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May 2014
Look what one of my very talented yogis made! <3
Head up only.
I took rest today for 5 full minutes & then read Facebook for another 10 from under my blankie. Maybe I should take rest more often.
omg, so much better than the last time I was on the news.
✎ Essay · Practice
What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga? What’s Mysore Style? And More!
Over the last few years, I’ve received all sorts of questions about the type of yoga I practice and teach. Since before my last trip to India, I've been teaching Sunday-Friday at Kali Yoga Studio in Columbia Heights in a traditional format called "Mysore Style"…
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"Do you see my contact?"
"look up!"
Fresh carrot juice mimosas. We call them #bugsbunnies
8 mile run, surprise six flags adventure, red robyn bottomless fries. Life is good. Love my manskis.
Cool shot. #washingtomonument
Welcome back, #washingtomonument !
#32, one to grow on, obV.
Happy birthday cupcakes from the amazing @livelyogini !!
I love #kaliyogadc. So do they.
18.5 miles each way, biking. How ya feeling today , Michael & Matthew?
The best part? @stainlessspace will have to tell you.
Giant boat, yards park.
For those wondering about the DC Ashtanga schedule, I'm in today 🙂
✎ Essay · Practice
When is it Appropriate to Take Rest?
adapted from the DC Ashtanga Newsletter for April Ashtanga yoga is practiced six days a week. So, when is it okay to take a day off from yoga... and when should we reconsider canceling? Inertia is a funny thing. Objects at rest tend to stay at rest.…
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Power Dynamics, Race, Gender and Ashtanga Yoga, RuPaul. Solange Knowles. Facebook feed, somedays you get me.
You would not believe how close we were for lady gaga. I coulda touched her. *swoon*
@ladygaga
Mess.
Fact: Heels Break.
Wow Wear Wow Wear WOWWEAR!.
I have to take this butterfly crown off before I actually get started on my day.
I have to take this butterfly crown off before I actually get started on my day.
Throwback!
Oh. Thats right. I have curly hair. Helllllo humidity! YAS + YIKES
This hair is not playing.
Closer.
Thursday block work.
I was going to make a post about a real #ashtangachallenge being 4 full weeks of uninterrupted practice. Then I found pics of hot dudes. The end.
Cinco de mayo shinnanaganza.
RuPaul would say "emotions don't scare me!"
Afternoon playtime outdoors.
ardha matsyendrasana hip activation induced tears. that hasn't happened in a long time. neat.
5.1 miles. Don't call it a comeback.
"What would RuPaul Do?" will be my go-to from now on when times get tough. Thanks, Amaya!
Extra curricular backbends at 7:30pm turns ceiling eyes at 10:30. Oof! #tgip
Between the so-so hair day and the 10 o'clock shadow, I look a bit homeless. *shrugs*
An ashtangi's office.
Breath, Bandhas, Flight. Sunday, May 18. 11-1. Kali Yoga Studio. Columbia Heights, DC. The #sunsalutations and #transitions if #ashtanga #yoga
April 2014
Sitting in the car eating cottage cheese (hiding from rain).
Do your practice, get a treat.
Laundry Day!
@peeberlicious
Benga!
4.02 miles
Post run play!
charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
Criminal Primary... Partners in crime... More fun with friends 🙂
A weekend of Dinosaurs! #jurassicpark @smithsonian
Sometimes, I do primary on Saturdays and take Sunday for rest. #ashtanga #confessional
Quick White House selfie 😉
Michael Roike is the bestest. Yesterday, he manned the front desk so I could teach at the White House. Today, I left my keys at home and had to hide my bike in some bushes. While i taught, he brought my keys, found my bike, and locked up. The BEST! I love you, shmoopy!
That moment you realize you've jocked Richard Freeman's hair game.
Powers out, but class is on. Candlelight ashtanga, anyone?
Ready for our big day!
The view from the #yogagarden of the Obama's.
@spirituallyfly peeping in the #yogagarden
@spirituallyfly and I Peeping in the #yogagarden
#yogagarden cat doing cat!
The only guns that are okay at the White House 😉
Friends at the -
#eastereggroll
#eastereggroll
#yogagarden dance party!!
#yogagarden fun with handstands!
#yogagarden with the presidents!!
Backbends in the #yogagarden
#yogagarden with the USDA Cat
#supersprouts in the #yogagarden
My brother & me at Easter!
@pegmulqueen doing her thing
@ericalmartinson @mroike Easter egg crafting!!
New hair cut!
DC Gandhi
Watched my first episode of Jersey Shore (ever) while waiting at the barber. Hurts my heart.
Listening to Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" (2000) and remembering angsty lyric filled AIM away messages. #tbt
Finished practice with an almost indescribable hunger. Yay for leftovers!!
Someone should have told my internal clock it's a Moonday for DC Ashtanga.
My baby! Happy 8th Birthday!
Mimosas of Instagram.
Winner! @mroike after his 10-miler!!
Vegan blueberry chocolate chip muffins, courtesy of @livelyogini
Cheering for Michael Roike -- today's his very first 10 miler!!
Blossoms in the sodium cathode light of early morning DC.
