Cobbler's Pose or Bound Angle Pose - Baddha Konasana

You are sitting on the beach watching the world go by.

Good time to practice a little yoga!

It's like sitting cross-legged except you put your feet together.  If you have 

difficulty with your hips, you may need to sit on a height.  General rule; 

knees should be no higher than the top of your hip.   Press your feet together 

and concentrate on pushing your knees towards the ground. Keep your back 

straight.  If you cannot reach your feet or ankles to hold, have a yoga belt 

handy. Hold for 30 seconds and release.  Repeat again.

I like to sit in this pose as an alternative to cross-legged pose.  You are sitting 

evenly, not pressing down on an ankle. 

Banana Cherry Slice

A very old recipe my mother cut out of the long defunct Winnipeg Tribune

1  1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup cold butter (add a pinch of salt if you use unsalted butter)
3 tbsp brown sugar

35 large marshmallows
17 maraschino cherries, chopped
2 ripe bananas, mashed

Cut butter into flour and brown sugar to make a crumb mixture.
Press into bottom of 9" x 13" greased pan.
Bake crust at 300F for 20 minutes.  Let cool.
Melt marshmallows in top of double boiler (or in microwave).
Stir in fruit.  Spoon over cooled base and chill.

Icing:
1/2 cup soft butter (pinch of salt if using unsalted butter)
3/4 cup icing sugar
1-2 tbsp milk (or Amaretto)
2 tsp almond or vanilla extract (don't bother if using Amaretto)

Mix it all up and spread over cooled slice.

Sharing

To all the teachers whom I've had the privilege to work with.
What I have learned I share; and so on, and so on, and so on.

“As a teacher of yoga, what we share with students spreads out like the
wake from a boat and touches people we may never see or know."
- Judith Hanson Lasater -

Food in my Travels

Here are photos of some sumptuous foods I have seen on my travels.

What's for supper tonight?

Chocolate shop, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium,  In Flanders Fields Museum square

 Wonderful seafood offered at the Sunday market in Caen,  Normandy,  France
 

                        Quiche in store window, Place de la Madeleine,  Paris,  France

                                                 Bakery in York, England.  The sweet.....

                                                                and the savory............

                                       Baklava in bakery window, Istanbul Turkey..........

                                                         .......and fresh strawberry tarts

          Italian cookies offered on our tour bus the day we left Lanciano for Assisi

Absolutely Fabulous

Time for a little comedy with Eddy and Pats.
Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are at it again all for Sport Relief 2012 (Britain).  Or is it for free designer clothes from Stella McCartney?  Just a fun reminder for those of us trying our best to keep physically fit and those of us who will follow the Olympic Games 2012 London.

Eagle Pose - Garudasana

Another pose for those pesky shoulders.

Extend your arms out to the side and swing them forward hooking the left elbow into the right elbow.  Press the right elbow (lower arm) up and the left elbow (upper arm) down.  Try to clasp your hands or clasp your wrist or whatever you can reach.  Arms should be at chest level.  Hold 30 seconds.  Release arms and rest for a bit.  Raise arms again and swing forward doing reverse; right elbow hooking into left elbow.  Hold 30 seconds and release.  Repeat once or twice more.

In the classic pose you also cross your legs in the opposite pattern so if your left arm is the top arm, then you would bend your knees slightly, cross your right thigh over your left thigh hooking the right foot around the left calf ideally balancing on the left leg.  Needless to say, do what you can.

Honey Ginger Snaps

I don’t know where I got this recipe.  I’ve had it a long time and it is a popular cookie.

½ cup butter
½ cup honey
½ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves

Cream butter.  Add honey, sugar and egg.  Sift dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture.
Cover and chill dough for one hour.  Drop one level tablespoon size balls of dough onto
prepared cookie sheets.  Bake at  375F  for 10-12 minutes.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies