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May 2016
The world is better with you in it!
"Sleeves? You shirts don't even have sides." -- correct. Just the way I like it.
Charlie loves going to yoga. He does not like leaving.
Charlie loves going to yoga. He does not like leaving.
How did I live my life without green smoothies? I get an opportunity to send love your way every time (sometimes twice a day!) I make one.
How I spent my birthday.
|> Kali Shiva <| in the sheets (h/t: @whitsummerall )
|> Kali <| in the streets |> Shiva <| in the sheets (h/t: @whitsummerall )
|> Kali Shiva <| in the sheets (h/t: @whitsummerall )
doing scary stuff is good for the soul. feel the fear and do it anyway!
How I spent my birthday.
How I spent my birthday.
HBD ME
HBD ME
HBD ME
Give Bossji my love when you see him 😉
Pretty much how I got that hand print.
Me to my buddies this AM
Little Ramona did a #fbf of us!
playing in the grass.
Charlie is ready for birthday adventures! Arrr!
Charlie is ready for birthday adventures! Arrr!
Today, they all came dressed as pirates. They let me talk about dharma, the love I have for my gurus, and the great hunt for the greatest treasure of all. I am so happy and feel so much love that it is hard to type, but worthy of sharing.
When I give all the right fucks, there are 0 fucks given.
Ancient yoga paradox, like a good Koan... the dopeness of realness.
Ancient yoga paradox, like a good Koan... the dopeness of realness.
James Brown and I have a very similar to-do list.
Why oh why oh why did I drink coffee at 4?!
This is my teachers' teacher, Pattabhi Jois.
This week marks the seventh year of his passing. He died before I began learning his method.
I wasn't sure what to say to honor him, as he touched so many people directly, and yet for me, indirectly.
I didn't want to appropriate, and yet I am so inspired by his work.
When I saw this image, I knew what it was I wanted to say.
When I die, I hope it is my good humor that is remembered-- just like yours. Thanks, KPJ. I owe you one.
This week marks the seventh year of his passing. He died before I began learning his method.
I wasn't sure what to say to honor him, as he touched so many people directly, and yet for me, indirectly.
I didn't want to appropriate, and yet I am so inspired by his work.
When I saw this image, I knew what it was I wanted to say.
When I die, I hope it is my good humor that is remembered-- just like yours. Thanks, KPJ. I owe you one.
My coach, killing it!
"Everything Hurts & I'm Dying"
"Everything Hurts & I'm Dying"
I think about this all the time.
As a steward, I want to be a leader, and not a boss.
As a student, I want the same.
As a steward, I want to be a leader, and not a boss.
As a student, I want the same.
Rain day.
Rain day.
Rain day.
I am so many of these douches. And yet-- none
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/field-guide-to-dc-douchebags/
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/field-guide-to-dc-douchebags/
But I maybe like the way a runner named Monte Davis phrased it best, as quoted in the 1976 book The Joy of Running: âItâs hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time,â
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/how-neuroscientists-explain-the-mind-clearing-magic-of-running.html
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/how-neuroscientists-explain-the-mind-clearing-magic-of-running.html
@[119100603:2048:Ada Kate]? @[689010579:2048:Emma]? @[94803801:2048:Shara]?
Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers
Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers
Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers
Happy Saturday!
Happy Saturday!
I really relate to Britney.
Important conversations.
Important conversations.
When Tara tells me she is staying in for the night and I can climb the hill to come visit.
Homie, you trippin'. Also, that aborted fetus on the side is not a good look.
Tho, I want Obama girl's contacts here-- hey girl! Hey!
Serving you executive office Halloween realness. Won't find those at party city
Tho, I want Obama girl's contacts here-- hey girl! Hey!
Serving you executive office Halloween realness. Won't find those at party city
Ashtanga, reading, bikram, exploration, biking, Crossfit, singing lessons, meal prep, bike commute, tequila with friends, puppy play dates, drag queens & chill.
Weather update.
My guRu.
7 years ago! Man-- I had JUST cut off the shoulder length.
Yikes.
(this kinda stuff is why I'm veg)
http://www.eater.com/2016/5/11/11657684/tyson-chicken-labor-conditions
(this kinda stuff is why I'm veg)
http://www.eater.com/2016/5/11/11657684/tyson-chicken-labor-conditions
I learned a lot in Goa. One of the surprises? A tempering of my attitude towards teacher trainings. More critical thinking, less knee-jerk.
I met two really wonderful people, both in Goa for a 6 week training.
