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”You have to match their impedence,” @berylbenderbirch so elegantly mused. My ears perked up. As an athlete, I felt seen and heard when ms Birch spoke of facilitating a person like me’s practice of yoga—that being an active, sometimes social individual’s —on The Yoga Talks Podcast with @jbrownyoga . So often the physical aspect of practice gets derided as “low” or something— and in fact it’s through my bodily connection (or lack there of) that I’m able to access interior mind states. That my impedance.
She knows a little something about matching impendence— she’s helped thousands upon thousands of runners pick up a long lasting and sustainable yoga practice by offering yoga classes to the New York Road Runners.
For a lot of folks, this brings to mind helping overtaxed runners stretch out some achy calves— and it very much is. But, and this is where it gets so deliciously subversive — teaching a class called “Yoga for Runners” doesn’t mean simply teaching calf stretches to marathoners— it means helping them learn how to use a really enjoyable and therapeutic sequence of body positioning to develop deeper states of attention.
It’s from those deeper states of attention that the really juicey stuff starts to happen— like when meditation states start to spontaneously blossom out of those deep concentration states. And god, are runners able to concentrate on their poor aches legs.
I’m one of the ones that was reached by finding *that* yoga teacher and *that* yoga class at my gym.
Come see me at @balancegym on Friday’s at 12. I’m back March 1.
She knows a little something about matching impendence— she’s helped thousands upon thousands of runners pick up a long lasting and sustainable yoga practice by offering yoga classes to the New York Road Runners.
For a lot of folks, this brings to mind helping overtaxed runners stretch out some achy calves— and it very much is. But, and this is where it gets so deliciously subversive — teaching a class called “Yoga for Runners” doesn’t mean simply teaching calf stretches to marathoners— it means helping them learn how to use a really enjoyable and therapeutic sequence of body positioning to develop deeper states of attention.
It’s from those deeper states of attention that the really juicey stuff starts to happen— like when meditation states start to spontaneously blossom out of those deep concentration states. And god, are runners able to concentrate on their poor aches legs.
I’m one of the ones that was reached by finding *that* yoga teacher and *that* yoga class at my gym.
Come see me at @balancegym on Friday’s at 12. I’m back March 1.
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What are you willing to put your neck on the line for? Is it justice for all? Are you a Social Justice Warrior?
It’s Black History Month in the states, and I see and hear very few white people celebrating/ commemorating/ commenting on the past of our black brothers and sisters. in the Ashtanga Yoga world, I have seen very few of my seniors taking up the sword for feminism, queer rights, or the empowerment of the disenfranchised. Heck, who has spoken up for sexual assault victims in our own community?
Why not?
Regular yoga practice begins to tear down the boundaries between “you” and “me” and “them” and “us”. It also emboldens and empowers the practitioner to make choices that lead to less long term suffering— as deeply entrenched as some of our own pain pain inducing habits and patterns are — and how precious the illusions seem.
Combine the two, the feeling of oneness between creatures and the desire for liberation from bondage and pain, and you almost can’t help but become an ally to those who are marginalized in a society in which you have sway. In fact, to not use your voice to elevate is an act of rite cowardice.
I love the term Social Justice Warrior. Take a look at this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita and tell me if you can see why:
O Arjuna, the Atma that dwells in the body of all (beings) is eternally indestructible. Therefore, you should not mourn for any body. (2.30)
Considering also your duty as a warrior you should not waver. Because there is nothing more auspicious for a warrior than a righteous war. (2.31)
Only the fortunate warriors, O Arjuna, get such an opportunity for an unsought war that is like an open door to heaven. (2.32)
If you will not fight this righteous war, then you will fail in your duty, lose your reputation, and incur sin. (2.33)
People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death. (2.34) —
Join me at the @eatonworkshop this March for led classes and Mysore with @dcashtanga — hit me up for more info.
It’s Black History Month in the states, and I see and hear very few white people celebrating/ commemorating/ commenting on the past of our black brothers and sisters. in the Ashtanga Yoga world, I have seen very few of my seniors taking up the sword for feminism, queer rights, or the empowerment of the disenfranchised. Heck, who has spoken up for sexual assault victims in our own community?
Why not?
