I'm a mess. At least I finally cried for real. I'm so sad and happy, I don't understand/can't take it. #realtalk

Visa in hand, modified primary practiced (thanks for the company, Em), and now dinner with friends.

Today, I taught my last class of the year. It was also that last class before I leave for India. I'm going to miss my students... a lot.

Super full. Super happy. Picking fights over family "fun" games. Bingo!!

Go Ho!

Creating things with love... and feeling pretty Christmas-y. 🙂

Really, Tadasana? You're changing? When I press my ankles bones firmly into one another, something *happens* now. It's like yoga 101 up in here.

Nothin' wrong with feelin' better.

~ 75 % better !!

Feeling ~ 50%.

Can't tell the difference between food poisoning & the flu... But please make it stop. Please.

Friends <3.

Hey Rocketeers, traffic's awful in gtown!

Keep swingin' 'till you can't see, then swing some more. It'll be a TKO, one way or the other. Swing, swing.

No status is a good status!

All I really want is a neck rub and some diet cranberry gingerale.

Tenacity is huge.

How can you make Cheetos natural.

The Muppets are so specifically DC. Sam & Friends started here. I love being Muppetational.

Did a metcon at Crossfit Praxis today. Brutal fun. I'll be back!

I've finally got a phone 🙂

Too stressed out. Taking a few moments to create and be.

I'm sure someone has noticed, but I'll be without a cell phone for another 17 hours. That'll make it a nice, even 3 days sans phone.

Uh oh. Way too much coffee.

is immunized.

This morning is not going well.

DO NOT EAT AT CHIK-FIL-A! They are 100% antigay. A percentage of every dollar you spend goes to support oppression and inequality: antigay organizations, politics, & politicians. Tell your friends that eating there is like eating at KluKluckChikn.

How efficient can I be? Bhekasana in an hour & a half? Fingers crossed. ( PS: back on the grid)

I thought I lost a contact this morning, but I didn't. I just needed to view the world with a different lens.

Pseudo off the grid. No cell. Ruh roh.

Back in the District!

Gobble.

Takin' pleasure in other folks' bravery. You come. #mysore

Pretty much the most content boy ever.

I'm super in to staycatiom.

Pashasana & Back Squats don't mix.

Bummer: Tomorrow's my last day practicing with David Keil (its been great). Silver Lining: on to Antonella Accinelli. 46 days till India.

Anyone got a spare wireless router? Mine kicked the bucket.

I have been told to stop thinking no fewer than 3 times this week.

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

Self Yoga Coaching: Recording my Primary Series Practice to Richard Freeman's commentary, then watching a split screen of us together. (I may have gone off the deep end)

In my quest to stream Richard Freeman lectures and videos, I discovered that the DC Public Library streams books and videos. How glad am I to be a member of the Library?!

Funny, I lift by myself and practice in a group-- a change from three months ago. Before you (I) judge my lack of morning mysore practice, I have to remember that Urdhva Dhanurasana is not the only way to feel Kundalini rise-- and that I will miss my weightlifting whilst in mysore.

I love Iyengar yoga, Ashtanga yoga, and Olympic Weightlifting. Juggling them, however, is hard.

Friends? Fuck yeah!

Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha

... i may not be mainstream ... Is anyone IN the mainstream?

My morning practice has been stalled by evening practice. A bad habit, but more time for yoga reading. Anusara Exodus (not surprised), Yogasam (its real! ish), and 48 Questions with 3 Gurus... good reading!

Sometimes, I just need a lead class.

Aaaaand the Shala confirmed my registration. Its all happening.

"Don't you have to practice? Get up."

I've always wanted a zombie boyfriend-- the kinda guy that wants me for my brains, but treats me like a piece of meat.

"What's more important: someone knowing your teacher's name, or your teacher knowing your name?"

