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Interviews, bylines, and the occasional controversy.

Business Insider

What is Ashtanga Yoga? The Benefits of This Challenging Practice

“Ashtanga demands fitness, flexibility, and focus — a calming, yet sweaty form of moving meditation.”

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Washington Post

Yoga Teacher Recovers, But Attack Highlights a Job’s Health Care Issue

The catalyst for my ongoing advocacy around economic precarity in the yoga teaching profession.

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Yoga Journal

Building Resilience in This Political Climate

A practice sequence for finding strength and clarity when the news is loud.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Responding to Rand Paul on Free Yoga for Government Employees

“They are in less pain, physically and mentally. They go on and do a better job — less reactive and more responsive.”

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Elephant Journal

Does Yoga Really Foster Transformation?

On why I practice — to cultivate the conditions required for transformation. Easier to do the work than not.

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DC Yoga Podcast

Mysore, the Place and the Practice

A long conversation with Chris Parkinson about my journey, cross-training, philosophy, and the trajectory of yoga in D.C. since the 2000s.

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Writer, podcaster, or journalist? Get in touch — I’m happy to talk.

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