Regular yoga practice begins to tear down the boundaries between “you” and “me” and “them” and “us”. It also emboldens and empowers the practitioner to make choices that lead to less long term suffering— as deeply entrenched as some of our own pain pain inducing habits and patterns are — and how precious the illusions seem.
Combine the two, the feeling of oneness between creatures and the desire for liberation from bondage and pain, and you almost can’t help but become an ally to those who are marginalized in a society in which you have sway. In fact, to not use your voice to elevate is an act of rite cowardice.
I love the term Social Justice Warrior. Take a look at this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita and tell me if you can see why:
O Arjuna, the Atma that dwells in the body of all (beings) is eternally indestructible. Therefore, you should not mourn for any body. (2.30)
Considering also your duty as a warrior you should not waver. Because there is nothing more auspicious for a warrior than a righteous war. (2.31)
Only the fortunate warriors, O Arjuna, get such an opportunity for an unsought war that is like an open door to heaven. (2.32)
If you will not fight this righteous war, then you will fail in your duty, lose your reputation, and incur sin. (2.33)
People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death. (2.34) —
Join me at the @eatonworkshop this March for led classes and Mysore with @dcashtanga — hit me up for more info.
“Don’t be extra.”
My least favorite posture. Zoe was gracious enough to include me in her awesome project!!!
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Hey fellow authorized ashtanga yoga teachers! yâall gonna go to âBill Cosby school of comedyâ or âthe R Kelly Institute for Balladryâ? What if they gave you your degree with the guys face on it and made you hang it up in your class room? Are you going to do it? If you wouldnât do it, why not? Could you support an organization that demanded you do?
On the banks of the Arabian Sea the temples, mosques, and churches all beckon in sight, sound, and smell. Here, i find it particularly hard to miss the confluence of faith traditions— especially when they are painted so brightly.
If i were to chose a faith on aesthetic alone, I might select whatever is housed in this bright little roadside siva temple. But looks is a funny way to pick a faith, isn’t it?
I read that the (still under construction) La Sagrada Família in Spain got some press for having a rather impressively, ahem, *hung* Jesus— now, that’s one way to get a congregation.
Do you think Buddhism would have a broader reach if ol’ Buh did some sit-ups?
The gag here is that the aesthetic of the practice of yoga is not really what YOGA is all about.
Ashtanga yoga can be brilliantly subversive— it’s like a pill wrapped in peanut butter. There’s a powerful self knowledge technology under the hood of this thing that is totally void of dogma, and as such can interface beautifully with and be complimentary of varied practices— such as all of the aforementioned faith traditions and even some arm balances.
This practice is an internal one and when taught properly, becomes far less about the contortion and far more about accessing innate inner wisdom. Due to the history of yoga practice (well before the calisthenics), it’s hard to even pin down exactly how many steps, or limbs, there are (kinda like ol’ siva).
In the practice of ashtanga (that is, eight limbed) yoga, it’s good to have a teacher that can help you get your body and mind resonating harmoniously— because then, between the waves and ripples our true spirit is revealed— like how your voice sounds perfect in a room full of “om”s or “amens”. It was a gift to me to find an insight practice that resonated due to its physical nature. A gift I want to share.
Let’s build a practice that resonates with you! Comment below and let’s get started.
If i were to chose a faith on aesthetic alone, I might select whatever is housed in this bright little roadside siva temple. But looks is a funny way to pick a faith, isn’t it?
I read that the (still under construction) La Sagrada Família in Spain got some press for having a rather impressively, ahem, *hung* Jesus— now, that’s one way to get a congregation.
Do you think Buddhism would have a broader reach if ol’ Buh did some sit-ups?
The gag here is that the aesthetic of the practice of yoga is not really what YOGA is all about.
Ashtanga yoga can be brilliantly subversive— it’s like a pill wrapped in peanut butter. There’s a powerful self knowledge technology under the hood of this thing that is totally void of dogma, and as such can interface beautifully with and be complimentary of varied practices— such as all of the aforementioned faith traditions and even some arm balances.
This practice is an internal one and when taught properly, becomes far less about the contortion and far more about accessing innate inner wisdom. Due to the history of yoga practice (well before the calisthenics), it’s hard to even pin down exactly how many steps, or limbs, there are (kinda like ol’ siva).
