@adele_acuyin oh you know

welp

go away go away rain rain rain rain

Legendary

27 was fun.

With a long enough timeline, there are no mistakes. ⁣
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I have a personal philosophy around grievous errors in both life and practice that is predicated on the notion that a willingness to learn from and take ownership of behavior and action means that we have an infinite capacity to learn. And grow. ⁣
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Forgiveness of others and forgiveness of ourselves requires honesty and contrition— with the only real apology that matters being the simple act of doing better. ⁣⁣
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In spiritual practice, it means that there is only learning and growing until we die. This philosophy encourages sober minded observation and radical honesty. It also demands that we give the same to others. ⁣⁣
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And, in this life, if we’re lucky, there will be many chances to practice these tools. ⁣⁣
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“The only way to learn forgiveness is to be betrayed. You might understand the intellectual concept of forgiveness, but you will only learn how to truly forgive when someone has done something that requires you to love them and let it go. Life demands these hurtful experiences for you to learn how forgiveness feels; it could be no other way. If there is anyone in your life that you must forgive, instead of seeing them as someone who has hurt you, try to see them as someone who was sent to teach you forgiveness and thank them for this precious gift—then forgive them, and let it go. “ – Jackson Kiddard ⁣
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My teachers are human; they are not infallibe. They are people, just like me and you. Though I’ve dug deep into the Indian tradition of a guru-student relationship, I have done my best in later years to not put my mentors on pedastools— it’s not fair to them. They are guaranteed to fall. ⁣and, it allows them the very same human process I want for myself and for all creatures— learning, growing, and doing better.

@britneyspears Cc: @ryanpcathcart

@warnertheatre

w/ @mikeybs345 yoga foundations
and fundamentals:

Monday
7:15pm-8:15pm @eaton.dc @eaton.dc @eaton.dc w/ @abbypatersonyoga Mysore style
ashtanga yoga
for beginners:
Monday
7:15am-8:15am
w/ @mikeybs345 don’t sleep on
your chance
to get started!

sure ok

the gym on the Titanic. Gay Culture is...

Fun fact:
Those were all condoms!

some days be like

practice with Lauri tomorrow
@eaton.dc
bring a friend,
on the house.
1030am

I feel pandered
to in a
low key offensive
way. but we are
mattress shopping

outside
of the box
Ashtanga yoga

“The senses are like a mirror. Turned outward, they reflect the outside; turned inward, they reflect the pure light. By themselves, the senses are innocent, but when allowed to turn outside they attract everything and transfer those messages to the mind, making it restless. Turned inward, they find peace by taking the form of the mind itself.” – Sri Swami Satchidananda⁣
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You are made of all things pure and awesome!⁣
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Paradoxically, creating boundaries around our energies can help to become less bound. To internalize the senses and go inward can be revelatory — it highlights how we’re using our energies... and what might be mucking them⁣
up. ⁣
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Some tips for keeping your energies tended to: ⁣
-practice fasting / taking breaks from sensory inputs via meditation, retreat or other. Go somewhere and get silent. ⁣
- make a mindful choice of media! Bad vibes in often = bad vibes out. Sensory impressions can be harmful! Listening to people talk shit can make you feel like shit. ⁣
- start tuning into that third eye— redirecting seeing can encourage other senses to follow. try to “see” with your other senses!⁣
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Later today, go outside and stare up at the sky! Let yourself get lost in the space between the clouds.

WOW— six years. the Facebook post
that started
it all

change of perspective.

I am so excited. wanna?

FLOW class
@eaton.dc
Friday
7/26
6pm

Stolen, and presented without comment.

get boring

never ever

Foundations

A member of the greater DC/NOVA yoga community, @andreharrisyoga came in to visit today at @dcashtanga . He lives in Washington (state, not DC) now, and only gets back to visit about once a year. I love seeing him!⁣
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Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation ⁣to help him get stronger. ⁣
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve. ⁣
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Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one. ⁣
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If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series. ⁣
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Same-same, intermediate. ⁣
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Pretty cool. ⁣
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After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!⁣
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I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video. ⁣
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Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads. ⁣
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Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.

