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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.
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:
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
feels great.
working the edges
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SIND
QLC
wning
Body
ractice
rtful energie
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- Paired tantra prattu
a Learning meditation in daily life
- Tantra through dance
Festival teachers:
mlia
FROM TH
TO THE H
a Sindhus
WApf
• BASE
DANCE GATHERINGS
fergotten
YLOBAL BEATS
ERFORMANCES
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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! 😉
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.
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 ⤵️
sleeping thru conference at the Ashtanga Yoga institute circa- 2013
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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“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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too many min in
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too big for the screen 🤷🏽♂️
in imagetoo big for the screen ig
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.
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?
My least favorite posture. Zoe was gracious enough to include me in her awesome project!!!
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.
”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.
Folks stick their head in the sand when things get too complex or complicated or nuanced. Happens all the time.
This looks like I’m putting my feet on my head when in fact, I’m pulling my head up to my feet.
You can’t necessarily tell exactly what lesson is being extracted from a given situation just by looking. You can guess, infer, assume, and project. But you can’t necessarily know.
The practice of Ashtanga Yoga has the potential to bring about a feeling of deep compassion for other living creatures by developing it internally for yourself. It gives practitioners the chance to make small adjustments and watch how they play out over time.. and to course correct if the impact isn’t suitable to the needs of the individual.
So, do you use your practice to push your head further into the sand or do you use it to pull it out?
This looks like I’m putting my feet on my head when in fact, I’m pulling my head up to my feet.
You can’t necessarily tell exactly what lesson is being extracted from a given situation just by looking. You can guess, infer, assume, and project. But you can’t necessarily know.
The practice of Ashtanga Yoga has the potential to bring about a feeling of deep compassion for other living creatures by developing it internally for yourself. It gives practitioners the chance to make small adjustments and watch how they play out over time.. and to course correct if the impact isn’t suitable to the needs of the individual.
So, do you use your practice to push your head further into the sand or do you use it to pull it out?
If you ain’t growin’, you dyin’
It’s the last week of residency for @dcashtanga at @yogadragons — a place we are truly proud to have In our blood.
We shift to @eatonworkshop on March 4.
My teaching schedule this week:
**Mysore at @dcashtanga Wed-Fri
Wednesday & Thursday:
@eatonworkshop at 1:30
Friday:
@balancegym At 12.
It’s the last week of residency for @dcashtanga at @yogadragons — a place we are truly proud to have In our blood.
We shift to @eatonworkshop on March 4.
My teaching schedule this week:
**Mysore at @dcashtanga Wed-Fri
Wednesday & Thursday:
@eatonworkshop at 1:30
Friday:
@balancegym At 12.
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At 10am, I'm previewing the new residence of DC Ashtanga with whomever would like to come practice. The Eaton Workshop's wellness center is located at 1201 K St NW-- and if you didnt get an email about it, consider yourself invited.
same humble suggestion. two years ago.
in imageMichael Joel Hall
3 March 2017 at 05:42
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
two years ago.
same humble suggestion
3 March 2017 at 05:42
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
two years ago.
same humble suggestion
Maha Shivaratri and Meaning Divination
Once a year, in late Winter, there is a Hindu celebration called Maha Shivaratri — which means "the Great Night of Shiva." For a number of years, I was fortunate enough to be in Mysore, India for this ostensibly solemn celebration. Shiva is a yogic icon, being considered “the Lord of Yoga.”
For secular practitioners of yoga like me, the celebration is one for reflecting upon the infinite yet narrow intersection between destruction and regeneration— to wit, overcoming darkness and ignorance. Siva personifies that here.
Unlike most Hindu festivals which occur during the day, this one is held at night. You spend the event remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting, and meditating on ethics and virtues such as self-restraint, honesty, non-injury to others, forgiveness, and the discovery of Shiva.
Whilst the vigils went all night long, what i remember when going from temple to temple was the look of sugar-wired excitement in the children’s eyes, getting to run around all night long.
Yes, as a secular observant of a sacred celebration, my memory banks were hard-codes with the pure joy and trouble and fun and exhaustion.
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During the Vigil Night of Shiva, Mahashivaratri,
we are brought to the moment of interval
between destruction and regeneration;
it symbolizes the night
when we must contemplate on that which
watches the growth out of the decay.
During Mahashivaratri we have to be alone
with our sword, the Shiva in us.
We have to look behind and before,
to see what evil needs eradicating from our heart,
what growth of virtue we need to encourage.
Shiva is not only outside of us but within us.
To unite ourselves with the One Self
is to recognize the Shiva in us.
—The Theosophical Movement, Volume 72[
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On the dawn of Maha Shivaratri, @dcashtanga has our first day at the @eatonworkshop —
Mon-Fri: 7-10a
Mon-Thur: 5:30-7p.
Doors are 1/2 hour ahead.
Schedule:
Mon 12:45-1:30 Ashtanga Lite @balancegym
Tue 12:00-1:00 Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Wed 1:30-2:30. Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Thu 1:30-2:30 Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Fri 12-1 Atheltes Yoga - Balance
Once a year, in late Winter, there is a Hindu celebration called Maha Shivaratri — which means "the Great Night of Shiva." For a number of years, I was fortunate enough to be in Mysore, India for this ostensibly solemn celebration. Shiva is a yogic icon, being considered “the Lord of Yoga.”
For secular practitioners of yoga like me, the celebration is one for reflecting upon the infinite yet narrow intersection between destruction and regeneration— to wit, overcoming darkness and ignorance. Siva personifies that here.
Unlike most Hindu festivals which occur during the day, this one is held at night. You spend the event remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting, and meditating on ethics and virtues such as self-restraint, honesty, non-injury to others, forgiveness, and the discovery of Shiva.
Whilst the vigils went all night long, what i remember when going from temple to temple was the look of sugar-wired excitement in the children’s eyes, getting to run around all night long.
Yes, as a secular observant of a sacred celebration, my memory banks were hard-codes with the pure joy and trouble and fun and exhaustion.
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During the Vigil Night of Shiva, Mahashivaratri,
we are brought to the moment of interval
between destruction and regeneration;
it symbolizes the night
when we must contemplate on that which
watches the growth out of the decay.
During Mahashivaratri we have to be alone
with our sword, the Shiva in us.
We have to look behind and before,
to see what evil needs eradicating from our heart,
what growth of virtue we need to encourage.
Shiva is not only outside of us but within us.
To unite ourselves with the One Self
is to recognize the Shiva in us.
—The Theosophical Movement, Volume 72[
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On the dawn of Maha Shivaratri, @dcashtanga has our first day at the @eatonworkshop —
Mon-Fri: 7-10a
Mon-Thur: 5:30-7p.
Doors are 1/2 hour ahead.