In the practice of ashtanga (that is, eight limbed) yoga, it’s good to have a teacher that can help you get your body and mind resonating harmoniously— because then, between the waves and ripples our true spirit is revealed— like how your voice sounds perfect in a room full of “om”s or “amens”. It was a gift to me to find an insight practice that resonated due to its physical nature. A gift I want to share.
Let’s build a practice that resonates with you! Comment below and let’s get started.
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Me being me on the beach.
“Old is Gold,” Maria said approvingly of my decision to rent a scooter from the same gentleman as the last few years.
My land lady, in her gruffly-sing-song voice repeated herself "Old is gold,” as we eyed two uneven stacks of plastic chairs. Both were low enough to sit upon, though one was a good foot taller than the other.
Maria, being a solid foot shorter than me, took the lower stack, hefting her weight without concern.. Fearful I would break my stack (and consequently my ass and ego), I removed a single chair from the top and set it next to hers.
Here we are six years later.
The thing i love most about being both a student and a teacher in the ashtanga yoga tradition is the very same thing i love most about the human experience — developing relationship.
She shoulda told me to move the chair.
Join me and @dcashtanga at the @eatonworkshop starting March 4th.
My land lady, in her gruffly-sing-song voice repeated herself "Old is gold,” as we eyed two uneven stacks of plastic chairs. Both were low enough to sit upon, though one was a good foot taller than the other.
Maria, being a solid foot shorter than me, took the lower stack, hefting her weight without concern.. Fearful I would break my stack (and consequently my ass and ego), I removed a single chair from the top and set it next to hers.
Here we are six years later.
The thing i love most about being both a student and a teacher in the ashtanga yoga tradition is the very same thing i love most about the human experience — developing relationship.
She shoulda told me to move the chair.
Join me and @dcashtanga at the @eatonworkshop starting March 4th.
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Oh I do like sharing this.
peace
January 2019
jk just missing baes
o hai, guy that facetimes his dog.
why can't gay boys stand or sit with both feet on the ground at one time? (no this isn't a joke about how you fit three gay guys on a barstool at one time, either
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(turns out, doing your best to not be a dick bag was really all that was needed)
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MAYBE EATING TACOS
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MAYBE GOING ON A DIET WAS
CHEATING ON MY TACOS.
(turns out, doing your best
to not be a dick bag was
really all that was needed)
MAYBE EATING TACOS
WASN'T CHEATING ON MY DIET.
MAYBE GOING ON A DIET WAS
CHEATING ON MY TACOS.
(turns out, doing your best
to not be a dick bag was
really all that was needed)
(how I felt
For years trying to be a ‘good yogi’)
For years trying to be a ‘good yogi’)
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have to say goodbye to your real self for
a few days
(how I felt
For years trying to be a
'good yogi')
have to say goodbye to your real self for
a few days
(how I felt
For years trying to be a
'good yogi')
sleeping thru conference at the Ashtanga Yoga institute circa- 2013
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in imageThings Queer Culture Teaches
That Straight Culture Doesn't:
• You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
• You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
• It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're
into someone, do the work and tell them.
• People will judge you and reject you without knowing you.
This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
• Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make
YOU feel good first and foremost.
• Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and
clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
• Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not
your people and can fuck off.
• Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
• Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and
depression are natural reactions to the world.
• Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
• People who think "sex" only means a penis in a vagina
deserve pity. (They don't deserve better sex, just pity.)
• Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after
their world fell apart. Just like you did.
• Community is a safety net from an unfair worid. Let it catch
you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
• Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your
own, and share it.
That Straight Culture Doesn't:
• You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
• You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
• It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're
into someone, do the work and tell them.
• People will judge you and reject you without knowing you.
This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
• Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make
YOU feel good first and foremost.
• Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and
clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
• Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not
your people and can fuck off.
• Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
• Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and
depression are natural reactions to the world.
• Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
• People who think "sex" only means a penis in a vagina
deserve pity. (They don't deserve better sex, just pity.)
• Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after
their world fell apart. Just like you did.
• Community is a safety net from an unfair worid. Let it catch
you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
• Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your
own, and share it.
every new beginning starts from some other’s beginning’s end.
