A Lucky Bee
On a recent Friday, in the short time I had between teaching a class and seeing a new private student, I decided to step outside on the back deck …
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Meditation Hall
The Heart of Silence
Tara’s Brach’s books are steeped in tenderness, and full of wisdom. After reading her most recent book, True Refuge, I immediately did the right thing and signed up for …
Nervous About Teaching, even after 30 years
I was already starting to worry about the weather a week before I was going to teach the FREE yoga class in Prospect Park. If the weather turned out …
JB and the Manspreaders
I grew up at the mercy of two Manspreaders. In the back seat of our family car, I was smooshed on the hump, while my brothers made themselves comfortable, spreading their legs wide and taking up as much of the back seat as they wanted for their sprawling limbs…
Finding Neutral for Your Neck
The curve of the neck develops after birth as we lift our head up to look around us and for some milk to drink. This desire for sustenance and …
Stiff Neck? Try the Bobble-Headed Bunny Move
Waking up with a stiff neck, the feeling of restriction and lack of motion is awful. It really makes you want to stretch. Don’t! Stretching does not cure …
Honesty
May 21, 2012 I had a student who came to my class regularly for a while. During that time, I felt that Down Dog was not really an appropriate …
Teaching Poses We Cannot Yet Do?
April 9 Do we need to be able to do every yoga pose that we teach? * One teacher said that she mostly avoids teaching the poses that she …
Does Therapeutic = Feel Good?
April 2 If something is therapeutic, does that mean it feels good? *One teacher said that she followed the ‘no pain no gain’ philosophy. If something is therapeutic, it …
Shine & Refine Jan 23, 2012
This special launch class brought a great group of teachers & deep practitioners into the studio. I am influenced by Glenn Black’s 2 two hour workshops on Shoulders and …
