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April 2017
Britney's "Glory" (deluxe-- with Mood Ring!) is a perfect companion for a speedy 70 minute primary.... But please, turn that racket OFF for sivasana.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 · 11:35 am
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March 2017
"Thirty-four years ago, on five consecutive episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, two feuding sects representing Russia and the United States began stockpiling parts for bombs—at one point stripping the neighborhood’s arts funding to bankroll the build-up."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/25/two-lost-mr-rogers-episodes-mysteriously-resurface-and-might-be-a-message-to-trump.html
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 · 8:46 pm
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in imageCONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE ESSENTIAL
KECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS
REFINES YOUR ALIGNMENT AND
TECHNIQUE EFFECTIVELY.
EMBRACE PERSONAL GROWTH
EACH SESSION OFFERS UNIQUE INSIGHTS
INTO YOUR EVOLVING PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL STATE.
INNER EXPERIENCE MATTERS
PERSONAL AWARENESS ENHANCES YOGA
PRACTICE, GUIDING YOUR MOVEMENTS
AND BREATH.
BALANCED ASHTANGA PRACTICE
MAINTAIN SELF-AWARENESS
BEING ATTUNED TO YOUR BODY FOSTERS
DEEPER CONNECTIONS IN YOUR PRACTICE.
OBJECTIVE JUDGMENT COUNTS
EXTERNAL FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS HELPS
CLARIFY AND IMPROVE YOUR PRACUICE.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 · 12:26 pm
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michaeljoelhall.comMichael Joel Hall – Yoga Teacher and Coach
Come practice!
Friday, March 17, 2017 · 9:39 am
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"The No. 1 rule is: Don’t. Take. Life. Too. Fucking. Seriously. That is the No. 1 rule. I learned it early on and, initially, I was really heartbroken because I was taking life seriously. I couldn’t believe that my parents and people could be so cruel and so heartless. For a sweet, sensitive soul, there are stages of the evolution . . . once you uncover life’s cruel hoax, you become angry and you become mad as hell and then you become bitter. And then you become very cynical. Unfortunately, most sweet, sensitive souls stay in the bitterness and the cynicism. But the next level beyond that—if you can go beyond that—is laughter and irreverence . . . you can laugh, you can dance, you can seek out the places where you can blossom and expand, because you won’t get tied down to what other people have to say about what you’re doing."

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/rupaul-drag-race-interview?mbid=social_twitter
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 · 11:46 am
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Inside each and everyone of us is a beautiful soundless sound.
To my soul, it sounds like freedom. Free of suffering. Play the song, play the song.
Clear and resonant.
Play the song.
Thursday, March 9, 2017 · 11:22 am
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Must be nice to not need an iPhone, what with that fancy office and computer you have...

at taxpayer's expense.

Please, tell me how much I don't need my smartphone (as a self-employed individual without an office.)

Don't worry, it's still a 5s. I'm waiting for the 8. Just like I'm waiting for universal health care/affordable care for all of our citizens.

Don't be shocked if I get the phone first.

http://vitals.lifehacker.com/here-s-how-many-iphones-you-ll-need-to-not-buy-to-affor-1793056384
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 · 10:52 am
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A follow up/ companion piece to the article on gay loneliness. This rings true to this reader-- but I'm left with a curious quarrel-- does it all boil down to privledged folks using privledge to get ahead and feeling the sting of its effects?:

"In the community, we have a name for these people: “A-gays." They enforce the social rules of a certain kind of urban gay space, implicitly or sometimes explicitly excluding other types of gays (and almost all queer people) who don’t fit their strange standards. They are the donors and board members of the big gay nonprofits, the setters of the mainstream gay agenda.

Crucial to understanding the A-gays is seeing their cultural and economic complicity in the systems that both benefit them and, ironically, make them feel miserable. Please do not misunderstand: No one is responsible for suicide or mental illness—these are both complex phenomena that deserve to be addressed regardless of who’s experiencing them. But part of taking a problem seriously is understanding where it comes from. If I’m rolling my eyes at Hobbes’ piece, it’s not for lack of sympathy; it’s just the same way I might roll my eyes at an article about miserable hedge fund managers that didn't interrogate their exploitative profession and the way it might contribute both to their sadness and their privilege."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/03/06/gay_loneliness_is_real_but_toxic_gay_cultures_isn_t_the_problem.html
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 · 5:04 am
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Workshops & Teaching!

