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Free Your Mind – Yoga and Addiction
I used to smoke. A lot. I won’t go into the details of the beginning because I think the end at least in my case, was more important. Addiction will grip you so tightly you don’t think you can ever...
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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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Adventures in Hot Yoga – Half Locust Pose
Tony Parrish has a football yoga workout. This is pretty great for a variety of reasons. I’ve mentioned that I’m a heat junkie. Can’t lie- it does something for me. The heat makes me pliable and that...
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I Keep on Falling In and Out of Love with Bakasana
Bakasana (Photo credit: jetportal) Learning how to approach failure can make the difference between taking a chance again and packing up your bat and ball. Anything worth having is worth the work. When...
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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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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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Adventures in Yoga – Over Correction Reflection
My chitta vritti or mindstuff has been getting in the way of my yoga. My asana practice is a microcosm of what’s going on off the mat. A few weeks ago while taking class, my teacher told me to relax-...
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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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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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Adventures in Yoga – Trust Me and Surrender
I talk a lot about the idea of letting go. And the truth is I really mean what I say, but saying it over and over again can sound at best repetitive and at worst, disingenuous. It got me to thinking-...
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Relocation Frustration aka Moving Yoga
I had this plan that I would smoothly transition from my old place to my new place. Ha. Cue raucous laugh track. My move was more than just a new place to sleep. It was symbolic of a new life. Though...
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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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Adventures in Yoga- When Writing and Yoga Collide
However, a few weeks ago I spent an afternoon with Kathleen Kraft- poet and yogi. Kathleen hosted a workshop where we were able to spend time connecting body, breath and words. I can’t tell you how...
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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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Vegan Diaries- Building a Pantry
A delicious, nutritious meal is easy to prepare on the day you come home from the grocery store. But as the food dwindles, the urge to order take-out or grab unhealthy frozen pizza grows. Unplanned...
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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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Renewing Your Spirit – 5 Ways to Do It
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” - George Eliot There’s something about autumn that I love and...
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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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