It demanded of them that they be in community with other practitioners. That they willingly laid down some of their creature comforts. The impact Adam & Julia had on my thinking makes me very happy. I was wrong. Not all teacher trainings are bad. Heck, I am so grateful for my time at the sivananda ashram.
If I'm to believe getting a whole page in Julia's book means I had some impact on her too, then I'm pretty tickled. I certainly made clear my preference for the teacher – apprentice model 😉
I met two really wonderful people, both in Goa for a 6 week training.
It demanded of them that they be in community with other practitioners. That they willingly laid down some of their creature comforts. The impact Adam & Julia had on my thinking makes me very happy. I was wrong. Not all teacher trainings are bad. Heck, I am so grateful for my time at the sivananda ashram.
If I'm to believe getting a whole page in Julia's book means I had some impact on her too, then I'm pretty tickled. I certainly made clear my preference for the teacher – apprentice model 😉
15 days of rain and counting.
"Morning Milkshake"
aka: how to tell if Michael can focus--
One avocado
1 tablespoon homemade sunflower seed butter
3 cups kale
One scoop plant fusion chocolate protein powder
seven ice cubes
One and a half cup almond milk
three packets Stevia
---
Thinking of @esitzler and @sipnglo -- my philly favorites.
aka: how to tell if Michael can focus--
One avocado
1 tablespoon homemade sunflower seed butter
3 cups kale
One scoop plant fusion chocolate protein powder
seven ice cubes
One and a half cup almond milk
three packets Stevia
---
Thinking of @esitzler and @sipnglo -- my philly favorites.
Britney gets it.
"Commit random acts of kindness's and senseless acts of beauty."
"Commit random acts of kindness's and senseless acts of beauty."
I love my job-- this evening, I'm teaching rooftop yoga for Carr Workplaces. Does your office need a little de-stressing ?
Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Guys...
Guys...
Guys...
Hair matches shirt. Almost 33, still hot this on lock.
Hair matches shirt. Almost 33, still hot this on lock.
For the record, I'm a pirate.
Wonderful archival footage regarding my teacher's teacher's teacher.
Reading Joseph Campbell.
Reading Joseph Campbell.
90s Rock in the tub on Saturday.
90s Rock in the tub on Saturday.
Ellie Goulding's first album slays my heart to pieces. Gimme dat shirt.
This rain can stop now.
This rain can stop now.
Find more cinco de mayo humor on snapchat--mjoelhall 😉
Think yoga is too girly? Don't let gender disparity become a barrier to entry! Come learn & muck about with a bunch of dudes.
Never a dull moment: "Ain't no power like the power of the worker cause the power of the worker don't stop."
in imageREVOLUTION
I just don't see me leaving the couch for a while.
I just don't see me leaving the couch for a while.
Serving you butch kapha king realness. Wait till next month. #gonefishing #femmeking #butchqueen #noshame
*slap*
*slap slap*
"Left leg is lazy, huh," she says to me, in a declarative statement masquerading as a question.
"Yes. I can do it. Wake up," I said with the entire conviction of my being.
Somehow the words came out even as my throat was pinned to the mat.
"Infinitely graceful, infinitely expansive," she said to me an hour and a half before.
Indeed.
*slap slap*
"Left leg is lazy, huh," she says to me, in a declarative statement masquerading as a question.
"Yes. I can do it. Wake up," I said with the entire conviction of my being.
Somehow the words came out even as my throat was pinned to the mat.
"Infinitely graceful, infinitely expansive," she said to me an hour and a half before.
Indeed.
DC Ashtanga-- must love kids & dogs. Really, only two very small rules.
April 2016
Attaboy!
Attaboy!
Attaboy!
Not in this order.
Charlie Roike Hall soaking in some daddy-doggy time after a long morning. Will he learn to bring me the platypus?
There is just no way to cover foundational postures in 2 hours.
I think yoga is too girly? Don't let gender disparity become a barrier to entry! Come lear…
Think yoga is too girly? Don't let gender disparity become a barrier to entry! Come learn & muck about with a bunch of dudes.
There is 1 spot left for my second round of Foundational Postures tomorrow at 9:30am. Do you want it?Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Eeeeeh. These timeline truths.
Teleworking with @bibliophile1800
Eeeeeh. These timeline truths.
Teleworking with @bibliophile1800
NOVA friends! Curious about Mysore?
Charlie's soul mate.
Sharath's in NYC during DC Pride. #ashtangayproblems
My little garden.
My little garden.
Are you a dude?
Want any of the following: more energy? fitter body? healthier relationships? calmer mind? more patience?