Today's big lesson: Don't be a bigot. And when you see a person in the act of bigotry, don't be afraid to use the term "bigot." It's a word that should make the skin crawl, and as such, one shouldn't be afraid to use it in correct context. Call a bigot a bigot, please.

I cheat on Ashtanga with Rocket. Lipstick on the collar: Marichiasana C isn't after A?

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What doesn't kill you makes a fighter. Footsteps? Even lighter.

Good advice from someone I trust

So filled with love. Exhausted, home, and happy. My family just got a bit bigger. 🙂

"Recovery Brunch" says the day planner.

My people.

Being the best man to my best friend is pretty much the best. All is full of love.

When Sebastian was a puppy, I had to let him cry himself to sleep so that he would grow up and be self reliant. Today I practiced without pain, but am stronger for having felt it.

Its a good thing I like practicing awareness, cause I can be really, really oblivious. 🙂

I lurk on UK Music Message boards... one of my favorite expressions? poppero'clock

Lunch with Mama Hall and Papa Hall, Rocket at Embrace Yoga DC for Dinner, Dancing with the wife. Saturday? Morning yoga with Shelby Thompson, day-play with Michael Roike. Sunday? Go back in time.

A month of 90% vegetarianism: check. Tomorrow: back to STRICT paleo. No modifications (no dairy, no roasted nuts, not even a smidge of sugar). Lets see.

creativity > espresso

The beat part of owning up to your mistakes is getting to learn from them.

Oooh-- hey guys, the 6:15 class is totally on today at Balance Gym. Come play!

Am I silly in thinking the Occupy DC stuff is a little off-the-mark by staging something when the Fed is on Holiday?

Was reminded of MA Durga and the emphatic nature of fight, flight, or collapse via the strong guidance of Mike Graglia. Breathe deep, y'all.

My Steve Jobs Update: LSD User, India for enlightenment go-er, and a man who also thought that maybe "Thomas Edison did a lot more to improve the world than Karl Marx and Neem Kairolie Baba put together.”

Here's a new pose! Here's a new series! Now give me your towel.

I cannot take my own excitement.

Gosh darn stupid freaking moonday! Agh!

Oh no you don't, Adele. Nice try. I am not spending my Monday evening crying.

Today, I'm taking back my website.

Its a cup o' coffee in the lap kinda morning. Let's hope the rest of the day is nice & easy.

His angst hung on him like a thrift store suit. The sleeves overly short, the trousers notably long. Like his ambitions and his face. Perhaps too cheap, too poor, or too apathetic-- certainly too old for *this*.

Recurring dreams...

5k success.

To all my friends doing Fight Gone Bad today: Good Luck!!

A Quick Reminder: Call a bigot a bigot. A vote against equal rights (marriage and otherwise) is bigotry. Ugly and impolitic, but: call a bigot a bigot.

Keruig broke, speakers broke, tire popped, saddle loose. Psoas tight, bulging disc. Rain? Pour.

My Keurig wouldn't make coffee this morning. I feel challenged.

This was the kind of weekend that makes my soul sing.

So, remember the talk about Little River in Arlington? It's opening very soon. "Soft opening" I hear 🙂

Woof!

Salutation Nation, Tux Shopping, Grooming, Tosca at the Kennedy Center, Shmancy Cocktails in Formalwear. Go!

Salutation Nation 2011! If you want an outdoor yoga practice with several hundred other yogis Omming as one, this is your best bet all year! 9:00 at John Marshall Park! (btwn 4th & 5th on Penn NW)

Salutation Nation 2011! If you want an outdoor yoga practice with several hundred other yogis Omming as one, this is your best bet all year! 9:00 at John Marshall Park (btwn 4th & 5th on Penn NW).

Control the body to control the mind... And make it pretty.

take me away and make it okay. I swear I'll behave.

is really excited about today.

According to this e-ticket, I'll be home in April.

Any clues on saving money on a flight to India? Bangalore, specifically.

What do you do if you think your dentist is scamming you?