Schedule:
Mon 12:45-1:30 Ashtanga Lite @balancegym
Tue 12:00-1:00 Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Wed 1:30-2:30. Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Thu 1:30-2:30 Flow/Vinyasa - Eaton
Fri 12-1 Atheltes Yoga - Balance
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see the straps in my hands?
that's prolly my fave way to use them
strength on strength makes length
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that's prolly my fave way to use them
strength on strength makes length
@carsonclaycalhoun
see the straps in my hands?
that's prolly my fave way to use them
strength on strength makes length
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One of my dearest friends and trusted counsel. Who got my teaching in the Mysore room for the first time!? This woman. Well worth your time (and she has killer online content, too!)
Ya ever have someone at a house party that has absolutely no chill? And it kinda fucks up the vibe? (if you haven’t, it might be you gurrrl). 🏡
I reckon we can all recognize “chill” — and ya either got it or ya don’t. Yoga helps you get it. With consistent practice, you develop a capacity to examine and adjust in a way that keeps you from freaking the fuck out when things get a little dodgey. It keeps you chill when maybe conditions aren’t optimal. 💅🏼 It’s nice when yoga practice is really useful. Be a better party guest. Practice. 🥳 “The highest Sadhana (spiritual practice) is to bear insult and bear injury. “ — Swami Sivananda
I reckon we can all recognize “chill” — and ya either got it or ya don’t. Yoga helps you get it. With consistent practice, you develop a capacity to examine and adjust in a way that keeps you from freaking the fuck out when things get a little dodgey. It keeps you chill when maybe conditions aren’t optimal. 💅🏼 It’s nice when yoga practice is really useful. Be a better party guest. Practice. 🥳 “The highest Sadhana (spiritual practice) is to bear insult and bear injury. “ — Swami Sivananda
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“Look around and see if you can find a single genuinely happy person—fearless, free from insecurities, anxieties, tensions, worries. You would be lucky if you found one in a hundred thousand. This should lead you to be suspicious of the programming and the beliefs that you and they hold in common. But you have also been programmed not to suspect, not to doubt, just to trust the assumptions that have been put into you by your tradition, your culture, your society, your religion. And if you are not happy, you have been trained to blame yourself, not your programming, not your cultural and inherited ideas and beliefs. What makes it even worse is the fact that most people are so brainwashed that they do not even realize how unhappy they are—like the man in a dream who has no idea he is dreaming.
What are the false beliefs that block you from happiness?“
— The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (a Jesuit priest)
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My teaching schedule is updated on the site (link in bio) and I’m teaching a backbends workshop this Saturday at @eatonworkshop In conjunction with @dcashtanga 12/23, 12-3:30 in two parts— anatomy first and practice second.
Come for either or both. Message me to sign up.
What are the false beliefs that block you from happiness?“
— The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (a Jesuit priest)
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My teaching schedule is updated on the site (link in bio) and I’m teaching a backbends workshop this Saturday at @eatonworkshop In conjunction with @dcashtanga 12/23, 12-3:30 in two parts— anatomy first and practice second.
Come for either or both. Message me to sign up.
Iâm teaching backbends next Sunday at the Eaton Workshop in conjunction with DC Ashtanga.
3/23
12-1:30, then 1:45-3:30.
First half will be functional anatomy. Second half will be practice and play. Come for either or both.
Message me to reserve your spot.
3/23
12-1:30, then 1:45-3:30.
First half will be functional anatomy. Second half will be practice and play. Come for either or both.
Message me to reserve your spot.
Are you signed up for the DC Ashtanga newetter? Here's this week's!
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Balancing with the Equinox (that's on the 20th!!)—
The myth is that you can balance an egg on its end on the equinox-- but what about a person on one leg?
This chimera of a posture is a combination of good ol’ tree pose and uthitha hasta padangusthasana.
Use it to develop and research:
-active mobility: try not to use your hand to put the foot into place.
-balance: watch how you have to micro adjust while changing leg positions.
-irradiation: use anjali mudra to create and keep useful tension/tensile integrity in the body.
The posture facilitates neuromuscular development, end range of motion strength, and of course heightens proprioceprion.
Learn more about the Equinox in the @dcashtanga Newsletter, or come to class with @michaeljoelhall and give it a try!
The myth is that you can balance an egg on its end on the equinox-- but what about a person on one leg?
This chimera of a posture is a combination of good ol’ tree pose and uthitha hasta padangusthasana.
Use it to develop and research:
-active mobility: try not to use your hand to put the foot into place.
-balance: watch how you have to micro adjust while changing leg positions.
-irradiation: use anjali mudra to create and keep useful tension/tensile integrity in the body.
The posture facilitates neuromuscular development, end range of motion strength, and of course heightens proprioceprion.
Learn more about the Equinox in the @dcashtanga Newsletter, or come to class with @michaeljoelhall and give it a try!
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Backbends this Saturday at @eaton.dc
12-1:30, anatomy for practitioners and professionals
2-3:30, Asana playground (super fun practice)
Come for one of come for both. Link in Bio.
12-1:30, anatomy for practitioners and professionals
2-3:30, Asana playground (super fun practice)
Come for one of come for both. Link in Bio.
Calling all of the Fire Eaters! The hungry ones!
I have a few spots left for my backbending classes. Anatomy is 12-1:30, practice is 2-3:30! Come for one or both!
The anatomy will make your smarter and more useful to others and yourself.
The Asana playground will let you explore, create, imagine, PUSH and PLAY.
Get! Into! It!
The practice is going to be wild fun.
https://www.secure-booker.com/eatonwellness/ClassSchedule/ClassSchedule.aspx
I have a few spots left for my backbending classes. Anatomy is 12-1:30, practice is 2-3:30! Come for one or both!
The anatomy will make your smarter and more useful to others and yourself.
The Asana playground will let you explore, create, imagine, PUSH and PLAY.
Get! Into! It!
The practice is going to be wild fun.
https://www.secure-booker.com/eatonwellness/ClassSchedule/ClassSchedule.aspx
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One of the clearest signature highlights of the last few years is wrapped up in my friendship with Cory. Iâve learned so much from him.
Heâs headed to TN to start Ashtanga Nashville this summer (June!). All aâ yâall are lucky to get one of the most authentic, knowledgeable, and clear embodiments of what yoga has to offer.
Go follow @ashtanganashville â go practice.
Heâs headed to TN to start Ashtanga Nashville this summer (June!). All aâ yâall are lucky to get one of the most authentic, knowledgeable, and clear embodiments of what yoga has to offer.
Go follow @ashtanganashville â go practice.
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Working with the shoulders for supta kurmasana:
Since putting on lean mass for the summer (lifters gonna lift), i have had to improve my active range of motion in all of my major joints. Bigger arms and legs means more space requirements, safely.
Here’s what’s happening:
🧸start in bear sit,strongly pressing down through the legs, maintaining strong external rotation
1️⃣ retract, externally roatate, and flex the shoulders.
2️⃣ internally rotate the shoulders, circumduct, extend the shoulders as strongly as possible. Depress ‘em too.
3️⃣ flex the elbow joint and hold.
4️⃣ relax, then reverse!
5️⃣ retract, then extend the elbow joint
6️⃣externally rotate the shoulders and circumduct around again—come towards shoulder flexion.
