About: Candice Garrett
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Karma & the Problem of Compassion.by Candice Garrett on Jul 19, 2012 How often do we hear the phrase Karma is a Bitch (usually when directing hateful energy toward someone who has wronged us)? And yet if I step on a bumblebee, does that mean that I will get stepped on? Or stung? When does the consequence happen: now? A lifetime or two from now? Who’s to know? Who cares? 941 views |
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Postpartum Dad Depression.by Candice Garrett on May 24, 2012 What I tell my students is this: “You had nine months to grow a baby. Give dad his nine months to get to know that baby.” 255 views |
Ego is the Cause of all Suffering: Critical Book Review of The Science of Yoga.by Candice Garrett on Feb 20, 2012 “Ego is the cause of all suffering”- a Critical Review of The Science of Yoga, by Senior Iyengar teacher Kofi Busia. 783 views |
If We’re Being Honest, Yogis can kind of Suck.by Candice Garrett on Dec 28, 2011 Over the years I’ve found a deep, dark pit of lack that has arisen from my own inner comparison with other teachers: I’m not skinny enough. I’m not young enough. I don’t wear the right clothes or have enough students, or teach in the right places. I’m not successful enough. I’m not fill in the blank. 8,876 views |
The Prenatal Yoga Primer and Why You (Yes You) Need to Know it.by Candice Garrett on Nov 27, 2011 Most of us, if we have taught yoga for any length of time, have had an errant pregnant student wander into our classes. Whether you are teaching beginner’s yoga, or one-armed levitating bad-ass yoga. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, be assured, it will. 605 views |
Dear Screaming Child on My Airline ( AKA the Six Steps of Meditation).by Candice Garrett on Nov 21, 2011 Anyone who has read any of my articles, or knows me at all, knows that I have a veritable gaggle of children. Boys, to be exact. Nature hasn’t seen fit to bless me with daughters. 574 views |
Yoga Loses One of its Own in Bicycle Accident.by Candice Garrett on Nov 9, 2011 Jenna Morrison, 38 years old and 5 months pregnant, lost her life on Monday in a bicycle accident in Toronto, Canada. 2,249 views |
My Guru isn’t Perfect.by Candice Garrett on Oct 11, 2011 My guru isn’t perfect. He’s the yoga teacher with a split personality disorder. Afraid to show who he really is for fear of being discredited. She’s the yoga student with a thousand injuries and limitations who spends her hard earned money on yoga classes each week. And humbly attends each and every teacher, taking from [...] 934 views |
Nicolas Cage a Vampire?by Candice Garrett on Sep 21, 2011 According to several top news sites, a civil war-era photograph, on sale at Ebay, bears a striking resemblance to the famous actor. The seller even claims Cage is a vampire that reinvents himself every 75 years or so. Well? You decide. And, while we’re on the topic, for your viewing pleasure: 1,655 views |
Love Your Feet.by Candice Garrett on Sep 17, 2011 Kids are amazing, they really are. I didn’t know any different life than the one I had. My parents and family will tell a different, more difficult story from their own perspectives, but for me? Growing up a crippled child was awesome. Mostly. 2,243 views |
The Secret Life of the American Parent.by Candice Garrett on Jul 24, 2011 First off, let me say we hoped for you. We prayed for you. And when we knew you were coming, we rubbed the buddha belly, felt you kick and imagined what you would look like. Some of us went to great lengths to have you, had surrogates, or adopted. We were also scared. A couple of kids, at any age…what did we know about parenting? Then you were here. A small thing, with a red face and star-fish hands. So peaceful. Until about week three, when you became very angry that your womb was gone. We stayed up every night, rocking and consoling you, helpless to ease your suffering, helpless to ease our own suffering. 860 views |
The Mama Sutras.by Candice Garrett on Jul 1, 2011 Parenting: The Advanced Yoga. 2,466 views |
Crack Smokin’ Yoga Teachers.by Candice Garrett on Jun 16, 2011 In some circles, admitting you had a drink is tantamount to robbing a bank and riding away on your getaway car that is powered by the blood of freshly caught kittens, while eating fried chicken, potato gunning newborn babies off the roof of your apartment and snorting crack off the back of your Gita. 30,921 views |
Patanjali is my Homeboy: the Yamas.by Candice Garrett on May 14, 2011 Are you a gossip? Do you tend to have road rage? Do you belittle people or take advantage of them? What are the quality of your thoughts? How can you begin to recognize ahimsa in your every moment of every day? 1,377 views |
Tomorrow Yoga, Today Gin.by Candice Garrett on Apr 26, 2011 Sometimes you just have one of those days. You know those days? When the sky seems to be falling and you wish you could find some space to breathe, when even a second to breathe in peace is fleeting. It’s been a hectic month for me. I sold my house, lived on a couch for [...] 2,578 views |
Meatless Guinness Stewby Candice Garrett on Mar 16, 2011 *Note: Many consider Guinness to be non-vegetarian/non-vegan due to the company’s reported use of isinglass, a fish product, to remove extra yeast. Guinness maintains that its products are animal-product-free, but admits a possibility that minute quantities of isinglass might be carried into the beer. If this is a concern, try Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout or [...] 359 views |