Today is Ganesh's Birthday!!! Ganesh Chaturthi-- a celebration for the overcomer of obstacles & burdens. Jaya Ganesha! JAYA GANESHA!!!!

O hai mango. O bai cleanse.

Thank you so much, dude. I spent an hour getting at my Greater Trachantor, piraformis, glutes, & IT band with the lacrosse ball. Full range of motion. You're a life saver.

I bought 2 cartons of k-cups for my bedside coffee maker... Back to the grind with a full box of grinds. #mysore #sleepyyogi

is on a five day cleanse.

Highly recommends yelling at hurricanes.

"Mayor Gray made another suggestion.

'If you have trouble finding a gallon bottle, just go in there and pour out that wine, and fill it up with water.'"

No.

Hurricane twilight is warm cotton candy purple intermixed with rouge pink strands. A beauty to see, a smile bringer for certain. Equally disenheartening as an adult.

Happy 10 Year Anniversery!!!!

Was on my way to practice, and realized I forgot my towel. Checked my phone, and saw that my cleanin' folk were coming at 8:30am. Today's first practice will be from the first two limbs. I'll get to the third a little later.

You gotta push down to raise up.

Private pep talks at 5:30 am.

That's the breaks, that's the breaks.

That was fuuuuuun!

That was fuuuuuun!

Three months or four months in India?

Can I move to India for a bit? Do they make student loans for that?

Doug yocum is soooo cool. He is the coolest dude I know. Mmm hmm.

Sometimes, change hurts.

Books tomorrow!

Repair what's broken.

Southern woman are fixin' to be the death of me.

Mwah

"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as he'll don't deserve me at my best." ~Marilyn Monroe~

Have we talked about my Strong & Sweet: A Labor Day Master Class? Noon on Labor Day at STROGA-- oh man, I'm excited.

Ain't a thing wrong with hollerin'.

kapotasana for the first time. two hands on two feet, two elbows on the ground. an inch from my forehead. I had no idea I could do that.

If anyone has extra tickets to the 930 Club tonight, I'd really like a few!!! (or, 1!)

Three practices today may have been overkill. Or not 🙂

It's so on.

Can you love somebody when they're everybody's?

feels hoodwinked by the weather.

Mwah

Two chances for free & fun Yoga in the Park! Tuesday, it's Meridian Hill. Wednesday, Dupont Circle! 6:30pm! #dc #yoga #free

Free Fun Alert! Saturday at 10am: Heaven & Hell-- 30 min bootcamp, 30 minutes yin yoga. Meet at Logan Lulu!

You're the very best!!!!

Thinkin' if you! Hope summer's treating you well!

Why is asking for help so hard?

Drunk laundry with Roikes. Perfecto.

Collusion to hide child rape is absurdly disgusting. Good job, Ireland!

I've called in professionals. Instead of moving, I hired a cleaning service. Dear God, help them. B

Still waiting on ya!!

Miss you! Thinking of you!

Clean up your lives, friends. Tina, smack, swirl, food, Connie, abusive spouses, Emily, and good ol' fashioned hooch: addiction is ugly.

Heatwave Saturday = Crazies out

"So red velvet cake is like half the amount of chocolate and some food coloring? Uh. Sweet." hahaha.

It's Thursday, and I already have a healthy feat of Saturday. Hijinx.

Miss you!

More coffee already? Yes. And don't fucking sass me, machine. #judgey #trude

You're tops.

Date plz

Stoked.

Morning Mysore. I'm craving structure & discipline. 🙂

Date soon! Yoga?

Class at AYC! 430-- come play!

"It's hard not to objectify you when you do that," overheard while demonstrating Ardha Behkasana

Cottage Cheese is the food of the Gods.

The plan: a run to the Jefferson Memorial, do primary overlooking Rosslyn, run home. Lets see how this goes 🙂

If your number is new to me in the past year, hook me up with a text & a name.