Relax!
Pro tips:
✅keep it meditative— watch your breath!
✅Be alert for compensations— wrists love to do the shoulders job!
✅Don't be surprised if one side is faster/slower/etc!
Give it a try and tell me how it goes!
Since putting on lean mass for the summer (lifters gonna lift), i have had to improve my active range of motion in all of my major joints. Bigger arms and legs means more space requirements, safely.
Here’s what’s happening:
🧸start in bear sit,strongly pressing down through the legs, maintaining strong external rotation
1️⃣ retract, externally roatate, and flex the shoulders.
2️⃣ internally rotate the shoulders, circumduct, extend the shoulders as strongly as possible. Depress ‘em too.
3️⃣ flex the elbow joint and hold.
4️⃣ relax, then reverse!
5️⃣ retract, then extend the elbow joint
6️⃣externally rotate the shoulders and circumduct around again—come towards shoulder flexion.
Relax!
Pro tips:
✅keep it meditative— watch your breath!
✅Be alert for compensations— wrists love to do the shoulders job!
✅Don't be surprised if one side is faster/slower/etc!
Give it a try and tell me how it goes!
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Active hips for supta kurmasana:
Supta K is a big posture-- it's full of demands! Both the shoulders and hips are in positions that have roational articulations under load via body weight, making things all the more challenging.
That's ok-- if you've come this far, it’s time to work not just harder, but smarter. At @dcashtanga we’re all about finding the most efficient route — knowing that the most efficient route isn’t always the most obvious.
Last time I covered the rotational articulations for the shoulders, this time we'll cover the hips. Heres what’s happening:
🧸Get in bear sit.
1️⃣ Shift the weight into the right hip. You may have to roll in on the opposite leg to pin the knee to the ground. Really, really glue the right knee to the floor. Then begin to externaly rotate the thigh from the hip joint. Your shin will come up while the thigh stays down. Switch. Be alert for weird compensations, like the ankles trying to do the hips job.
2️⃣ now, move from external rotation to internal rotation in one of the hips. Stay active through the stable leg, driving down and externally rotating while the other internally rotated and adducts.
3️⃣ try to wedge your shoulders behind your knee joint, then flex the knee strongly to switch the weight into the hands. Keep that as you sit down. Then, try to externally rotate the hip while maintaining hip adduction (feeling the thighs squeeze to the midline).
4️⃣ externally rotate, adduct, and flex one hip while you internally rotate the other. Use the floor to facilitate strength and flexibility devopmenr by resisting the elbow and shoulder down into and off of the floor. Get the body and the thigh nice and snug.
💪use the same shoulder patterns previously offered in the last video to create some space and explore your movement potential.
5️⃣ Alternate sides patiently, working the arms more and more across the back.
🧘🏻♂️Be patient-- this isn't frenetic, it's meditive.
👐🏾Don't worry if you don't touch your hands while going slow-- you're developing strength and control under pressure.
Supta K is a big posture-- it's full of demands! Both the shoulders and hips are in positions that have roational articulations under load via body weight, making things all the more challenging.
That's ok-- if you've come this far, it’s time to work not just harder, but smarter. At @dcashtanga we’re all about finding the most efficient route — knowing that the most efficient route isn’t always the most obvious.
Last time I covered the rotational articulations for the shoulders, this time we'll cover the hips. Heres what’s happening:
🧸Get in bear sit.
1️⃣ Shift the weight into the right hip. You may have to roll in on the opposite leg to pin the knee to the ground. Really, really glue the right knee to the floor. Then begin to externaly rotate the thigh from the hip joint. Your shin will come up while the thigh stays down. Switch. Be alert for weird compensations, like the ankles trying to do the hips job.
2️⃣ now, move from external rotation to internal rotation in one of the hips. Stay active through the stable leg, driving down and externally rotating while the other internally rotated and adducts.
3️⃣ try to wedge your shoulders behind your knee joint, then flex the knee strongly to switch the weight into the hands. Keep that as you sit down. Then, try to externally rotate the hip while maintaining hip adduction (feeling the thighs squeeze to the midline).
4️⃣ externally rotate, adduct, and flex one hip while you internally rotate the other. Use the floor to facilitate strength and flexibility devopmenr by resisting the elbow and shoulder down into and off of the floor. Get the body and the thigh nice and snug.
💪use the same shoulder patterns previously offered in the last video to create some space and explore your movement potential.
5️⃣ Alternate sides patiently, working the arms more and more across the back.
🧘🏻♂️Be patient-- this isn't frenetic, it's meditive.
👐🏾Don't worry if you don't touch your hands while going slow-- you're developing strength and control under pressure.
The practice and philosophy of yoga has entered into fitness realms and mental health paradigms-- but truly, it is an ancient wisdom tradition for healing from the inside.
This posture is called Kasyapasana, so named for the sage Kashyapa.
One of the seven ancient rishi's from the Rig Veda (many of whom have postures named for them in third series), his name also means " turtle." He is sometimes said to be the son of Marichi. Kashmir, a region in India, may be a translation from Kashya's Lake.
Looking at yogas historical texts helps illuminate it's most potent purpose— something that transcends both the mental and the physical, bringing in the spirit. This selection from Atharvaveda, Book XIX, Hymns L51-53 could be useful before heading into a challenging yoga asana series:
Undisturbed am I, undisturbed is my soul,
undisturbed mine eye, undisturbed mine ear,
undisturbed is mine in-breathing, undisturbed mine out-breathing,
undisturbed my diffusive breath, undisturbed the whole of me.
Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire the primal seed and germ of Spirit,
O Kama dwelling with the lofty Kama, give growth of riches to the sacrificer, (...)
Prolific, thousand eyed, and undecaying, a horse with seven reins Time bears us onward,
Sages inspired with holy knowledge mount him, his chariot wheels are all the worlds of creatures.
Kala [Time] created yonder heaven, and Kala made these realms of earth,
By Kala, stirred to motion, both what is and what shall be, expand,
Kala created living things and first of all Prajapati,
From Kala self-made Kasyapa, from Kala Holy Fire was born
This posture is called Kasyapasana, so named for the sage Kashyapa.
One of the seven ancient rishi's from the Rig Veda (many of whom have postures named for them in third series), his name also means " turtle." He is sometimes said to be the son of Marichi. Kashmir, a region in India, may be a translation from Kashya's Lake.
Looking at yogas historical texts helps illuminate it's most potent purpose— something that transcends both the mental and the physical, bringing in the spirit. This selection from Atharvaveda, Book XIX, Hymns L51-53 could be useful before heading into a challenging yoga asana series:
Undisturbed am I, undisturbed is my soul,
undisturbed mine eye, undisturbed mine ear,
undisturbed is mine in-breathing, undisturbed mine out-breathing,
undisturbed my diffusive breath, undisturbed the whole of me.
Thereafter rose Desire in the beginning, Desire the primal seed and germ of Spirit,
O Kama dwelling with the lofty Kama, give growth of riches to the sacrificer, (...)
