I’ve made no secret of my love for yoga around here. I do it almost daily, and on the rare days I skip, I feel like crap. Clearly, Yoga + Katy = Love.
One thing I love just as much as yoga is writing (duh). Thanks to my blogging friend Kirsten Lopresti, I’ve now learned that yoga and writing MIX. Have you heard of this book?
From Goodreads: Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process. Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around eight thematic “immersions,” plumbs yoga’s wisdom heritage. As Donald Moyer, director of the Yoga Room in Berkeley, comments, “She encourages writers to approach their writing with the clarity and presence of yogis, and teaches yogis how to temper their awareness with the heat of words and images.” Writing the Fire! celebrates the fullest expression of our being.
It’s almost as if Writing the Fire! was written just for me. I’m a big fan of using exercise to mentally work out all kinds of writing snags, but I’ve never thought of it as a way to “release the body’s inner intelligence.” I’m on board though, and I’ll definitely be picking this book up. Who’s with me?
Do you incorporate exercise into your writing routine? Tell me about it!
A few more catch up things, since it’s Monday and all…
- Two fantastic posts I’ve come across in the last few days: Jessica Love’s Query Advice, and Anne. R. Allen’s How to Blog and How Not to Blog. All three are full of helpful information no matter what stage of the game you’re in.
- I’ve been fully immersed in the Christmas spirit all weekend, and it’s only December 12th! In the last few days, I’ve wrapped zillions of presents, and these things have also happened:
Many Christmas cookies have been baked…
Santa Claus has been visited…
- My daughter has her preschool holiday performance tonight. She’s singing a Walking in a Winter Wonderland solo, and she’s playing the part of Mary in the nativity bit. Can’t wait to watch, and I’m promising in advance some super cute photos from the event. 🙂
- One more important note: Please do make sure to sign up for the Class of 2011: YA Superlative Blogfest. It’ll be TONS of fun, plus a great way to highlight all the exceptional books you’ve read this year. Click the button below for the official post, and to sign up!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend, and here’s to a wonderful week ahead!
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That is an awesome looking Santa. Hope you continue to embrace the Christmas spirit, shouldn’t be hard with your daughter’s holiday performance!
Isn’t our Santa adorable?! We’ve seen the same one every year. 🙂 And yes, 25 four-year-olds belting out Christmas carols can’t help but put you into the holiday spirit. 🙂
Oh wow! That book sounds awesome! Maybe I’ll add that to my already super long Christmas list. 🙂
And your daughter is ADORBS. Have fun with all the festivities!
Thanks, Alison! Hope Santa is good to you and brings you ALL the books on your list. 🙂
I adore yoga, and I find the more I do it the better it is for my brain! It helps make me much more productive. I can only manage once a week in the school year, but in summer I went three times a week for 1:15 each time and it ROCKED. I can’t wait to check this out!
I would like to be able to go to a formal class more often, but I do love my DVDs. 🙂
I haven’t yoga’d. *hangs head* This books sounds interesting. When you get it, I expect a full review.
Oh, you can count on it. 🙂 You should give yoga a go, Alicia. I love it, and I’ve seen more results from it than any other form of exercise I’ve tried.
You get a lot of respect from me for writing these helpful arelsitc.
I’m with you! I love yoga and I’m curious about how I can link it with my writing.
I’ll let you know what I think of the book when I get it. Excited to check it out!
I’m happy to hear you put Writing the Fire on your wish list. I think you’ll enjoy it! Have fun at the Christmas show!
Honestly, it IS on my Wish List, but I might just order it. That’s how bad I want to read it. 🙂
Exercise absolutely plays into my writing routine. I hit up the gym (most) every morning, and it gives me the energy to write later in the day.
I used to be super into yoga, but I’ve gotten away from it. I keep saying I need to go back. I can see how yoga and writing go hand in hand. Totally.
I envy your gym trips! I have to get up super early to work out at home because I can’t leave my kiddo here sleeping (right? :)). I’d love to be able to hit the gym every morning! When my hubby gets home from this deployment, I’m going to give hot yoga a try.
I love yoga. It’s so relaxing, and it’s a way to put my sort-of flexibility to use. But incorporating it into writing? Genius! I’m totally going to check this one out.
Yay! We’ll have to compare notes after we’ve both read the book and put its tips into practice.
Those are adorable pictures! I tried my hand at Yoga mainly for relaxing purposes but I don´t do it yet regularly. Might be one of my 2012 resolutions 🙂
Enjoy the holiday season, it looks like you´re having a wonderful time!
Thanks! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season as well!
I have never tried Yoga before (I think I will always regret not joining a class in college) — but I’d love to, and this book sounds awesome.
How cool would it be to get college credits for yoga?! I’m regretting not looking into it a decade ago when *I* was in school. 🙂
Oooh, thanks for the link Katy! 🙂
That book sounds awesome! I can’t wait to hear all about it.
I’ll share as soon as I get to read it! And it was my pleasure to share your post… so much fantastic information!
If inaftmorion were soccer, this would be a goooooal!
Can my writing exercises include drinking too much and then being surly at everyone I know bc I have lunatics racing around in my head? Bc I do that:)
Do it, Christa! Embrace it! And don’t we all have our surly moments? 🙂