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Hitting the Wall and Other Tales of Woe (108 Days of Yoga)
Class on Tuesday was awesome. I love the excitement that gets generated, and seeing students progress is pure joy. As soon as c lass ended and I went home to make my green juice, the tank was empty....
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When Your Yoga Brings You To Tears (aka Free to Be You & Me)
photo credit elephant journal In the third grade I saw ‘Free to Be You and Me‘. I don’t remember if it was planned or if some weather induced incident prompted the rolling in of the projector, but...
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Journey Yoga – Don’t Stop Believin’
Did you know that Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ is the most downloaded song of the 20th century? And why shouldn’t it be? It f*cking rocks. Don’t care where you were born, your social standing,...
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Pranayama Yo – Things Can Only Get Better
I have this thought that keeps turning right round like a record. It’s a grand idea, maybe even crazy but I can’t help it, when I’m inspired- look out. To paraphrase the genius Howard Jones while I do...
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Adventures in Yoga Teaching- Back on Track
Friday was beautiful round these parts. I was strolling home from my community class taking in the sights when I bumped into Daba Briggs, one of my yoga inspirations. Daba is the kind of teacher the...
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It’s Not the Size of the Pose but the Motion of Your Flow
I love Friday night yoga. The vibe is mellow. The playlist always has a moody, sleepy, sexy feel. I may have made up the sexy part, I’m projecting. Whatever. It’s also a hot class. Vinyasa in a heated...
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Be Where You Are, When You Are
“You’re running and you’re running and you’re running away. You’re running and running but you can’t run away from yourself.” - Bob Marley I checked out during my hot class. It happens, I’m human. The...
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Evolution Revolution aka Birthday Yoga
I’m a May baby. It’s hard not to get reflective around your birthday. On Friday I was walking to class listening to Badu’s Window Seat. This doesn’t make the day unique, I listen to this song a ton,...
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What I Learned from 108 Days of Yoga
Here is a list of the things I had done for more than 108 days in a row: 1. Smoke 2. Quit smoking 3. Breathe 4. Eat 5. Sleep It’s not a very impressive list. I didn’t intend to do 108 days of yoga. It...
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Why So Serious? Maintaining Joy in Your Practice
A few days ago a teacher encouraged me to come to class two days per week with nothing but a mindset of letting go. I’m thinking too much. I’ll wait for the shock and awe to sink in. *crickets* This...
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Adventures in Yoga – Trust Me and Surrender
I talk a lot about the idea of letting go. And the truth is I really mean what I say, but saying it over and over again can sound at best repetitive and at worst, disingenuous. It got me to thinking-...
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Relocation Frustration aka Moving Yoga
I had this plan that I would smoothly transition from my old place to my new place. Ha. Cue raucous laugh track. My move was more than just a new place to sleep. It was symbolic of a new life. Though...
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Adventures in Yoga – Bike Yoga
*(I debated whether to go ahead and post this since the bike is gone, but it doesn’t change how I feel about riding my bike. Stay tuned for New Bike Day Part II…) New Bike Day was a few weeks ago and...
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Adventures in Yoga- When Writing and Yoga Collide
However, a few weeks ago I spent an afternoon with Kathleen Kraft- poet and yogi. Kathleen hosted a workshop where we were able to spend time connecting body, breath and words. I can’t tell you how...
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Renewing Your Spirit – 5 Ways to Do It
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” - George Eliot There’s something about autumn that I love and...
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Kayak Yoga – Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight
Maybe it’s the yoga, maybe it’s because I’m getting older, maybe it’s because I have a newfound sense of freedom since I got my bike- but I’ve been up for trying new things. This was not always so. I...
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Yoga in Times Square- Mind Over Madness 2014
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” ― Charles Bowden I love the summer. Call it nostalgia but warm weather makes anything possible. Maybe it’s because I’m not wrapped in layers of...
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Rikers Island Yoga (Teaching in Prison)
We are all prisoners, undergoing a life sentence, imprisoned by our own minds. We are all seeking parole, being hostages of our own anger, fear, desire… it is a thin line that separates us from these...
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Money Yoga
Money and Life is a documentary that talks about where money comes from (thin air) and how it’s been turned into the way we live our lives and what we can do about it. Money & Life...
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