Prolific, thousand eyed, and undecaying, a horse with seven reins Time bears us onward,
Sages inspired with holy knowledge mount him, his chariot wheels are all the worlds of creatures.
Kala [Time] created yonder heaven, and Kala made these realms of earth,
By Kala, stirred to motion, both what is and what shall be, expand,
Kala created living things and first of all Prajapati,
From Kala self-made Kasyapa, from Kala Holy Fire was born
It’s a helluva thing to lick your wounds and count your blessings at the same time.
Cuts sting worse for a moment when you clean them, after all— but thank whoever-you-fucking-thank that you have this chance to fucking clean them at all.
Ashtanga Yoga specifically asks you to table your “woe-is-me” narrative and sobermindedly go about the work of suffering less.
As @gratefulweirdo ‘s Bubbie told her, “if you push it down from the top, it’ll come out the sides”— and the practice of yoga asks you to put your sorryies in a sack and deal with your shit.
We don’t cut off whole parts of ourself in yoga— we don’t shy away. No, we hold space for pain so that we can heal ourselves from the inside.
The process starts with noticing and befriending the ignored and blocked— and one of the things i love most about Ashtanga Yoga is that it allows you to do so from so, so, so many starting points— which is great, cause folks are coming *from* so many different starting points. So many wounds.
But it all unfurls and unfolds from just right where you are.
For me, it has been a process of learning to love my body. My tummy. My voice.
Like Mama @rupaulofficial says, “if you can’t love yourself, how the hell ya gonna love somebody else?”
Listen, real talk: that process takes just as long as it takes. But, like I said, it starts right where you are.
#survivor
Cuts sting worse for a moment when you clean them, after all— but thank whoever-you-fucking-thank that you have this chance to fucking clean them at all.
Ashtanga Yoga specifically asks you to table your “woe-is-me” narrative and sobermindedly go about the work of suffering less.
As @gratefulweirdo ‘s Bubbie told her, “if you push it down from the top, it’ll come out the sides”— and the practice of yoga asks you to put your sorryies in a sack and deal with your shit.
We don’t cut off whole parts of ourself in yoga— we don’t shy away. No, we hold space for pain so that we can heal ourselves from the inside.
The process starts with noticing and befriending the ignored and blocked— and one of the things i love most about Ashtanga Yoga is that it allows you to do so from so, so, so many starting points— which is great, cause folks are coming *from* so many different starting points. So many wounds.
But it all unfurls and unfolds from just right where you are.
For me, it has been a process of learning to love my body. My tummy. My voice.
Like Mama @rupaulofficial says, “if you can’t love yourself, how the hell ya gonna love somebody else?”
Listen, real talk: that process takes just as long as it takes. But, like I said, it starts right where you are.
#survivor
Tension gets a bad wrap.
Oh, sure: when it’s misplaced, it’s awful. But, imagine yourself over a chasm, with an old suspension bridge from side to side as your only route. Which kind of bridge would you wanna cross? The one that’s all loosey-goosey or the one that looks taut and firm?
Imagine your feelings in that scenario. Without structure, there’s so much extra space for insecurity. Risk, risk, risk. Inside of a yoga pose, things are not so different. You will feel better when everything is balanced and strong.
Ashtanga yoga helps you figure out what to tighten up, so that you can relax some. Sometimes it’s our body (often), sometimes it’s our mind (often). Regardless, when we strike the right balance of integrity, we get cool, calm, and collected. And after having done this same process of assessing and testing, it gets easier and more dynamic. Less thinking more doing.
This process helps us develop discernment over time. Our intuition and problem solving skills ratchet up. And we chill out. This is good!
You’ll be ready for damn near any bridge ya come to.
Oh, sure: when it’s misplaced, it’s awful. But, imagine yourself over a chasm, with an old suspension bridge from side to side as your only route. Which kind of bridge would you wanna cross? The one that’s all loosey-goosey or the one that looks taut and firm?
Imagine your feelings in that scenario. Without structure, there’s so much extra space for insecurity. Risk, risk, risk. Inside of a yoga pose, things are not so different. You will feel better when everything is balanced and strong.
Ashtanga yoga helps you figure out what to tighten up, so that you can relax some. Sometimes it’s our body (often), sometimes it’s our mind (often). Regardless, when we strike the right balance of integrity, we get cool, calm, and collected. And after having done this same process of assessing and testing, it gets easier and more dynamic. Less thinking more doing.
This process helps us develop discernment over time. Our intuition and problem solving skills ratchet up. And we chill out. This is good!
You’ll be ready for damn near any bridge ya come to.
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This ancient posture is called "triangle," so named because you "try" and make an "angle. "
Uttithta Trikonasana A might be an all time favorite. It really means "extended triangle" anyway, and the B part is the twisted one in ashtanga yoga nomenclature.
Here are a few tips for this particular variation:
🔼 start with the legs about one legs length wide.
🔺fully externally rotate the shoulders (literally so challenging!)
🔽to come into the posture, internally rotate the back hip a bit while you externally rotate the front.
⚠️ bend the front knee as much as you need (and keep the muscles on). This posture is all about the hip first, not the hamstring. You can begin to straighten later.
▶️when you come down to catch the toe , flex the bottom hip-- really feel the spine getting closer to the leg, particularly around the navel.
🔻keep the lower back neutral on the way out and in so that you can get strong hip work and a psoas stretch out of it. If the lower back gets all sway-y it may not feel as good.
📐Let the big toe come up, keeping it's knuckle down, so that you can catch it. Then shift the weight a bit into the toe box so that it naturally smooshes back down without scrunching the other toes.
◀️let that bottom forearm roll in some for balance. Don't change the shoulder to do it.
▶️ make a choice about your balance and needs-- try retracting and depressing your shoulder blades here (retract) to see if it helps you lengthen the spine.
🔺do you feel both side of your front foot pressing evenly? Keep your abs strong and adjust from the hip till you get the center of mass balanced over the foundion.
👁 Look at the place where the thumb touches the index finger.
Uttithta Trikonasana A might be an all time favorite. It really means "extended triangle" anyway, and the B part is the twisted one in ashtanga yoga nomenclature.
Here are a few tips for this particular variation:
🔼 start with the legs about one legs length wide.
🔺fully externally rotate the shoulders (literally so challenging!)
🔽to come into the posture, internally rotate the back hip a bit while you externally rotate the front.
⚠️ bend the front knee as much as you need (and keep the muscles on). This posture is all about the hip first, not the hamstring. You can begin to straighten later.
▶️when you come down to catch the toe , flex the bottom hip-- really feel the spine getting closer to the leg, particularly around the navel.
🔻keep the lower back neutral on the way out and in so that you can get strong hip work and a psoas stretch out of it. If the lower back gets all sway-y it may not feel as good.
📐Let the big toe come up, keeping it's knuckle down, so that you can catch it. Then shift the weight a bit into the toe box so that it naturally smooshes back down without scrunching the other toes.
◀️let that bottom forearm roll in some for balance. Don't change the shoulder to do it.