Scooter made sure we got out of the door on time. He's so organized! Every Kermit needs a Scooter.
The manner of dress in these older ashtanga videos? So many feelings. I'm not even talking OLD-old. I can't look away.
Bunny puzzle!
@rebuilding_ellis is famous! #wrestlemania
That moment you discover your college roommate is reaction gif from wrestlemamia.
Selfie with Melba!
Selfie with Melba!
Just a little asana at 15,000 ft.
I cannot believe nor explain my intense love of chia seeds for breakfast.
Historical goggles. #gogglegate
I miss Basmati, but the red ride makes for a great commute.
*checks clock*
"8:30," he says to no one in particular. "It's past my bed time!"
"8:30," he says to no one in particular. "It's past my bed time!"
lift up. "Leeft ahhp."
After a great practice, look who is helping me in the kitchen. Chia pudding? Börk! @smithsonian
March 2014
practice. hold space. chia pudding.
selfie with @mroike! Love Sundays!
of course.
Look who I ran into yesterday.
Sunday observations: a) these churches need to pay taxes. B) driving in NE is not unlike India.
Lagoon.
Looking for my asana porn? @michaeljoelhall on instagram.
Getting deeper.
Missing the boss. Progress. #eatitwinter #spring
b&w Kapo B.
Friday Led Primary.
#tbt 2007
A little wobbly? I face plant every day. For now. It's all good.
I cranked the heat. I scraped the ice. I did a little bit o' positive self talk. *phew*
It's cause I like sweets, isn't it?
in imageMcDonalas
Big day, big hair.
I suppose it's finally time to unpack. This will make me very sad (and Michael very happy).
Woke up on the couch at 5, worried I was late for practice. PM ! = AM. The sun being up clued me in. Ha!
All of these lovely kpjayi folks are adding me... but how have they found me? Am I tagged in something I don't know about?
Grounded in the space. Students coming.
San Jose, we meet again. Last 24 hours in this wonderful country.
What do you do when your puddle jumper shutters the door & boards up the plane?
On my way to the Osa.
On my way to the Osa.
in imagefather's day
mysore 9-12
mysore 9-12
A full nights sleep. These pedestrian #jetlag posts can finally be retired.
delicious MXDC courtesy the dapper Stephen Varol. Black corn truffle quesadilla is a highlight! Go!
Saw the inside of 1418. Wow!
I continue to inadvertently take a nap from 4 until 9. Then, from 10-1. And now it is 3 and my mysore alarm goes off. #jetlag
It's 1230 and I have not put on anything other than new yoga tights & bathtub water.
Okay, jet lag. It's 9:30.
Tiger spotted in the wild. (not my photo!)
Missed flight? Cafe mocha + Jack Daniels.
Vishnu temple.
Countryside.
Countryside.
Sri Rangapatnam.
Sri Rangapatnam
Disparate world views. Life choices.
This morning is brought to you by the legendary Ms. Britney Spears. "You'll never know what you've got 'til it's gone."
Castor oil bath, packed suitcases, and rain. Good night, Gokulum.
Really? 100% chance of snow on the day I land? Please send giod juujuu my way.
#MJH is trending on twitter.
February 2014
Me & the Tiger
Maha Shivaratri, celebrating the marriage of Shiva and Parvati, begins today. Auspicious for me, as "I" prepares to again be "we."
Facebook, your ads have been seriously creeping me out.
"Life is so short. You have to get into as many spandex outfits as you can with the amount of time that you have." ~ RuPaul Charles
I'm a little worried about my flight home & the impending storm. The mat will likely be carry on.
Hmf.
printing my new tooth.
printing my new tooth.
Face down, ass up, that's the way the bird comes up.
The antibiotics completely cancelled out the probiotics, right? Either way, a full night of sleep, coffee, and my morning constitution make me ready to take on the day!
My man's running 3 miles, no problem, on the regular. I can't wait to try and keep up.
Oh good. No root canal. Cracked filling, mercury is supposed to last 30 years, I made it 20. Not so bad.
Root canal. (maybe)
sitting in the shower questioning my life choices. It couldn't have been van dosa, so I will blame the pani puri. ugh.
It's at the point in the trip where I put on pressed chinos and a tailored shirt in which to do nothing but take buzzfeed quizzes.
My new neighbor obviously does not have to be up at 3am.
Oh yeah, Devaraj Road?
One of my friends over here in Mysore.
Oh, a parade.
in imageWell Dress
VIJAY GLA
VIJAY GLA
I promise, you're in good company.
Another little statue.
Statue around little banyan in Mysore city.
Close up.
Sneaky hanuman temple.
I'm so excited. The album sampler is filled with grooves, melody, and tracks with proper donks. Also: love the vocal.
Priorities.
Goggle shaped bruises. Charming.
There is a fucking camera on the day I'm wearing my goggles. Fuck me.
I knew it.
Legs
Testing
my entry from the "lasik opinion book"
All day eating sweets means I'm having lasik tomorrow. Or it's just another day. But probably the laser.
A 6-month "cleanse" on all "yoga" internet trafficking? No blogs, no elephant journal, no message boards, no youtubes. Good mental hygiene or unrealistic?
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