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from some other' s
beginning' s end.
from some other' s
beginning' s end.
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your job and follow your dreams
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your job and follow your dreams
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In some of the weirder corners of the yoga world, practice is said to create Amrita bindu— a sweet nectar that collects to bring about immortality.
According to tantric texts, it develops in the bindu chakra, found just under the cowlick. When awakened, this elixir of youth begins to drip down our throats.
As the great swedish chantuese @robynkonichiwa might say “come get your honey.” As we enter into 2019, I am filled with a great deal of excitement. It is time for growth— it is time for the Amrita to flow.
You know what they say... no mud, no lotus? Don’t you feel like 2018 has prepared us (well) to blossom?
@dcashtanga shifts to the @eatonworkshop this March.
High potency practice, individualized. Wanna know more? Comment below ⤵️
According to tantric texts, it develops in the bindu chakra, found just under the cowlick. When awakened, this elixir of youth begins to drip down our throats.
As the great swedish chantuese @robynkonichiwa might say “come get your honey.” As we enter into 2019, I am filled with a great deal of excitement. It is time for growth— it is time for the Amrita to flow.
You know what they say... no mud, no lotus? Don’t you feel like 2018 has prepared us (well) to blossom?
@dcashtanga shifts to the @eatonworkshop this March.
High potency practice, individualized. Wanna know more? Comment below ⤵️
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
in imageNancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Taylor fighting before the House for HIV/
AIDS funding when no one else would.
HANPEEO
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
AIDS funding when no one else would.
HANPEEO
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
as a builder,
a farmer,
retreat center manager the yoga comes through Accommodations and food for only $20/day.
@suenodevida_ecu in Ecuador.
a farmer,
retreat center manager the yoga comes through Accommodations and food for only $20/day.
@suenodevida_ecu in Ecuador.
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art will come through in
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@suenodevida ecu lives this
by example
This comes highly recommended for anyone who has been exposed to ashtanga and would like to deepen their relationship and/or expand their toolkit. Jen is an excellent teacher. Not sure about the format? as a recent student via internet, my mind has thoroughly changed about its capacity â there is so much potential. Sign up, and tell her I sent ya.
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I took a backbending class in Arambol with a guy named Balu yesterday.
I kept the “Jungle Book” references to myself because 1) I don’t always have to go for low hanging fruit and 2) he didn’t seem like the kind of guy that would find my nonsense funny.
(I always go for low hanging fruit 🍌🍌🍌)
Some of the best stuff in my movement arsenal comes from folks not at all associated with yoga: the wrist stretches i learned from the pole dancing folk, all the handstand stuff from the circus folk, and all the squat and strength stuff from my Olympic weightlifters— it’s all gold. Balu's class certainly wasn't Ashtanga by the numbers, but gosh it had some good stuff.
I'm at the part of my trip where I can’t wait to share what I’ve gleaned.
ps: I loved this Gorilla smoking a fat joint because he reminded me of the Gorilla Namaskar I’ve been teaching — not ‘cause of Balu! 😉
I kept the “Jungle Book” references to myself because 1) I don’t always have to go for low hanging fruit and 2) he didn’t seem like the kind of guy that would find my nonsense funny.
(I always go for low hanging fruit 🍌🍌🍌)
Some of the best stuff in my movement arsenal comes from folks not at all associated with yoga: the wrist stretches i learned from the pole dancing folk, all the handstand stuff from the circus folk, and all the squat and strength stuff from my Olympic weightlifters— it’s all gold. Balu's class certainly wasn't Ashtanga by the numbers, but gosh it had some good stuff.
I'm at the part of my trip where I can’t wait to share what I’ve gleaned.
ps: I loved this Gorilla smoking a fat joint because he reminded me of the Gorilla Namaskar I’ve been teaching — not ‘cause of Balu! 😉
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* ABAMBOL BEACTP®
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everyday is mlk day
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"May I stress the need for
courageous, intelligent, and
dedicated leadership... Leaders of
sound integrity. Leaders not in love
with publicity, but in love with
justice. Leaders not in love with
money, but in love with humanity.
Leaders who can subject their
particular egos to the greatness of
the cause."