Patanjali is my Homeboy. Part 1.by Candice Garrett on Mar 4, 2011 I admit, when I first came to my yoga teacher training, I had no idea that there was this whole ancient philosophy behind it. I had taken one whole yoga class, on the behest of my sister, with a tough-as-nails Iyengar teacher, and had done, in my opinion pretty well. Some time later, living in [...] 900 views |
Hello Dreams. Goodbye. Tales of a Yogi Householder.by Candice Garrett on Feb 24, 2011 A couple years ago, I decided to stop waiting for someone to hand me what I wanted from life. I had been living and working from a place that told me I needed permission from others to reach out for my dreams. Feelings of inadequacy, fear, and especially fear of failure, had kept me feeling [...] 670 views |
This isn’t Living, it’s Dying.by Candice Garrett on Feb 13, 2011 Unhappy in your life and your work? Some interesting thoughts on why that might be… 443 views |
The Last Bastion of The Feminine via Daniel Tanzo.by Candice Garrett on Feb 10, 2011 I was raised to be a “Man” by a father, uncles and various male role models, coaches etc. This meant, in my particular Bay Area industrial town, don’t cry, never back down from a fight, and all the rest of those peculiar aspects that were passed on and down to us young males. I thoroughly [...] 350 views |
Empowering the Mama-to-Be with Yogaby Candice Garrett on Jan 23, 2011 Pregnant women get, what? 10 minutes with their doctors a week? 15 minutes? That’s how long it takes to do a pathological scan of her body, to designate it ‘safe’ for pregnancy. The prenatal student gets to see you (her teacher) once or twice a week. Think about what a wonderful opportunity you have to [...] 319 views |
Prana-cizing with Patricia Walden.by Candice Garrett on Jan 16, 2011 Senior Iyengar instructor Patricia Walden rocks my socks, er, kapotasana. I’ve struggled with deep backbends like full pidgeon pose for some time in my yoga practice. I can do a lot of variations of backbends, but the deeper ones tend to make me feel like I need to crawl out of the class on hands and knees and [...] 328 views |
Breathe and Asana will Happen.by Candice Garrett on Jan 16, 2011 Yoga is the marriage of prana and apana through bandha and alignment-Richard Freeman I wasn’t sure what to expect when I wandered into my first class of day two at Yoga Journal’s Conference at San Francisco, Richard Freeman’s class on back bending and the pelvic floor yesterday morning. Having just completed a day long intensive with Leslie Howard [...] 582 views |
Open the Eyes of Your Hands.by Candice Garrett on Jan 15, 2011 The neuron connection between the hand and the brain is immense, as I learned today at Yoga Journal’s 8th annual Conference at San Francisco. According to New Mexico yoga teacher Tias Little, the thumb itself accounts for a the largest portion of that brain/hand connection, making the hands seem pretty important in our minds, literally. In Eastern [...] 788 views |
Cell Phones, Technology and Yoga.by Candice Garrett on Jan 15, 2011 As I stepped out of my car at the transit station this morning, on my way to day 2 at the Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco, I realized I’d forgotten my cell phone, which was odd, because I distinctly remember holding it in my hand on the way to the car this morning. Not [...] 270 views |
Move Over Dr. Kegel, Here Comes Leslie Howard.by Candice Garrett on Jan 14, 2011 Kegels are vagina-centric, 60 years old and named after a guy. We can do better than that. -Leslie Howard The 8th annual Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco features thirty women, three plastic pelvises and Leslie Howard, all talking shop (well, all but the plastic pelvises, they mostly just watched) about nuances of the female [...] 549 views |
Where’s Santa Now?by Candice Garrett on Dec 24, 2010 Track Santa (fun for the kids) on Norad’s Santa Tracker Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus all! And to the atheists out there, have a great day #359. Be warm, enjoy family and be merry. 204 views |
8 Handmade Holiday Gifts.by Candice Garrett on Dec 13, 2010 The Goodness of Homemade Gifts Why not celebrate this holiday season with homemade gifts? Save a little money and give those you love a little homemade goodness, from the heart. Cranberry-Ginger Tea Bread (pictured above) I came across this little gem of a recipe a few years ago in Whole Living Magazine. Not too sweet, [...] 2,581 views |
Coffee Lovers: Buy Your Coffee and Benefit Haitiby Candice Garrett on Dec 12, 2010 Just Haiti is a non-profit organization that sells fair-trade coffee, grown sustainably in Haiti. A worthy cause for a country that is still struggling with the devastation of the 7.0 earthquake that happened there earlier this year. via their website: “Just Haiti” works to alleviate poverty, hunger, violence, illiteracy and disease in Haiti by fostering small [...] 214 views |
Accepting What Is.by Candice Garrett on Dec 11, 2010 He sits there in the corner. Watching me as I rush by, getting kids fed and dressed and taxiing them to their various daily destinations. He never complains, only patiently waits for my attention. Sometimes days, or even a week go by, without me bothering to do stop, even for a minute, to make room [...] 1,295 views |
