with yoga (and there are more than I could ever fathom)…are, to me, a kind of writing. 

On the topic of yoga, go check out www.ddyoga.com.  It’s a great school, with great teachers (not saying that because I teach there myself).  Downdog Yoga continues to bring an authentic feel of holistic health and wellness to the area of Reading, PA.  They continue to bring in top-notch teachers from all over the world.  They continue to offer great seminars and programs.    

And I am continually amazed by the talent their school attracts, all teachers who demonstrate the potential of what the human mind and body can achieve, and sometimes physical postures that me, a writer, find stranger than anything I’ve done in fiction.