MARTIN LUTHER KING
everyday is mlk day
••.
"May I stress the need for
courageous, intelligent, and
dedicated leadership... Leaders of
sound integrity. Leaders not in love
with publicity, but in love with
justice. Leaders not in love with
money, but in love with humanity.
Leaders who can subject their
particular egos to the greatness of
the cause."
MARTIN LUTHER KING
everyday is mlk day
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headed into yoga like
working the edges
feels great.
last but not alone.
This is accurate.
Values Over Rules
When I first started teaching Ashtanga Yoga in the Mysore style, I took a trusted counselors advice and established boundaries around my student - teacher relationships that were as close to water tight as i could get. I wanted a total lack of porousness to ensure I was acting from an ethical and honest place.
Like many things, this served me well until it didn’t. My first apprentice’s Shala turns two this year— and I am oh so very proud of her. As i understand it, my highest aim as a teacher is to watch my student grow until one day they eclipse me. And well, ol’ girl is giving me one heckuva run for my money!
As @livelyogini has grown, she has inspired a higher excellence in me, just as I have hoped to do for her. The symbiosis of the relationship is one of my greatest personal and professional joys.
Part of that includes a necessary shift in hierarchical overtones— she is my dear friend and trusted counsel now. In the grand scheme of things, it means that rules have to change as paradigms shift— and because none of this is Permanent, it is highly anticipatable that rules absolutely will.
No, rules don’t last forever.
But values might. Like love, compassion, valor, integrity, and friendliness. But hierarchies? They’re meant to crumble.
In @dcashtanga ’s most recent newsletter (are you signed up??) i shared a bit about how flowers have a capacity to hear bees, and how yoga relates. The truth is, some days youre the flower and some days you’re the bee— and we’re all just participating in making honey.
@ashtanganation is one heckuva hive—
Amrita Bindu Upanishad
18. After studying the Vedas (that is recorded knowledge) the intelligent person who is solely intent on acquiring knowledge and realization should discard the Vedas altogether, like the man who discards husk to obtain rice?
19. The milk is always white even though cows are of diverse colures. The intelligent person regards Jnana (learning) as the milk and the many branched Vedas as the cows.
20. Like butter hidden in milk, pure consciousness resides in every being. That ought to be constantly churned out by the churning rod of the mind
When I first started teaching Ashtanga Yoga in the Mysore style, I took a trusted counselors advice and established boundaries around my student - teacher relationships that were as close to water tight as i could get. I wanted a total lack of porousness to ensure I was acting from an ethical and honest place.
Like many things, this served me well until it didn’t. My first apprentice’s Shala turns two this year— and I am oh so very proud of her. As i understand it, my highest aim as a teacher is to watch my student grow until one day they eclipse me. And well, ol’ girl is giving me one heckuva run for my money!
As @livelyogini has grown, she has inspired a higher excellence in me, just as I have hoped to do for her. The symbiosis of the relationship is one of my greatest personal and professional joys.
Part of that includes a necessary shift in hierarchical overtones— she is my dear friend and trusted counsel now. In the grand scheme of things, it means that rules have to change as paradigms shift— and because none of this is Permanent, it is highly anticipatable that rules absolutely will.
No, rules don’t last forever.
But values might. Like love, compassion, valor, integrity, and friendliness. But hierarchies? They’re meant to crumble.
In @dcashtanga ’s most recent newsletter (are you signed up??) i shared a bit about how flowers have a capacity to hear bees, and how yoga relates. The truth is, some days youre the flower and some days you’re the bee— and we’re all just participating in making honey.
@ashtanganation is one heckuva hive—
Amrita Bindu Upanishad
18. After studying the Vedas (that is recorded knowledge) the intelligent person who is solely intent on acquiring knowledge and realization should discard the Vedas altogether, like the man who discards husk to obtain rice?
19. The milk is always white even though cows are of diverse colures. The intelligent person regards Jnana (learning) as the milk and the many branched Vedas as the cows.
