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2013
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TEACHING IMMERSION
JAN 2 - FEB 12 • 2024
with MICHAEL, HEATHER, & CORY
TEACHING IMMERSION
JAN 2 - FEB 12 • 2024
with MICHAEL, HEATHER, & CORY
Is led primary with Sharath (and Saraswati!) in NYC a thing we're doing in April?
Tomorrow, I'm making like a banana. #ashtanga
For those that glaze over at gratuitous ashtanga prattle.
Tomorrow is my last Mysore practice in the eponymous city. I'll share a bit more soon, I promise.
Finished my final practice at the Shala for this go 'round; carried Butternaan the Shala Dog out like a princess. Nava-- go home, take rest.
Me? Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in classic Mysore style at Little River Yoga. Every morning from 6:30-9 🙂
Tim Miller calls it "Improvisational Ashtanga." We call it Rocket. Guest teaching at Flow for Peg Mulqueen on Saturday at 2:30. Stay tuned for more surprises.
If I take a lady's holiday tomorrow and practice on moonday Monday, it's all good & same-same, right?
"Enjoy your practice like you enjoy ice cream" -- nOm nOm nOm -- straight joy today. Thanks, Sandy!
Little River Yoga friends. Join Ashtanga Mysore Arlington (Tova!), Stair and me for Led Primary on Sunday. xo.
Had such a great day today sharing led primary, answering questions about ashtanga, & calling out alignment cues today. Swoon.
On my way to Yoga District on H Street for a modified half primary! Just you, me, & the count. Vinyasa count that is. The Count is still on Sesame Street. One-ah ah ah!
First outdoor stateside practice of the year. Sweet.
Teaching Schedule:
Saturday: Mysore-Little River Yoga- 8:15-11, Rocket- Flow-2:30-3:45,
Sunday: Led Primary- 9-10:45
Saturday: Mysore-Little River Yoga- 8:15-11, Rocket- Flow-2:30-3:45,
Sunday: Led Primary- 9-10:45
Catching.
Tittibasana
Dwi Pada
Kapo
I've said it before & I'll say it again: Richard Freeman is my yoga superhero. So honored.
Finally posting my pic picture with Sharath. I get so awkward. Luckily. I think I was in good company. Love.
After just now kicking myself in the nuts attempting to nail Urdhva Kuku from handstand, I've decided to call it a day.
Got to share practice with my man & my besties. Saturday couldn't possibly start better.
I love Primary on Fridays. So do 40+ others.
just finished scooping homemade frozen yogurt for a post David Garrigues-taught Mysore snack. Maybe I'll share a bite.
#AshtangaTruth -- Kapo & Chinese Carry Out Don't Mix
Britney's workin' on Lagu.
Practice on a Moonday makes clear why we shouldn't.
We'll be tackling the full closing sequence of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga today at Yoga District on H Street. 12:30p. $10
Hope today's short shorts deflected attention away from my practices inelegance. No such luck tomorrow-- too short
Spaces are still available for tonight's Ashtanga 1 at Little River Yoga. Join Clare Politano & me at 6:30!
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What is Mysore Style
Ashtanga Yoga?
What is Mysore Style
Ashtanga Yoga?
That moment when someone drops in to led half primary and calls you a racist for counting in Sanskrit.
Is that an uncounted exhale? The prasaritas are hard! #ashtanga
Poolside primary, new boardshorts, new haircut. Yas!
Well, I better get to India quick. That December 1 acceptance to the shala won't fill itself.
I begin teaching Mysore full time in Columbia Heights on September 1st. This will be my final month teaching at Little River Yoga. It has been both a privilege and an honor to serve Ashtanga Mysore Arlington Virginia.
a) afternoon practice is not my favorite b) my mat stinks c) TGIMD tomorrow.
site's live. i'm hoping some of you will click the "contact" link and let me know you wanna practice.
http://dcashtanga.com
http://dcashtanga.com
The lineup at EPIC DC on wednesday nights is pretty awesome for those that are classical-minded. Iyengar yoga with Kristen Krash followed by led ashtanga full primary with me. If I were gonna do a double header...
If a "two more, small" with the right inflection is indicitive of direct transmission, we're doin' right.
A wise woman said that there are three pillars for a supported practice: the method, the teacher, and the community. I am so grateful for my community's support. Emotions are there, words are not. xo.
excited for half primary at EPIC DC. Class starts at 11:45. don't be square.
Some mornings are just like"Ashtanga Yoga? Fuck, yeah!"
Other than the awesome daily mysore with the inimitable Keith Moore, Ashtanga Yoga Studio DC (AYSDC) has a fabulous fall workshop line-up. Aliya, Rex, Tova? Oh, yeah.
AYSDC is such a wonderful place. If you're near The Palasaides, stick your nose in and say "Hi!" -- Keith Moore runs a tight ship.
All this space & time on my hands! Who wants to learn Ashtanga? Mysore newbies, 2 months for $220. I leave for India on November 29th. Hurry!
"Body not stiff, mind stiff." Nope, both.
A wear your dhoti to practice kind of morning.
So honoured to be presenting a demonstration of Ashtanga Yoga for "The Art of Transformation" Opening Night Gala at the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries.
My spiritual practice juxtaposed with ancient art inspired by others' own sadhana. Peg & I were art for the Smithsonian tonight... Like moon rocks, ruby slippers, and "Starry Nights." 5000 years of yogic art indeed. Om Namah Shivaya.
proactive > reactive > no practice
an "Ashtanga yoga? Fuck yeah!" kinda morning. Danced off my mat into the sun.
And a sense that I'd entered into an Ashtanga version of a Dan Brown novel as I woke up realizing Norman Allen hadn't really tried to break my rib in my sleep.
Opted for practice instead of a 5k. Contentment. Tova love.
4:45 is a totally appropriate time to wake up for a 7:30 start time. Gooood Moooooorning, Gokulum!
A quick aside from conference yesterday: Sharath took a nap in his car at his cousin's wedding. He is my teacher #teamcarnap
*wondering when we should talk about 2014 & DC Ashtanga's new pricing & beginners programming 🙂
For me, chanting is harder and scarier than asana. Went to Dr. Jayashree's for chanting and philosophy, hoping to make Karuna proud.
Off to led primary, and missing my students at home. Love love love.
Woke up on Boxing Day for practice and talked to Michael Roike & Michelle. Thank goodness it's still Xmas in the States, as I'm still full from Lunch!
My relationship with my last posture.
Overheard in the men's changing room before led intermediate: "It looks like the line for the bathroom at a gay bar."
Is it finally a Princess Sparklepony mat towel kinda day? Haven't busted it out yet, but it's getting close to time.
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