▶️ make a choice about your balance and needs-- try retracting and depressing your shoulder blades here (retract) to see if it helps you lengthen the spine.
🔺do you feel both side of your front foot pressing evenly? Keep your abs strong and adjust from the hip till you get the center of mass balanced over the foundion.
👁 Look at the place where the thumb touches the index finger.
This ancient posture is called "triangle," so named because you "try" and make an "angle. "
Uttithta Trikonasana A might be an all time favorite. It really means "extended triangle" anyway, and the B part is the twisted one in ashtanga yoga nomenclature.
Here are a few tips for this particular variation:
🔼 start with the legs about one legs length wide.
🔺fully externally rotate the shoulders (literally so challenging!)
🔽to come into the posture, internally rotate the back hip a bit while you externally rotate the front.
⚠️ bend the front knee as much as you need (and keep the muscles on). This posture is all about the hip first, not the hamstring. You can begin to straighten later.
▶️when you come down to catch the toe , flex the bottom hip-- really feel the spine getting closer to the leg, particularly around the navel.
🔻keep the lower back neutral on the way out and in so that you can get strong hip work and a psoas stretch out of it. If the lower back gets all sway-y it may not feel as good.
📐Let the big toe come up, keeping it's knuckle down, so that you can catch it. Then shift the weight a bit into the toe box so that it naturally smooshes back down without scrunching the other toes.
◀️let that bottom forearm roll in some for balance. Don't change the shoulder to do it.
▶️ make a choice about your balance and needs-- try retracting and depressing your shoulder blades here (retract) to see if it helps you lengthen the spine.
🔺do you feel both side of your front foot pressing evenly? Keep your abs strong and adjust from the hip till you get the center of mass balanced over the foundion.
👁 Look at the place where the thumb touches the index finger.
Uttithta Trikonasana A might be an all time favorite. It really means "extended triangle" anyway, and the B part is the twisted one in ashtanga yoga nomenclature.
Here are a few tips for this particular variation:
🔼 start with the legs about one legs length wide.
🔺fully externally rotate the shoulders (literally so challenging!)
🔽to come into the posture, internally rotate the back hip a bit while you externally rotate the front.
⚠️ bend the front knee as much as you need (and keep the muscles on). This posture is all about the hip first, not the hamstring. You can begin to straighten later.
▶️when you come down to catch the toe , flex the bottom hip-- really feel the spine getting closer to the leg, particularly around the navel.
🔻keep the lower back neutral on the way out and in so that you can get strong hip work and a psoas stretch out of it. If the lower back gets all sway-y it may not feel as good.
📐Let the big toe come up, keeping it's knuckle down, so that you can catch it. Then shift the weight a bit into the toe box so that it naturally smooshes back down without scrunching the other toes.
◀️let that bottom forearm roll in some for balance. Don't change the shoulder to do it.
▶️ make a choice about your balance and needs-- try retracting and depressing your shoulder blades here (retract) to see if it helps you lengthen the spine.
🔺do you feel both side of your front foot pressing evenly? Keep your abs strong and adjust from the hip till you get the center of mass balanced over the foundion.
👁 Look at the place where the thumb touches the index finger.
in imageASHTANGA NATION
Yoga for All.
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CAUTION
Humor, Discipline
& Compassion Required
Yoga for All.
ashtanganation.com
CAUTION
Humor, Discipline
& Compassion Required
I often call yoga a wisdom tradition or insight practice. Here's a bit from Daniel Ingram's "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha”:
"The primary agenda for doing insight practices is to increase our perceptual abilities so that the truths mentioned by the great mystics become obvious to us.
Thus, rather than caring what we think, say or do, or caring about what altered state of consciousness we are in, when training in wisdom we actively work to simply increase the speed, precision, consistency and inclusiveness of our experience of all the quick little sensations that make up our experience, whatever and however they may be.
Thus, the essential formal insight meditation instructions are : find a place where the distractions are tolerable, pick a stable and sustainable posture, and for a defined period of time notice every single sensation that makes up your reality as best you can.
Just as with concentration practices, more time and more diligent practice pays off.”
"The primary agenda for doing insight practices is to increase our perceptual abilities so that the truths mentioned by the great mystics become obvious to us.
Thus, rather than caring what we think, say or do, or caring about what altered state of consciousness we are in, when training in wisdom we actively work to simply increase the speed, precision, consistency and inclusiveness of our experience of all the quick little sensations that make up our experience, whatever and however they may be.
Thus, the essential formal insight meditation instructions are : find a place where the distractions are tolerable, pick a stable and sustainable posture, and for a defined period of time notice every single sensation that makes up your reality as best you can.
Just as with concentration practices, more time and more diligent practice pays off.”
Love this one.
in imageLove this one.
fitqueenirene
The most amazing
practice space with
@michaeljoelhall
fitqueenirene
The most amazing
practice space with
@michaeljoelhall
What’s that sound in the distance? Chanting.
I searched in the birthplace of Ashtanga Yoga in order to discover its most potent form, and what I found made a mess of my sensibilities. I chanted with esteemed professors of the Sanskrit college whilst banana leaves were scanned into computers for posterity. I listened to casual talk about the infinite with men who devoted their lives to the study. And i practiced under the looming and smiling visage of a now disgraced Brahmin “master” who died before I came to the fertile soil of Mysore.
What for? For an understanding of yoga, and then later for an accreditation to teach just that. The laugh of it all is that my ranking inside of the authorizing organization has been based on physical accomplishment, not my pedagogical ones.
This makes some sense when you consider the selection process... how often you turn up for practice and how deep down the syllabus you are able to dive. Progression by attrition— can you outlast the impetus to turn away.
I could.
But now, on the other side of having received “the gurus” blessing to teach, i wonder about its value. The heirarchical nature of the guru-shishya model leads to some concerns on my end. I don’t have a problem with heirarchy... i have a problem with blind faith and abuse.
For example, was i too fat? The “guru” had certainly told me to stop eating so much if i wanted to make an asana happen. I had been eating my feelings more than the rice for months at that point. No. Thank you.
I don’t have a stomach for the “vande gurunam” any longer because it’s this kind of encouraged prostration to authority that leads to the police being quietly ushered away from world tours of retired Sanskrit scholars, young woman being taken out of shalas in stretchers, and gay boys having dormant eating disorders stoked.
As director of @dcashtanga i still encourage chanting— but the chants we chant are older than the dirt of mysore’s palace. I still encourage practice in its most raw form— contemplation, breath, movement, and stillness— and I trust that the practice will become self evident of its excellence.
I searched in the birthplace of Ashtanga Yoga in order to discover its most potent form, and what I found made a mess of my sensibilities. I chanted with esteemed professors of the Sanskrit college whilst banana leaves were scanned into computers for posterity. I listened to casual talk about the infinite with men who devoted their lives to the study. And i practiced under the looming and smiling visage of a now disgraced Brahmin “master” who died before I came to the fertile soil of Mysore.