20. Like butter hidden in milk, pure consciousness resides in every being. That ought to be constantly churned out by the churning rod of the mind
⬅️ beach is
this way
this way
📸 circa 2016/17
Iâm so thrilled to have DC Ashtanga in residency at the Eaton Workshop. While we donât launch until the first full week of March, look at their programmingâ powerful, impacting, and aligned:
“Of Fruits, For Fruits, By Fruits”
Meet Sean, fashion designer
Owner of @shoopdooplondon
Scotish by birth, salesman by trade, and unlikely bard by any account— the man has a story to tell and an outfit to sell you. I should know— he sold me my favorite items to wear this past year: my collection of fruit hats.
Its true, It wasn’t his gregariousness that caught my attention so much as the shirts. Yes indeed, the fabulousness of a crisp white shirt, with cotton candy colored flamingos in replicated pattern, left my mouth agape. Sean, with more wry than whiskey, wouldn’t mind telling you thats exactly how he’d like me to leave it, either.
Sean’s sense of humor feels to me informed by curated intellect and appreciation for the absurd— the first thing he said to me when i walked into his stall at the Wednesday market last week, after “Do I know you?” was “would you like some cold Hamberders?”
His sauciness and honesty extends beyond an occasional dick joke to the changing nature of world politics, Goan-grown scandal, and the challenges queers face across the globe in general. We talked fabric shopping in Thailand, hat production in Delhi, and how to find love when youre not manning a typical shop.
Sean’s designs can be found under his label “Shoop Doop”, available online. During the Goan tourist season, he has a shop in Ashwem Beach. He also makes the market rounds—the Saturday Night Market in Arpora, the Wednesday Market in Anjuna, and even one at the new Friday market at Hilltop in Vagator called “the Goa collective.”
Meet Sean, fashion designer
Owner of @shoopdooplondon
Scotish by birth, salesman by trade, and unlikely bard by any account— the man has a story to tell and an outfit to sell you. I should know— he sold me my favorite items to wear this past year: my collection of fruit hats.
Its true, It wasn’t his gregariousness that caught my attention so much as the shirts. Yes indeed, the fabulousness of a crisp white shirt, with cotton candy colored flamingos in replicated pattern, left my mouth agape. Sean, with more wry than whiskey, wouldn’t mind telling you thats exactly how he’d like me to leave it, either.
Sean’s sense of humor feels to me informed by curated intellect and appreciation for the absurd— the first thing he said to me when i walked into his stall at the Wednesday market last week, after “Do I know you?” was “would you like some cold Hamberders?”
His sauciness and honesty extends beyond an occasional dick joke to the changing nature of world politics, Goan-grown scandal, and the challenges queers face across the globe in general. We talked fabric shopping in Thailand, hat production in Delhi, and how to find love when youre not manning a typical shop.
Sean’s designs can be found under his label “Shoop Doop”, available online. During the Goan tourist season, he has a shop in Ashwem Beach. He also makes the market rounds—the Saturday Night Market in Arpora, the Wednesday Market in Anjuna, and even one at the new Friday market at Hilltop in Vagator called “the Goa collective.”
and then there were momos
missing 💓 bae missing bae
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LLAMA &
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LLAMA &
missing
bae
shawarma in kuboos shawarma in kuboos
winters a beach winters a beach
sparkles.
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sparkles.
sparkles.
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Dope.
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thx @jobettsyoga
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Need a calander for 2019? How about one celebrating the strength of women in yoga... featuring the inimitable Janet Walkoe?? Proceeds go to a great cause.
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Fresh off the plane, I strapped in for a bit of yoga.
These days, the yoga industrial complex is ripe with controversy and scandal— ranging from inappropriate student teacher interactions, to prop usage, to glorified Ponzi schemes. Of course, there’s a great deal of “this is Yoga” and “that’s not yoga” running around, too.
None of this, i am reminded, is yoga.
Yoga doesn't fear controversy nor does it fear innovation, because yoga is a state of being, not a static commodity to be bought or sold.
The esoterica of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya’s learnedness is sexy— especially for the appropriative sort— after all, he learned yoga from his guru in a cave, purportedly mastering thousands of asana under his teachers watchful eye. The intensity of the idea of that experience sometimes takes away from the fact that he also held degrees in all six vedic darshans (think: Indian philosophies).
