“Hey, I’m trying to hard to see the light, to see the light – to see it burn thru.” – Abigail Washburn When it comes to maintaining and manifesting an intention over 100 days – and that intention is to overcome a nagging internal darkness and move deliberately toward joy – it is imperative to…
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Focus Wrap Up: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
“If I wasn’t making some people uncomfortable, I wouldn’t be doing anything important.” – Justine Siegel, 1st woman to throw batting practice for Major League Baseball and founder of “Baseball for All” I didn’t plan to write this today. I have cleaning to do, laundry to fold, breakfast to cook. But I feel compelled. Plus,…
Focus: Yoga In Action – Surrender
I like the peace in the backseat, I don’t have to drive, I don’t have to speak, I can watch the country side, I can fall asleep. I’ve been learning to drive my whole life. – Arcade Fire, “In the Backseat” A few weeks ago, I completely unplugged for five days – no phone, no…
Focus: Why Yoga? – Healing Physical Injuries
One year ago, I couldn’t raise my right arm above my head. I’d started teaching at Past Tense Studio when it opened last July. Just before that, I’d jammed my right shoulder and neck while bracing my fall, tripping up some stairs at my dad’s house. As usual, I went straight to the chiropractor and…
Life on Life’s Terms
I am stretching here. And I don’t mean stretching my body. I am stretching to find a yogic approach to what I want to share this evening, after months without blogging or sending Yoga Updates to my mailing list or reaching out much at all, really. Somewhere around March I started falling behind on my…
100(+1)%
Back on April 8th, I attended a Krishna Das Kirtan concert, where he told an inspiring story about learning to apply himself 100%. At the time, I was stuck in discernment-process limbo, trying to decide between two career paths. Should I continue applying for full-time communications jobs, or expand my yoga teaching, music performance/teaching…
Irish Yoga Music
Indeed. I typically stick to devotional music for yoga classes. But yesterday afternoon I was pinched by my mother’s ancestors. So, in the spirit of St. Patrick, I fused spiritual roots and mixed yoga with Irish rock. Thanks to one of our students for requesting the set list. During warm-up: Damien Rice – Dogs (“The…
Where Was I In January?
Aside from visiting my dad in Nashvegas for his 82nd birthday and diving into a search for full-time Communications work, I spent the month teaching and training. TEACHING To complement their intense season-end meets, I lead yoga classes for the Catholic University swim team (Go Cardinals!). Cultivating “The Zone” by following yogic principles, we concentrated…
The Urban Yoga Den 