The Internet is replete with images of young, slender, flexible yoga students. Here is my attempt to balance that out with a few images of my own, starting with four Southern California teachers: myself, Denise Thibault of Orange, Tammy Gingerella of Riverside, and Marie Harris of Riverside.

Denise challenges us all, taking teenagers and septuagenarians past perceived limits.

Supported ardha halasana may be restful, but it does not provide the most flattering abdominal views.

Tammy Gingerella demonstrates how props can create lightness in a pose.

A student of mine mentioned how much she enjoyed Marie’s teaching of this pose, garudasana, eagle pose.