He wrote books and taught teachers— including the teachers of my teachers— BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and AG Mohan. I dare say he was an innovator. He also was firmly rooted in capital Y Yoga.
This is the lineage from which i come.
Not 5 hours into my stay in Goa, I made a point of finding my Iyengar teacher, Ian. Not unlike Rolf, he keeps no great internet presence— but I knew where to look.
Rolf and Ian shared a teaching space behind a cafe called Artjuna the first time I came to Goa. Ian still teaches here, but not today.
No, today one of his colleagues is holding a weekend workshop. The esteemed HS Arun, not unlike his teacher Iyengar, is an innovator in the use of props— particularly the chair.
I could not feel more lucky. It is not the journey to India that makes the yoga here so rich— it is the relationships. Ian and Rolf are dear friends, and Arun and Ian are too. I snuck into the back, grateful to be at the feet of my teachers- and glad to be inspired in the multitude of ways in which we can use this human experience to help people find the essence of Yoga.
These days, the yoga industrial complex is ripe with controversy and scandal— ranging from inappropriate student teacher interactions, to prop usage, to glorified Ponzi schemes. Of course, there’s a great deal of “this is Yoga” and “that’s not yoga” running around, too.
None of this, i am reminded, is yoga.
Yoga doesn't fear controversy nor does it fear innovation, because yoga is a state of being, not a static commodity to be bought or sold.
The esoterica of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya’s learnedness is sexy— especially for the appropriative sort— after all, he learned yoga from his guru in a cave, purportedly mastering thousands of asana under his teachers watchful eye. The intensity of the idea of that experience sometimes takes away from the fact that he also held degrees in all six vedic darshans (think: Indian philosophies).
He wrote books and taught teachers— including the teachers of my teachers— BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and AG Mohan. I dare say he was an innovator. He also was firmly rooted in capital Y Yoga.
This is the lineage from which i come.
Not 5 hours into my stay in Goa, I made a point of finding my Iyengar teacher, Ian. Not unlike Rolf, he keeps no great internet presence— but I knew where to look.
Rolf and Ian shared a teaching space behind a cafe called Artjuna the first time I came to Goa. Ian still teaches here, but not today.
No, today one of his colleagues is holding a weekend workshop. The esteemed HS Arun, not unlike his teacher Iyengar, is an innovator in the use of props— particularly the chair.
I could not feel more lucky. It is not the journey to India that makes the yoga here so rich— it is the relationships. Ian and Rolf are dear friends, and Arun and Ian are too. I snuck into the back, grateful to be at the feet of my teachers- and glad to be inspired in the multitude of ways in which we can use this human experience to help people find the essence of Yoga.
bai bai mumbai
It’s 2019 and things are same same, but different.
I’ve arrived in India to spend the next month as a student of yoga under the guidance of my teacher, Rolf. I’ve made this trek many times, but one thing I know for sure: no two years are the same.
I’m different. Life is different. This trip will be different. And when I come home, things will be different.
But also, the same. Inside of the inevitability of change there is also the polar opposite: that which remains constant. I am still me.
I look forward to discovering and clarify that which is immutable—the things that are constant.
—
Friends, what do you want to see here? In my insta stories, I’ll share the random goings on of my day, but what would you like in this space?
Please let me know!
I’ve arrived in India to spend the next month as a student of yoga under the guidance of my teacher, Rolf. I’ve made this trek many times, but one thing I know for sure: no two years are the same.
I’m different. Life is different. This trip will be different. And when I come home, things will be different.
But also, the same. Inside of the inevitability of change there is also the polar opposite: that which remains constant. I am still me.
I look forward to discovering and clarify that which is immutable—the things that are constant.
—
Friends, what do you want to see here? In my insta stories, I’ll share the random goings on of my day, but what would you like in this space?
Please let me know!
uber
bombay
bombay
idk
mumbai airport
istanbul to mumbai
Guys, this will be well worth your time.
I think this sounds excellent.
hurricane. the moon. and me.
Free Smoothies
@smoothieking
next to @flowyogacenter
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next to @flowyogacenter
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Fnes Smaqhue,
@smoothieking
next ta Oflowyagacenier
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Purpo
DOTHIE
KiNG.
THpn
Ten years the better.
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