What for? For an understanding of yoga, and then later for an accreditation to teach just that. The laugh of it all is that my ranking inside of the authorizing organization has been based on physical accomplishment, not my pedagogical ones.
This makes some sense when you consider the selection process... how often you turn up for practice and how deep down the syllabus you are able to dive. Progression by attrition— can you outlast the impetus to turn away.
I could.
But now, on the other side of having received “the gurus” blessing to teach, i wonder about its value. The heirarchical nature of the guru-shishya model leads to some concerns on my end. I don’t have a problem with heirarchy... i have a problem with blind faith and abuse.
For example, was i too fat? The “guru” had certainly told me to stop eating so much if i wanted to make an asana happen. I had been eating my feelings more than the rice for months at that point. No. Thank you.
I don’t have a stomach for the “vande gurunam” any longer because it’s this kind of encouraged prostration to authority that leads to the police being quietly ushered away from world tours of retired Sanskrit scholars, young woman being taken out of shalas in stretchers, and gay boys having dormant eating disorders stoked.
As director of @dcashtanga i still encourage chanting— but the chants we chant are older than the dirt of mysore’s palace. I still encourage practice in its most raw form— contemplation, breath, movement, and stillness— and I trust that the practice will become self evident of its excellence.
In order for contemplation practice to work, we must find a place to practice where the conditions are tolerable enough that we can sit long enough to concentrate. Our space at @eaton.dc is certainly that.
The physical location of practice can provide that, sure, but more importantly, the actual posture itself must provide that.
Ashtanga Yoga, taught in the Mysore style, functions very well at creating both an abode for attention and as a physically therapeutic modality for self healing. If we pick variants of foundational postures that target our specific limitations, then we have a chance to heal them.
In this way, more “advanced” postures function diagnostically— and then, later, also therapeutically. The practice of Ashtanga Yoga systematically addresses the body.
Here, #parsvakonasanab is being performed in a manner that develops internal shoulder rotation, extension, and retraction and also hip flexion in spinal rotation. This has been done to help create more mobility for postures like #pasasana and #marichyasanac
This process allows us to slowly adapt. The discomfort of growth must be manageable. It also very clearly highlights that the posture itself is a framework for development, not an end goal.
HEYAM DUHKHAM ANAGATAM (2.16)
Pain that has not yet come is avoidable.
The physical location of practice can provide that, sure, but more importantly, the actual posture itself must provide that.
Ashtanga Yoga, taught in the Mysore style, functions very well at creating both an abode for attention and as a physically therapeutic modality for self healing. If we pick variants of foundational postures that target our specific limitations, then we have a chance to heal them.
In this way, more “advanced” postures function diagnostically— and then, later, also therapeutically. The practice of Ashtanga Yoga systematically addresses the body.
Here, #parsvakonasanab is being performed in a manner that develops internal shoulder rotation, extension, and retraction and also hip flexion in spinal rotation. This has been done to help create more mobility for postures like #pasasana and #marichyasanac
This process allows us to slowly adapt. The discomfort of growth must be manageable. It also very clearly highlights that the posture itself is a framework for development, not an end goal.
HEYAM DUHKHAM ANAGATAM (2.16)
Pain that has not yet come is avoidable.
4th series research
at the gym.
at the gym.
in image4th
series research
at the gym.
OVIH
series research
at the gym.
OVIH
There comes a time and place where the voices inside your head shows the crack in the curtain. The place where you can see the wizard. The place where you see that the emperor had no clothes. The stuff of ancient allegory and parable.
If we're listening and looking outside and inwardly enough, patiently enough, we can catch it. How much is enough? Enough is enough.
When you are able to to divinate between the harsh inner critic and the guidance of our individual, yet universal, deep innate wisdom-speaker, then the journey inside becomes revelatory. Don't worry-- you are already enough.
For me, Running was it for a long time. Revelations upon Revelations. Yoga maybe took longer, but was sweeter to the tounge. Vipassana style mediation was the most intense, but worked the best. Turns out I really needed to not talk for about two weeks to start listening. For me, that was enough.
That last one, vipassana, actually had broad stroke applications that I was able to use everywhere.
It changed my yoga practice. It enhanced it. My enoughness grew.
I practice and teach Ashtanga yoga in manner that allows for revelation to occur in an individual way for the practitioner, while utilizing tried and true methodology that has broad stroke application to practice.
If you wanna learn to find your enoughness... If you want to learn a practice that is holistic, healing, and enjoyable....
Come learn with me: @dcashtanga at @eaton.dc
M: 5-7pm
T-F: 7-10am
T-Th: 5-7pm
Vinyasa at #eatondc
T: 12p
W: 1:30p
Th: 1:30p
If we're listening and looking outside and inwardly enough, patiently enough, we can catch it. How much is enough? Enough is enough.
When you are able to to divinate between the harsh inner critic and the guidance of our individual, yet universal, deep innate wisdom-speaker, then the journey inside becomes revelatory. Don't worry-- you are already enough.
For me, Running was it for a long time. Revelations upon Revelations. Yoga maybe took longer, but was sweeter to the tounge. Vipassana style mediation was the most intense, but worked the best. Turns out I really needed to not talk for about two weeks to start listening. For me, that was enough.
That last one, vipassana, actually had broad stroke applications that I was able to use everywhere.
It changed my yoga practice. It enhanced it. My enoughness grew.
I practice and teach Ashtanga yoga in manner that allows for revelation to occur in an individual way for the practitioner, while utilizing tried and true methodology that has broad stroke application to practice.
If you wanna learn to find your enoughness... If you want to learn a practice that is holistic, healing, and enjoyable....
Come learn with me: @dcashtanga at @eaton.dc
M: 5-7pm
T-F: 7-10am
T-Th: 5-7pm
Vinyasa at #eatondc
T: 12p
W: 1:30p
Th: 1:30p
still an accurate reflection
of my priorities.
of my priorities.
in imageYour memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
If
Michael Joel Hall
7 May 2014 at 09:56
I was going to make a post about a real #ashtangachallenge
being 4 full weeks of uninterrupted practice. Then I found
pics of hot dudes. The end.
still an accurate reflection
of my priorities.
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
If
Michael Joel Hall
7 May 2014 at 09:56
I was going to make a post about a real #ashtangachallenge
being 4 full weeks of uninterrupted practice. Then I found
pics of hot dudes. The end.
still an accurate reflection
of my priorities.
Fun Facebook poll: whatâs missing from most yoga schedules that you really want. What do you look for in one?
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SWEAT-DC
sweatdc
omgbeckyp
Thanks @sweatdc for
helpin me start my
Wednesdays RIGHT.
(02) 643 1870
SWEAT DC
Yasss yogis who lift
Ive probs neyer made
my teacher
@michaeljoelhall so
proud #yogiswholift
SWEAT-DC
sweatdc
omgbeckyp
Thanks @sweatdc for
helpin me start my
Wednesdays RIGHT.
(02) 643 1870
SWEAT DC
Yasss yogis who lift
Ive probs neyer made
my teacher
@michaeljoelhall so
proud #yogiswholift
Whats one thing for sure we know about patterns?
