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Adventures in Teaching Yoga – Being Wrong Feels So Right

I was wr- wr- wr- wrong about something. Clearly this yoga ish works because despite the false starts, in the past the word wrong was the ‘he who shall not be named’ of my vocabulary. Back up, back...

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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 (Part Two)- Love, Sweat and Tears…The Sweat Lodge Ceremony

You are coming You are coming among us. We have everything prepared for you and we are waiting. - From  The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice My silent retreat in the...

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Ding Dong Goes the Inversion Practice

I zipped downstairs to an early hot power vinyasa practice with friend Jessica Ashen. She’s a yogi and founder of Spiritual Pretzels Yoga. Jessica brings donation based yoga all over Jersey City. It’s...

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Adventures in Meditation – Learning to Stay

  My mama said Baby don’t ride that crazy horse And my mama said You must push with much force And my mama said Go get all that you’re after And my mama said That love’s all that matters But I’m...

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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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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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Rikers Island Yoga

This post is for the introverts. As much as the big personalities make themselves seen in a place like Rikers, I also see those that are quiet. In the summer the city gets hot but it feels even hotter...

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