Full Primary with Jedi Salutations, dropbacks, tick-tocks, and laughter.

I miss my teacher's adjustments, but practicing outside will always be my favorite.

somehow lost his phone between his house and class at Union Station. The phone rings, but iphone locator can't find it. Suggestions?

WTOP says it'll feel like 105* today. A perfect day for outdoor practice.

Looks like a good weekend for lift-off!! Come play at the AYC today! 4:30pm!

Obesity costs the country $150 billion in healthcare costs a year.

"The highest sadhana: Bear insult, bear injury. " -- Swami Sivananda.

I want to listen to all your dirt

After a hot outdoor practice, listenin' to my Daddy's Eagle's vinyl whilst getting ready for a date with my man. Life sure is good.

"No coffee, no Prana"

Who am I going to see tonight at Yoga in the Park? Dupont Circle-- 6:30p! lululemon athletica Logan Circle and Mid City Yoga-- woop woop!

Back to the urban life.

It's the Fourth of July!!!

Two classes, then this Boy of Summer will be F-R-E-E! Yay-merica!

Today, I'm a model.

To my W&L Family-- you are in my heart and head today. I wish I could be with you today to celebrate Adam Bowen's life. All is full of love.

When'd you get so disappear-y?

Class at the Ashtanga Yoga Center, Washington DC with me-- 4:30p! Just in my time for International Handstand Day!

Yay 🙂

Sharing in Love with my Yoga Community.

Tears of Joy for equality. Tears of Sorrow for the loss of an old friend. Life is never without a balance. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.

You were a friend to me when few were. Thank you. It's something I will never forget. Until the next time. All my love to your family.

's shoulder is untweaked!

Courtesy of Free in DC: This Saturday they are doing free, confidential oral testing for HIV at St Augustine Gingras Center from 10:00am - 3:00pm. Free refreshments while you wait for results. 1419 V St, NW

Last night's sunset run and twilight salutations were rad. This shoulder tweak, however, is not.

So, who do I get to play with tomorrow at the Ashtanga Yoga Center, Washington DC? We're gonna get twisted.Come play!

loves you.

I am the type of man who wakes up before 7 on the weekends. How has this happened?

Thank you, Big A. You've got a Thursday buddy.

I secretly hope it rains a bit, so I can see all the Drag Queens' make up running down and swirling into the gutter. Soppy wigs, slippery heels, and sad clowns might just make me die of laughter.

Lovin' your pic!

Monsoon & Sons was spectac! Love you Lauren Waggner, Jay Wilson, Jonna Ashley, and of course Miss Emily Monahan. Sad I missed Peg Mulqueen, Augusta Zoe Hemann, and @Jen!

Monsoon? Our friendship can weather any storm.

has so much for which to be grateful.

I met a role model today.

The Scissor Sisters are my all tine favorite band-- and hearing their encore gave me goosebumps. Golly.

Weather Report: 99°F, Feels Like: 106°. Yoga Report: Looked like Ashtanga, felt like Bikram.

Power Cleans and Deadlifts in the AM so that I can do Primary in the heat of a DC sun. You do not need heaters when it's 97°!

had a pretty amazing day-- An awesome lift this AM, fabulous classes, a coffee date with my dear teacher and friend Kristen Krash, a fantastic conversation with my students about what "yoga" means to them ("awareness of the breath, body and mind. freedom. work."), and a killer CrossFit class. I mean, really. Today rocks. MichaelCycle shipped, too. I know, I can't stand me, either. 🙂

Is ready to take a ride on the ra ra rocket.

All of my meals for the week: made. Ahhhhhhh. What a delightful feeling knowing that I have healthy, delicious fresh meats and veggies waiting for me every day!

I'm starting "Domestic Sundays" this week. Shifting all my weekly shopping/cooking/cleaning from Tuesday mornings to Sunday-whenevers. Love it.

roof.