They repeat.
In yoga practice, we’re attempting to wake up to our patternings— to become cognizant of their presence and to ask ourself, honestly: “is this useful?”
In order to change a pattern, we don’t engage in “unlearning.” Why would we want to give up our wisdoms? Instead, we plant seeds. Seeds that will grow into patterns that are useful. And then, after some time, we cycle back and ask again. Is this useful?
See the pattern?
One day, the seeds we plant will not require us to plant more. And that’s when we begin to stop the process of karma— and maybe, just maybe, find liberation.
But it only comes through a willingness to ask and answer honestly. And it only comes with enough patience to let certain things play out. To, as the kids say, “let go of that which does not serve us.”
Like @spaceykacey says, it’s a slow burn.
They repeat.
In yoga practice, we’re attempting to wake up to our patternings— to become cognizant of their presence and to ask ourself, honestly: “is this useful?”
In order to change a pattern, we don’t engage in “unlearning.” Why would we want to give up our wisdoms? Instead, we plant seeds. Seeds that will grow into patterns that are useful. And then, after some time, we cycle back and ask again. Is this useful?
See the pattern?
One day, the seeds we plant will not require us to plant more. And that’s when we begin to stop the process of karma— and maybe, just maybe, find liberation.
But it only comes through a willingness to ask and answer honestly. And it only comes with enough patience to let certain things play out. To, as the kids say, “let go of that which does not serve us.”
Like @spaceykacey says, it’s a slow burn.
i never planned
on being the 225lb ashtangi... but here we are.
on being the 225lb ashtangi... but here we are.
in image18
i never planned
on being the 2251b
ashtangi...
but here we are.
i never planned
on being the 2251b
ashtangi...
but here we are.
a boy loves his shala
Two years ago I had an inkling of Joisâs abuses of power. I also had plausibility in my internal denial. I think Nigel has so eloquently stated so much of how i feel. I was reminded this morning by my statement of gratitude for Joisâs work from those two years agoâ I am no less grateful for his vast accomplishment but also no longer interested in a purposeful naivety. Have nuance hereâ and leave space for others to do so also. And in the interim, please stop diefying, explicitly or implicitly, a flawed, complicated human. If you have real interest in helping others heal their traumas, take down your icons and your alters to an abuser.
Join me on Friday evening for a collection of practices for utilizing yoga to develop a clearer vision of who you are and where you are going. We'll vision board, meditate, talk philosophy-- and best of all, be in community.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yoga-for-self-inquiry-your-sacred-mission-and-vision-tickets-62048563925
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Teaching led primary this Sundayâ 10:30 at Eaton DC. Yâall miss the count? Letâs get into it.
@glaurius i can not wait
in imageglaurius
Eaton Workshop
@glaurius
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i can not wait
glaurius ok fine rest this weekend but next saturday you
are mine @eaton.dc 10:30am .
^
#yoga #yogisofinstagram #yogini #yogainspiration
Eaton Workshop
@glaurius
23 likes
i can not wait
glaurius ok fine rest this weekend but next saturday you
are mine @eaton.dc 10:30am .
^
#yoga #yogisofinstagram #yogini #yogainspiration
in imageSunday
10:30am
Ceaton.dc
#ASHTANGA
#FLOW
all are
welcome
10:30am
Ceaton.dc
#ASHTANGA
#FLOW
all are
welcome
Guys! Don't forget -- old fashioned Ashtanga Flow--- aka led primary!! Eaton at 10:30,Sunday
primary. Sapta-Ashtau (7-8) Marichiasana B
Wednesday:
@eaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore: 5:30-7 Tuesday:
@eaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 12-1
Mysore 5:30-7 Wednesday:
@eaton.dc .
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore 5:30-7
@eaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore: 5:30-7 Tuesday:
@eaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 12-1
Mysore 5:30-7 Wednesday:
@eaton.dc .
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore 5:30-7
in imageTuesday:
Ceaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 12-1
Mysore 5:30-7
Wednesday:
Ceaton.dc .
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore 5:30-7
You either get bitter or
you get better. It's that simple.
You either take what has been dealt
to you and allow it to make you a
better person, or you allow it to tear
you down. The choice does not
belong to fate, it belongs to you.
Ceaton.dc
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 12-1
Mysore 5:30-7
Wednesday:
Ceaton.dc .
Mysore: 7-10
Flow: 1:30-2:30
Mysore 5:30-7
You either get bitter or
you get better. It's that simple.
You either take what has been dealt
to you and allow it to make you a
better person, or you allow it to tear
you down. The choice does not
belong to fate, it belongs to you.
On June 11 & 12th, from 6-7PM, Iâm doing an intro to Mysore.
Folks are welcome to come to one or bothâ $35 for both.
Both are encouraged, but one is great. Includes a discounted Mysore membership, too. Interested? LMK.
Folks are welcome to come to one or bothâ $35 for both.
Both are encouraged, but one is great. Includes a discounted Mysore membership, too. Interested? LMK.
@lashoneearlwilson Fab class at @hotyogacapitolhill
— yes humidity. Juice.
— yes humidity. Juice.
in imageFab class at @hotyogacapitolhill — yes humidity. Juice. XO, @lashoneearlwilson
caught ashtanga flow with @madeline.miskie at @eaton.dc practice with
@yasmikey
@verymarybeth
feeling like from
@daniidc
@yasmikey
@verymarybeth
feeling like from
@daniidc
in imagecaught ashtanga flow with
@madeline.miskie
at
Ceaton.dc
practice with
Cyasmikey
@verymarybeth
feeling like from
edaniidc
BKS
SORC
iynaus
L
"If you practice yoga in the right way and with the right attitude,
far greater
benefits and
more radical
changes will
take place
than mere
flexibility."
BKS lyengar
HUNGAR VOCL
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONI
а
193 likes
iynaus Your body is flexible, but is your mind flexible? &
Your soul?
@madeline.miskie
at
Ceaton.dc
practice with
Cyasmikey
@verymarybeth
feeling like from
edaniidc
BKS
SORC
iynaus
L
"If you practice yoga in the right way and with the right attitude,
far greater
benefits and
more radical
changes will
take place
than mere
flexibility."
BKS lyengar
HUNGAR VOCL
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONI
а
193 likes
iynaus Your body is flexible, but is your mind flexible? &
Your soul?
Intro to Mysore, Tuesday & Wednesday, June 11 & 12.
Includes 2 weeks of Mysore at @dcashtanga — Come learn the basics in a comfortable environment with a small group.
Check link in bio.
Proudly in residence at @eaton.dc
Includes 2 weeks of Mysore at @dcashtanga — Come learn the basics in a comfortable environment with a small group.
Check link in bio.
Proudly in residence at @eaton.dc
sometimes I practice with shoes and no shirt and I’m pretty sure I’m breaking rules (janu b is the only bummer)
in imagesometimes I practice with
shoes and no shirt and I'm
pretty sure I'm breaking
rules
(janu b is the only bummer)
shoes and no shirt and I'm
pretty sure I'm breaking
rules
(janu b is the only bummer)
Coming?
in imageEalun
eaton.dc
Coming?
