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Active Body, Still Mind

Sadie Chanlett-Avery

Sadie Chanlett-Avery, Penland’s 5th session yoga instructor, recently posted an article to her blog about the experience of teaching yoga to artists and craftspeople:

“I lived among sweaty, grimy, & sleep-deprived folks gleefully exposed to torrents of creativity. They endure elaborate pieces crumbling after hours of work. Or worse yet, someone calling their work “cute.”  Yeah, the brooding, tempestuous artists get a bad rap. Are they completely self-absorbed? Given our media climate, I witnessed much to praise and suggest otherwise.”

Click here to read the complete article.