March 26:
Kali Yoga
8-9: Intro to Mysore ($45)
9-10: Pranayama ($20)
10-11: Bandha ($20)
11-12: Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama ($20)

April 8:
Mind the Mat
1-3p: Tour of Primary Series ($45)

April 9:
Kali Yoga
8-9: Intro to Mysore ($45)
9-10: Pranayama ($20)
10-11 Bandha ($20)
11-1:00: Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama ($20)

April 22:
Ashtanga Nation
11:15am-12:45am: Intro to Pranayama Techniques
1:00-2:30: Deconstructed Vinyasa Patterns: The Psoas

May 6:
Mind the Mat
1-3: Tour of Intermediate Series ($45)

May 7:
Kali Yoga
Intro to Mysore 8:00-9:00
Bandha Workshop 9:00-10:00
Pranayama Workshop 10:00-11:00
Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama: 11-1:00
Monday, March 6, 2017 · 5:13 pm
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Workshops and continuing study opportunities:

Sunday, March 26:
Kali Yoga
8-9: Intro to Mysore ($45)
9-10: Pranayama ($20)
10-11: Bandha ($20)
11-12: Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama ($20)

Saturday, April 8:
Mind the Mat
1-3p: Tour of Primary Series ($30)

Sunday, April 9:
Kali Yoga
8-9: Intro to Mysore ($45)
9-10: Pranayama ($20)
10-11 Bandha ($20)
11-1:00: Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama ($20)

Saturday, April 22:
Ashtanga Nation
11:15am-12:45am: Intro to Pranayama Techniques ($30)
1:00-2:30: Deconstructed Vinyasa Patterns: The Psoas ($30)
($50 for both)

Saturday, May 6:
Mind the Mat
1-3: Tour of Intermediate Series ($30)

Sunday, May 7:
Kali Yoga
Intro to Mysore 8:00-9:00 ($45)
Bandha Workshop 9:00-10:00 ($20)
Pranayama Workshop 10:00-11:00 ($20)
Led Intermediate and Ashtanga Pranayama: 11-1:00 ($20)
Monday, March 6, 2017 · 10:00 am
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yahoo.com‘Missing Richard Simmons’: the story behind the country’s number one podcastOn February 15, 2014, fitness guru Richard Simmons disappeared from the public eye. He stopped teaching his classes at his Los Angeles studio, Slimmons. He didn’t return phone calls, emails or message...
Retweeted Katie Couric (@katiecouric):

#MissingRichardSimmons podcast host: “If you're thinking you’re going to help me find Richard Simmons, please don’t"
Saturday, March 4, 2017 · 9:18 pm
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There is unlimited potential for solidarity, connection, and compassion inside of each and every one of us. The loneliness you feel, the sorrow of disconnection, is the inner voice telling you to plug in and wake up. Might I recommend Ashtanga yoga? It's very simple and incredibly effective. DCASHTANGA.COM
Friday, March 3, 2017 · 5:42 am
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February 2017
Such a beautiful day for primary outside.
Combining the forces of prana and apana in a dynamic way that brings a sense of grounding and stability in the moments of expansive heights. Playing with capacity, letting the buddy hum to the tune of "I am" and "I can".
Friday, February 24, 2017 · 5:06 pm
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Friends
Jason and I have known each other since we were 18/19.
We closed down bars together, and eventually he opened one.
We are the people of DC. We ain't got no box to be put in.
We watched Annie Hall together on the national mall. We've had conversations about the literal sound of farting in yoga versus the not-flatulance-fart noise. I didn't know he was here... But I was not dead shocked to cross paths.
You can't make old friends.
Sunday, February 12, 2017 · 6:31 am
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I'd love to tell you how often I've been told I'm too fat. The number has a Wilde impossibility to it, so much so that you will know it is true.
When I weighed 100 lbs more, it was less shocking than it is now. And yet: less surprising. Maybe it's age.
I get a thrill of subversive go-fuck-yourself now. I see it more starkly, as I get my intellect-genetic-earth based rhythms.
Madonna, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears stay with me in my heart because of the lashes and the backlashes they create through the medium of Pop. Especially Madonna. Gaga's conversationally specific now, though.
I just want it to stop, and know it won't. We have to find our own rhythms, our own balances. That's each and everyone of our own work... But in the interim:
Im gonna hope that you wear colors if you like them and short-shorts if you want them. And, maybe suggest you get rollerskates, too. But that last one is just me.
Saturday, February 11, 2017 · 3:25 am
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On my last full day, I finally did it.
Do you have something that scares you? 4 years ago, my teacher started me on this sequence.
I've resisted. I was scared... it was too hard by myself. I had other things to work on.
When I confessed I hadn't been working on them so much, my teacher just laughed... And helped me get back to work. The same little program as before, fleshed out again.
Sometimes we need someone to hold our hand; sometimes, our feet to the fire. Often: both.
I'm really tickled.
Saturday, February 11, 2017 · 2:20 am
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