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Mark Your Calendars!
All You Need Is Love~Beatles Light Show Yogatacular October 26, 7:30-9:30 Namah Shivaya Yoga Shana Stein, Jeane Champion and I are teaming up again to bring you a very special heart opening event...
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Celebrate! A Holiday Light Show Yogatacular!
Connect with fellow yogis and your higher power at Celebrate! A Holiday Light Show Yogatacular! We’ll have fun music honoring many different traditions, an all levels flow class, a fractal light show,...
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I’ll Be Om for Christmas
Maintaining equanimity amidst the holiday rush can be challenging for even the most mindful yogis. The good news is even regular Joe-gis can benefit from some simple techniques drawn from the yoga...
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Hashtag Savasanuary
It started as a joke, as good ideas often do. On a random Facebook thread, my good friend and fellow yoga teacher Shana Stein of Operation Yoga said, “I really want to nail my savasana this year.” She...
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School’s Out But Yoga Is In!
I’ve got several awesome yoga options for your kids this summer! In addition to continuing my regular weekly class at Namah Shivaya, 4 PM on Wednesdays, I’ll be leading mini-camps for two studios in...
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Practice What You Practice
People are drawn to the practice of yoga for a multitude of reasons. There’s plenty of evidence showing it can help improve strength, flexibility, and physical health. Meditation is also becoming...
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Let the Light Shine
Today is Ash Wednesday. For many Christians, this day marks the first day of Lent, a period of contemplation and prayer echoing Jesus’ 40 days in the desert as he prepared for his death and...
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Celebrate with Yoga!
Yoga can happen anywhere, not just in a studio. It can be a great addition to any celebration, kicking off your party by raising the vibration and putting everyone in a great mood. No special clothing...
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An Invisible Illness
“But you don’t look depressed…you’re so cheerful…I bet you never get upset…it’s hard to imagine you having a bad day…easy for you to say, you’re always happy…” I’ve heard many variations of these...
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Ode to the moon upon waking
I sat with the moon last night and she shared her secrets with me She said she feels like her emotions are constantly changing, they ebb and flow, pulled in all different directions I said, yes I get...
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Then the Seer abides in Itself, resting in its own True Nature
My body lies heavy, sinking into the ground, Muscles settling over bones like rich, wet earth hugging the roots of a tree. I feel my heart beat slowing, the rush of my pulse quieting, As mighty rivers...
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Karma Gets a Bad Rap, Maya’s the Real…
“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but can you put some of the bags back under my eyes?” I joked with the photographer as, with the click of a mouse, he removed spots, smoothed creases and erased...
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Who’s Your BAE?
It’s been almost a year since I separated from my ex. I’m hesitant to dive into anything too soon, that’s my typical MO and I’m intent on creating a new pattern. A pace somewhere between sloth and...
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Heart Broken Record
Every word I said that pierced someone’s heart Plays on repeat in my head. Sometimes quietly, sometimes It fills the room and I can barely hear my own heart beating. Occasionally it skips and...
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Let’s Get Physic-al
I’ve often joked that not only do I not understand physics, I don’t even know what physics is. I attended an academically rigorous Catholic high school, and I was in the honors program. The honors...
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Karm’ Again?
As of this week I’ve made 36 trips around the sun in this lifetime. Sometime last year a friend said that when you turn 36, you’ve been raising yourself as long as your parents did, so you can’t blame...
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How Do You Yoga?
“Why is this so hard? I’m hot. I can’t breathe. I didn’t know yoga could be this hard, I thought I was supposed to feel relaxed. How is that old guy keeping up? Oh dear lord not another chaturanga.”...
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Heart on One Sleeve, Shit on the Other
The ninth commandment forbids falsifying it. Patanjali considers it a prerequisite to yoga. Witnesses in court swear to it. Yet despite the many exhortations for it, truth is hard to come by. In my own...
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Work Your But Off
Recently I was talking to a student about building strength and was explaining how I found out I can do a pull up, which for most of my life wasn’t possible. “I went out to a spot at White Rock Lake...
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No Sugar in My Coffee, I’m Sweet Enough
Words drip from your lips, Poisoned honey, sticky and false. Dishing up what you think you’re supposed to feed me, Hoping I’ll swallow without question. I’d rather gulp down the scalding bitter...
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