Give yoga a try! For the absolute beginner and the most/least bendy/strong.
Small group session, capped at 6.
7-8am, May 16-20. Includes 1 month free Mysore.
$100
For more info: michael@michaeljoelhall.com
Want any of the following: more energy? fitter body? healthier relationships? calmer mind? more patience?
Give yoga a try! For the absolute beginner and the most/least bendy/strong.
Small group session, capped at 6.
7-8am, May 16-20. Includes 1 month free Mysore.
$100
For more info: michael@michaeljoelhall.com
Charlie be like.
Charlie be like.
I have had my fortune told. I have revisited a past life. I have had seers tell me visions. The world is strange and beautiful and unceasingly surprising. Have a great day!
Serving it to you fresh out the oven. Aka a super hot yoga room. Wishing I had enough interest for a men's advanced yoga basics class.
What did I do this weekend? Small group workshops with lots and lots and lots of individual attention. Great conversation. Fantastic questions. Lots of seeing, doing, and learning, and sharing. More soon!
Game change.
Game change.
Holy shit, Beyoncé.
here for it
Long day. Woof!
My happy place.
My happy place.
Stayed on vinyasa. Do I look blissed out? I feel blissed out.
Stayed on vinyasa. Do I look blissed out? I feel blissed out.
My teeth are like my neighborhood: slowly getting whiter, only crooked if you look hard enough, but in very good health nonetheless.
This play was so riveting and *real*-- an excellent piece. Hurry to see it at the signature theater!
Mourning Prince and David Bowie, who showed thereâs no one right way to be a man - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/21/mourning-prince-and-david-bowie-who-showed-theres-no-one-right-way-to-be-a-man/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/21/mourning-prince-and-david-bowie-who-showed-theres-no-one-right-way-to-be-a-man/
I had the best two little guys when I was young. Incredible pets, loving creatures. Donovan was neutered after Nimh got pregnant-- and finding homes for the little ones was not easy!
https://www.gofundme.com/PocketPawz?pc=fb_g_m&rcid=2c050f9808be11e6ad19bc764e049a64
https://www.gofundme.com/PocketPawz?pc=fb_g_m&rcid=2c050f9808be11e6ad19bc764e049a64
Current Mood:
Moon day options got me like...
Devin, God bless you. This awakens my heart.
"This genderqueer savanna cat will not hem in its gender presentation to conform to your suffocating boxes or your feel-good assimilationist gay love story. This male top is actually maybe vers, and just because his sex partner isnât femme doesnât mean heâs gay. Just because his partner was assigned female at birth doesnât mean heâs straight, either. Botswanaâs lion scene has achieved a level of queerness the modern LGBTQ movement should strive to reach."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/04/18/those_gay_lions_are_actually_queer_one_is_a_female_with_a_mane.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/04/18/those_gay_lions_are_actually_queer_one_is_a_female_with_a_mane.html
My friend wrote a book--
with cats! and girls that love girls.
Buy your copy now!
with cats! and girls that love girls.
Buy your copy now!
I know everyone's been wondering what Charlie was up to while I was working on Sunday. Turns out, he was getting gussied up for his date with #littleramona at the abode of @arnoldrecords and @tara_lizbeth
"Did you just move here from Brooklyn?"
"Nope, I've been here for 15 years."
"Oh, I would have never guessed. I've been here for 28."
This queen's shade. He tried it. Not today, low rent Divine. Not today.
"Nope, I've been here for 15 years."
"Oh, I would have never guessed. I've been here for 28."
This queen's shade. He tried it. Not today, low rent Divine. Not today.
Three one-on-one sessions this week in my beautiful home practice space. What a wonderful way to share the practice.
Yoga, my friends, dogs, and this city. <3
haaaaaapppy birthday tooooo you!
Two hours and forty five minutes of foundational postures, and there was still more to cover. Amazing!
Tomorrow!
Mysore, 8-10,
q&a/ conference 10:15/30-11:30,
Foundational Postures workshop 12-2!
Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Mysore, 8-10,
q&a/ conference 10:15/30-11:30,
Foundational Postures workshop 12-2!
Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
ya!
This remains a cultural touchstone. The video of a generation. Happy 10th Anniversery, "Shoes"!
In other news, things are turning 10 that I experienced as an adult. I don't know the name of the feeling I'm experiencing presently. Nostalgia? Joy-encholy?
http://avc.lu/1Sc64hx
In other news, things are turning 10 that I experienced as an adult. I don't know the name of the feeling I'm experiencing presently. Nostalgia? Joy-encholy?
http://avc.lu/1Sc64hx
My eyes, my birthstone, my haters.
