Tias Little Workshop – September 2012, 8 Limbs Yoga, Seattle
This past weekend I did the following workshops with Tias Little. Friday 6:30– 8:00pm Yoga, Spiritual Perfectionism and the Zen Circle, a Dharma Talk with Tias In yoga and Zen training the circle is a…
The practice goes on
First things first, hello! It’s been quiet in here, I know, but that’s not a reflection of my interest in this whole yoga bit. If anything, these past couple months have given me yet another…
Cultivating a Brave and Courageous Heart, a Workshop
This coming Saturday, February 11, from 1-3:30pm, I’ll be teaching a workshop at Richmond Beach Yoga with an emphasis on the Warrior poses. I’ll introduce the story surrounding Virabhadra’s journey, and bring the key concepts home…
How to Do Yoga for Fun and Profit and Not Wreck Your Body Along the Way
“Don’t let yourself go. Everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes.” — R.E.M Ok, please stand in Tadasana (play along with me for a second). Inhale and bring your arms up into Urdhva Hastasana. Now, raise your…
Winter Fun with Sanskrit, and a Lesson in the (S)now
It has been snowing like mad around my part of the world, and our world’s a little different, visually, and rhythmically. Schools are closed. Offices are vacant as most people stay off the roads and…
Assisting Judith Hanson Lasater at SF YJ Conference 2012
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, a lucky day for me. After work, I’ll be on a bus and a plane heading to San Francisco, where I’ll assist Judith Hanson Lasater at the San Francisco Yoga…
January 2012 – Intro to Yoga at Taj Yoga
I’m teaching an Introduction to Yoga series at Taj Yoga on Tuesday nights starting this coming week. Here are all the deets… eh… details. Elevator pitch This five-week introduction series will cover the fundamentals of…
Breed and Feed, or, How to Detox and Do Other Things Good Too with Savasana
I once described Savasana to my boyfriend–who doesn’t do yoga–as, “taking a sanctioned nap in public”, to which he asked quizzically, “You pay people to do something you can do at home?” I laughed, “I…
GABA and Yoga, or, Why Do Yoga More Often
Why do yoga? Why do yoga when you could do so many other things in the world? You could read, write, draw, sketch, hack, paint, sing, strum, play, create. You could Facebook, FaceTime, Tweet, IM,…
Fall 2011 – 40 Days of Sitting, and One More Thing
Every year I hold a Sit Off. The first Sit-Off was a response to the ferocious debate on the merit of yoga competition. Should we, or should we not? Is it yogic? Is this all…