Today I was lucky enough to get @dcashtanga ‘s own @mikestefani (@flowyogacenter ‘s evening Mysore guy!) to help me with some stuff I’ve been working on. We've done some of this together, and I needed a buddy to help me out, so we coached each other a little. ⁣
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You might recognize some of it from what @yogawhitney (director of takoma @yogaheightsdc ‘s ashtanga program!!) and i were going through together. ⁣
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Lots of fun, great care and patience, and boy it feels good. Maybe we should do another workshop?⁣
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anyway, practice practice practice.

this is also
good yoga @somebritindc

Kiki the big yogi

Theory and practice are the same in theory but not in practice.

sound on

reminds me of

but sound on.

the
feather
of the
peacock

side bow

it ain't cute,
but it works.
you gotta be willing to feel your middle.
so challenging.
#bodypositivity
#selflove
#noshame

saturday kriya

paid respects
@jiggajonze
@mrsbeet

“uddiyan bandh as a needle “

gym yoga

@jlo
@yasmikey

@eaton.dc pranayama!

mood.

damn straight.

learning about
chocolate and ceremony
with @secretcacaogarden

today: meditation @ 12
flow @ 12:15
@eaton.dc tomorrow: meditation @ 12
Ashtanga @ 12:15
pranayama breath work @ 1:15

Sir
Charles
Barkly

One of my teachers' teacher passed this week. I have been deeply impacted by this woman, and I never met her. Let her words be a guide. She had 30 years of teaching under her belt by 55, the age upon which she finished collecting ages. ⁣
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Once again, the death of my teachers' teacher has become a teacher to me. ⁣
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Your teachers matter. Their ethics matter. Good, bad, and otherwise. ⁣
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Yoga teachers: your education matters. Your relationship to your practice matters. ⁣
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If your practice isn't making it harder to stomach inequality whilst also lighting inside of you a fire to use your actions to ensure everyone can burn brightly, I'm not sure what your practicing, but it isn't yoga.

mudra

kriya & pranayama

external rotation in shoulders, depression, retraction. that’s Charlie’s butt.

We are under attack. We are being murdered. We are not all the same kind of free. ⁣
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“Freedom’s what you do with what's been done to you.” — Jean-Paul Sartre⁣
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I am speaking up. I am speaking out. ⁣
⁣
Hate crimes have nearly doubled in Washington in the past two years. And it’s a trend followed by the rest of the nation.⁣
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“D.C. is at an all-time high,” professor Brian Levin The District had 209 hate crimes reported in 2018, up from 179 in 2017, 107 in 2016 and 66 in 2015.⁣
⁣
The nation saw the largest number of transgender homicide victims on record in 2017, with 29 killed. Last year, it was 26. And most of them were black transgender women.⁣
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The FBI data, however, likely dramatically underestimates the true number of hate crimes against the LGBTQ community, experts, say, given flaws in the current data collection process and massive discrepancies with the much larger number of self-reported incidents.⁣
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A better gauge of hate crime trends in the U.S. may be the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), a household-based survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau. This self-reported data suggests that Americans experience closer to 200,000 hate crimes each year – a far cry from the FBI’s estimate of approximately 7,500.

the timing of this... wow.
looking forward to spending some of October with my dear mentor at @suenodevida_ecu 7 years??

@madonna and #uptavisthakonasana

7 years ago
w/ @amayanaomi Omg 29

@adatravels missing TO

bringing pride
to the world one hot dog in rural Virginia at a time.

morning woods. heart openers.

happy pride 🏳️‍🌈

same same.
but different. 2 years ago.

Jefferson
Curls

h/t @chrisnhamp
@bendelacreme (Chris is a great Ashtanga yoga teacher and Bendela is a dope queen. follow both!)

Today’s lgbt
justice warrior,
before stonewall: B. 1890

spent her 61 year career defending all folks, but especially lgbt folk. She had a 90% acquittal rate for entrapment and harassment.
First woman on the morals court in chicago. Worked without fee for many cases. Tireless defendent of gay rights.

Visiting the Rents

huh.

hello
summer hello, summer.

Happy international yoga day.
The well of gratitude I have for organizations like @ashtanganation @ashtanganashville @ashtangaphiladelphia @hotspotdupont and folks like @davidgarriguesyoga @suenodevida_ecu and so many more run deep.
Blessed for the community at @dcashtanga at @eaton.dc —

@madeline.miskie Thanks for
the inspiration @sammy_j2

Solstice Practice
sun salutations x40
drop backs x68

solstice practice

Progress.

“It’s not fair to ask of others what you’re unwilling to do yourself.” — elanore roosevelt

6x5 cleans

Thanks for that, @ryanpcathcart

on news stands one day

BATH TUESDAY 9AM COME FOR MYSORE
STAY FOR THE SOUND BATH @EATON.DC SOUND @DCASHTANGA

@BALANCEGYM #SWOLEMATE

TUESDAY!

i
called
early cc: @gail.hall.927

yes @michellevisage

affagoto
hangover
@pizzeria_etto

h/t @makegoboom

cc: @jbottino

morning flow

dharma when work is not work work isn’t work
(except when work is work) dharma My

happy
Saturday.

read #happylovingday (late post)

link in (her) bio Go listen!!
@yogawhitney

courtesy
of
@yasmikey

get your vibe right

pride.

*i am v v honored to be trusted with the care of these yogis.

day melba