A Very Vegan Thanksgiving. {Recipes}by Candice Garrett on Nov 22, 2010 “Traditional” Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes with all the Fixins. Usually the holidays, for me, entail watching my relatives dismember a turkey, while I enjoy a veggie burger and plain mashed potatoes. This year I am excited to be, for the first time ever, cooking my own vegan Thanksgiving dinner. I’m not vegan, elefriends, so if you [...] 2,138 views |
What is Death?by Candice Garrett on Nov 13, 2010 “Death means, changing one thing into another thing. Change of form….A tree in the forest died. A napkin was born.” Click here for the video of Swami Satchidananda talking about death as “change of form.” 264 views |
Welcome Back to the Party of No.by Candice Garrett on Nov 4, 2010 Welcome Back to the Party of No. Not two days into the new reorganization of government, we can all rest assured that the government will go back to partisan politics as usual. With the very real concerns our country is facing over mortgages, unemployment and health care, it is a wonder at all that any [...] 444 views |
Howard Jarvis: I’ve Reported You to the FCC.by Candice Garrett on Oct 29, 2010 It’s no secret of mine that I don’t align with the Tea Party’s agenda. I find them offensive, ill-informed and inflammatory. But I’ve been content to let the polls show the people’s desire (albeit along with my very vocal presence on Facebook). I’ve been on the National Do-Not-Call list for as long as it’s been in existence. [...] 220 views |
10 DIY Halloween Costume Ideas.by Candice Garrett on Oct 27, 2010 About the time my first son turned two, I became aware of the rip-off that is the current Halloween costume industry. Cheaply-made polyester costumes sold at premium prices. It’s about that time I became a homemade costume wizard. Why pay $30 for a costume that I can throw together for about $5? Since then, we’ve [...] 7,038 views |
Yoga Made Me Fat.by Candice Garrett on Oct 15, 2010 Well sort of. I recently taught a workshop on arm balances that went horribly askew. I’m not sure what the missing ingredient was…perhaps the studio just wasn’t a good fit for my teaching style. Although the students were all happy at the end, having had mini-breakthroughs in their quest to balance on their hands, I [...] 5,452 views |
 10 Easy Ways to go Green (and Save Money) Today.by Candice Garrett on Sep 30, 2010 Going green is easier than you thought. 1. Ditch the plastic water bottles and put your tap to work. Get yourself a filter, I use a Brita pitcher but there are many kinds available. 2. Get a stainless steel canteen to take your home-filtered water on the go. Old Navy has some for only [...] 358 views |
The Real Victims of Porn are Men.by Candice Garrett on Sep 9, 2010 Porn makes for a poor sex education. As the blogging world continues to conversate about those pesky Toe Sox ads and whether, or not, they are offensive, I sat, watching quietly and wondering why I didn’t take offense. It took me a while, but I finally came to a startling conclusion and the answer is wrapped up in [...] 3,929 views |
When Yogis Go Bad.by Candice Garrett on Sep 7, 2010 Pitfalls of the Practice. Sometimes I wish I could just be a student of yoga, wide eyed and blissful, still unfamiliar with the greater philosophy and instead simply enjoying the subtle joy of asana. Yoga for me, during those early years, was mysterious and magical. I had little knowledge of the history of yoga, much [...] 4,850 views |
On Femininity.by Candice Garrett on Aug 11, 2010 A rebuttal to the rebuttal of this post! I have been watching, with some interest, the conversations that have been sparked by Lasara Allen’s article: “The Lost Art of Masculinity” and Jimmy Gleacher’s response: “The Lost Art of Femininity“—both, interestingly enough, on the heels of Judith Hansen Lasater’s controversial letter to Yoga Journal. In her [...] 1,402 views |
An “Organic” Pop-Tart is Still a Pop-Tart.by Candice Garrett on Aug 10, 2010 Organic calories and sugar and fat are still calories and sugar and fat. With all the new “natural” choices out there, it’s becoming more and more difficult to figure out what healthy food actually is. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that a certain term (that starts with “Or” and ends in “ganic”)…as well [...] 1,133 views |
 Mr. Bacon vs Monsieur Tofuby Candice Garrett on Aug 4, 2010 On a recent trip to San Francisco’s Chinatown, and inspired by Chris Courtney’s post on bumper stickers, I found these odd and funny toys. What girl doesn’t need a Jane Austen action figure? Or Marie Antoinette, complete with head-popping action? Marie Antoinette Loses Her Head. 300 views |
Self-Publishing: The Greening of American Authorship.by Candice Garrett on Jul 21, 2010 The Reclaiming of Individual Perspective In the world of book writing, self publishing has, until recently always fallen under a keenly scrutinized category. Many people will discredit a self published author as someone who didn’t make the cut: to be published by a bigger book firm. So, for many self published authors it’s been kept [...] 799 views |
Thrift: A Love Story.by Candice Garrett on May 13, 2010 The thrill of spending $6 at a smelly Salvation Army and finding three new favorite shirts. When I was a kid, my mother used to drag us to the local Goodwill to look for bargains. I would look around frantically, hoping, begging, that I wouldn’t be noticed, or that I wouldn’t see anyone I knew. [...] 256 views |
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