Largest mass arrest in Washington's history just happened. Did you hear about it?
Standing postures workshop is this weekend.
Next week's "Seeing Bodies" is almost full.
keep up to date at michaeljoelhall.com
Next week's "Seeing Bodies" is almost full.
keep up to date at michaeljoelhall.com
This sounds fantastic!
I've got three continuing education opportunities in the next TWO weeks! Foundational Postures this Sunday, then followed up by "Seeing Bodies" next week. Click the link to find the third 😉
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops
The website's updated -- starting with THIS SUNDAY's foundational postures workshop!
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops/
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops/
That is referencing my friend Ben, and though the drawing looks like Louise, I'm pretty sure it's his gf (and my bestie) Lauren.
Look what came today @emmaoneill !!!
Look what came today @emmaoneill !!!
Single life = less clothes in pictures
Thinking about starting yoga? Looking to take your practice deeper? Hit me up. Small group beginners sessions are starting soon!!
But first, some stretching.
But first, some stretching.
Ok. Leaving the house after 10:30. In America. Get into it.
Ok. Leaving the house after 10:30. In America. Get into it.
These timeline truths #onefingerpointedthreeback
When K-money showed me this, all I could think was "oh shit"
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Saturday, April 17:
Foundational Postures workshop.
12-2; Kali Yoga Studio!
Sign up now!
https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Foundational Postures workshop.
12-2; Kali Yoga Studio!
Sign up now!
https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Today, I wore a 3/4 sleeve crop top to practice. I cropped it myself. It was perfect. #dresslikeatwinkactlikeaboss
A picture of my Dad when he was younger. They all call him "Big Mike." My Aunt Karin has been collecting, cleaning up, scanning, and saving pictures of our family. I'm so grateful for her archiving work.
Funny for me, my nickname in Goa this year was the same as my Dad's. I've always been little mike or just plain mike. Looks like my dad was little mike once, too.
Funny for me, my nickname in Goa this year was the same as my Dad's. I've always been little mike or just plain mike. Looks like my dad was little mike once, too.
Feeling like Supes. Does he work on armpit bandhas? 😉
Feeling like Supes. Does he work on armpit bandhas? 😉
March 2016
Out in Arlington? Thursday JD the last day of my afternoon Mysore engagement @littlerivery…
Out in Arlington? Thursday is the last day of my afternoon Mysore engagement @littleriveryoga !! It's been great, and I'm so tickled to have gotten to share.
Yo, Is This Ageist?--challenging the stereotypes that segregate us by age
http://yoisthisageist.com/
http://yoisthisageist.com/
What 'white folks who teach in the hood' get wrong about education | PBS NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/what-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-get-wrong-about-education/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/what-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-get-wrong-about-education/
The further adventures of Charlie & Hampi.
The further adventures of Charlie & Hampi.
My life in a nutshell. Dodgy asanas, dodging dogs. #birdofparadise #charliegram #hotdudeswithdogs #menofyoga #gayyoga #yogadudes #YogaEveryDamnDay #boysofyoga #yogaguy #yogaeveryday #ashtanga
Hampi showed Charlie around Rock Creek.
Hampi showed Charlie around Rock Creek.
I love my singing teacher. She gives me permission-- nay, instructs me, to let my belly really pooch and puff. I sound better, stand taller, and feel awesomer as a result :-).
http://bodyhappy.com/uncategorized/what-should-i-do-with-my-belly/
http://bodyhappy.com/uncategorized/what-should-i-do-with-my-belly/
This is after.
This is after.
Occasionally, exceptions are made to the "no pictures in the Shala" policy at @dcashtanga -- most often for children and dogs.
(This was before I landed on him exiting #viparitasalabhasana b -- oops! arf! 🐶🙈😬😆)
(This was before I landed on him exiting #viparitasalabhasana b -- oops! arf! 🐶🙈😬😆)
Easter swag.
Easter swag.
Today's run-- 4 miles. Little bit of fun. Slow going, but oh so fun. Charlie is a great companion.
I love the days when the age range in the Shala is from 5-60. I love it when there are not enough fingers on one hand for the different races/ethnicities. I love it when there is a smattering of witches, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Athiests, and dudes who pray to Elephants.
Today was one of those days.
DC ASHTANGA, you're what's up.
Today was one of those days.
DC ASHTANGA, you're what's up.
I get all my life to this guy on insta. Cat Shanti, I love you.
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