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Popsicle Toes – Tuladandasana and Virabhadrasana III
You’re so brave to expose all those popsicle toes. -Michael Franks It’s crazy how much yoga gets you in touch with every part of your body, even down to a cellular level. Different poses can trigger...
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Handstands – Practice, Practice, Practice
Have you read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell? It’s an interesting read that delves into the world of exceptional performance- what makes people like Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan and the rest of us mere...
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My Features Form with a Change in the Weather
My features form with a change in the weather - ‘Mother’s Talk’, Tears for Fears Two days ago a sleet storm graced the NYC area. Just lovely. I stepped outside after class and the streets were a...
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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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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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4 Ways to Release Your Wild Thing
And the wild things cried, ‘Please don’t go! we’ll eat you up, we love you so!’ Google outdid themselves with the Wild Thing Doodle. They were celebrating the legendary Maurice Sendak. I was...
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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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Adventures in Yoga- Progress at a Snail’s Place
I don’t love practicing in the morning. This means of course that I learn big lessons. I think this is what happens when you don’t move mindfully or meet life with resistance. During the commuter...
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Flatiron Yoga
I’m sitting outside in the NYC sun. The Flatiron district is bustling with tourists and New Yorkers soaking up the last drops of summer along with cold coffee drinks. An inversion workshop is...
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Vegan Diaries – 21 meals 35 bucks
Post by Oneika’s Yoga Life. So, Eat Well on the Cheap was a great post what wasn’t well thought out. I decided to go back to the drawing board. 7 days. 21 meals. 5 bucks a day. Grand plans of menu...
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Chalkboard Yoga, Fresh Starts and All That.
You don’t have to wait for the New Year for a fresh start. Amanda McDonald, yoga teacher wrote a status update that made high five my Mac. Why are we so resistant to just solving problems, instead of...
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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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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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Open Letter to a Yoga Teacher
Dear Katherine- When I realized that you were teaching class today I got nervous first and choked up, second. Your standing bow pose looks at me every time I walk into the locker room. But taking...
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New Year Yoga
So many studios now offer a peaceful way to bring in the New Year. With a practice and an ‘aum’ we can start the new year fresh. Happy New Year friends. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu “May all beings...
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Health Yoga- 3 Ways to Optimize Your 40′s
(Guest Post from FoundHealth.com) 3 Ways to Stay Healthy in Your 40s “I want to feel my life while I’m in it.” - Meryl Streep By the time that I turned 40 I was comfortable in my own skin. It wasn’t a...
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