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eaton.dc The Mysore style of Ashtanga yoga is taught
one-on-one in a group setting. There is truly no better way
to learn how to practice.
For beginners and experts alike, @michaeljoelhall of
@dcashtanga will be teaching a special one-hour class
taught consecutively over two days next week.
Tap 'get tickets' to reserve your spot via Eventbrite.
eaton.dc
Coming?
Liked by marisapazik and 26 others
eaton.dc The Mysore style of Ashtanga yoga is taught
one-on-one in a group setting. There is truly no better way
to learn how to practice.
For beginners and experts alike, @michaeljoelhall of
@dcashtanga will be teaching a special one-hour class
taught consecutively over two days next week.
Tap 'get tickets' to reserve your spot via Eventbrite.
*i am v v honored to be trusted with the care of these yogis.
in image*i am v v honored to be
trusted with the care of
these yogis.
coryyoga
• EATON WORKSHOP
@MICHAELJOELHALL
@MIKEYBS345
Makes my heart happy to see
these 2 awésome men
working together in thể
Mysore room
trusted with the care of
these yogis.
coryyoga
• EATON WORKSHOP
@MICHAELJOELHALL
@MIKEYBS345
Makes my heart happy to see
these 2 awésome men
working together in thể
Mysore room
link in (her) bio Go listen!!
@yogawhitney
@yogawhitney
in imageyogawhitney
Yoga Heights
Go listen!!
@yogawhitney
link in (her) bio
yogawhitney Hey guys- I did a little interview about the
new Mysore program I'm teaching @yogaheightsdc in
Takoma Park. If you want to get to know more about me
and my approach, check it out. The link to the interview is
in the bio. Have a wonderful weekend!
#dcyoga #asana #ashtanga #balance #flexibility
#practiceyoga #yogaforeverybody #yogapractice
#yogainspiration #yogastudent #yogateacher #yogi
#dcfitness #ashtangayoga #vinyasa #mysorestyle #yoga
#yogagram #yogalife#yogateacher #yogalove#yogapose
#yogadaily#yogaeveryday
.....
...hanadheiancalatamnanloi d.
•A--HinAA-
Yoga Heights
Go listen!!
@yogawhitney
link in (her) bio
yogawhitney Hey guys- I did a little interview about the
new Mysore program I'm teaching @yogaheightsdc in
Takoma Park. If you want to get to know more about me
and my approach, check it out. The link to the interview is
in the bio. Have a wonderful weekend!
#dcyoga #asana #ashtanga #balance #flexibility
#practiceyoga #yogaforeverybody #yogapractice
#yogainspiration #yogastudent #yogateacher #yogi
#dcfitness #ashtangayoga #vinyasa #mysorestyle #yoga
#yogagram #yogalife#yogateacher #yogalove#yogapose
#yogadaily#yogaeveryday
.....
...hanadheiancalatamnanloi d.
•A--HinAA-
TUESDAY!
in imagePOST MYSORE SOUND BATH
FREE
TUESDAY!
9-10AM AT @EATON.DC
LMK IF YOU WANNA COME!
FREE
TUESDAY!
9-10AM AT @EATON.DC
LMK IF YOU WANNA COME!
BATH TUESDAY 9AM COME FOR MYSORE
STAY FOR THE SOUND BATH @EATON.DC SOUND @DCASHTANGA
STAY FOR THE SOUND BATH @EATON.DC SOUND @DCASHTANGA
in imageSOUND
BATH
@EATON.DC
COME FOR MYSORE
STAY FOR THE SOUND BATH
TUESDAY 9AM
@DCASHTANGA
BATH
@EATON.DC
COME FOR MYSORE
STAY FOR THE SOUND BATH
TUESDAY 9AM
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on news stands one day
in imageyopa
CREATE
HAPPINESS
EVERY DAY
Live
Boldly
HOW TO FACE
LIFE'S CHALLENGES
FEARLESSLY
Practice
Yoga Forever
DON'T LET AGE, ILLNESS,
OR INJURY STOP YOU
Couples' Yoga
FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN
Pain-free Backbends
Overwhelmed?
9 STEPS TO GETTING
YOUR LIFE BACK
Plus
SAFER SUNSCREENS
KLALTHIER SUMMER GRILLING
EUROPE'S NEW YOGA CAPITAL
on news stands one day
CREATE
HAPPINESS
EVERY DAY
Live
Boldly
HOW TO FACE
LIFE'S CHALLENGES
FEARLESSLY
Practice
Yoga Forever
DON'T LET AGE, ILLNESS,
OR INJURY STOP YOU
Couples' Yoga
FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN
Pain-free Backbends
Overwhelmed?
9 STEPS TO GETTING
YOUR LIFE BACK
Plus
SAFER SUNSCREENS
KLALTHIER SUMMER GRILLING
EUROPE'S NEW YOGA CAPITAL
on news stands one day
solstice practice
Solstice Practice
sun salutations x40
drop backs x68
sun salutations x40
drop backs x68
Happy international yoga day.
The well of gratitude I have for organizations like @ashtanganation @ashtanganashville @ashtangaphiladelphia @hotspotdupont and folks like @davidgarriguesyoga @suenodevida_ecu and so many more run deep.
Blessed for the community at @dcashtanga at @eaton.dc —
The well of gratitude I have for organizations like @ashtanganation @ashtanganashville @ashtangaphiladelphia @hotspotdupont and folks like @davidgarriguesyoga @suenodevida_ecu and so many more run deep.
Blessed for the community at @dcashtanga at @eaton.dc —
h/t @chrisnhamp
@bendelacreme (Chris is a great Ashtanga yoga teacher and Bendela is a dope queen. follow both!)
@bendelacreme (Chris is a great Ashtanga yoga teacher and Bendela is a dope queen. follow both!)
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Explain to me
again why we
invite these
corporations to
march in our Pride
parades?
1. AT&T donated $2,755,000 to 193 anti-gay
politicians.
2. UPS donated $2,366,122 to 159 anti-gay
politicians.
3. Comcast donated $2,116,500 to 154 anti-
gay politicians.
4. Home Depot donated $1,825,500 to 111
anti-gay politicians.
5. General Electric donated $1,380,500 to
97 anti-gay politicians.
6. FedEx donated $1,261,500 to 75 anti-gay
politicians.
7. UBS donated $1,094,750 to 72 anti-gay
politicians.
h/t @chrisnhamp
Cbendelacreme
(Chris is a great Ashtanga
yoga teacher and Bendela is
a dope queen. follow both!)
Explain to me
again why we
invite these
corporations to
march in our Pride
parades?
1. AT&T donated $2,755,000 to 193 anti-gay
politicians.
2. UPS donated $2,366,122 to 159 anti-gay
politicians.
3. Comcast donated $2,116,500 to 154 anti-
gay politicians.
4. Home Depot donated $1,825,500 to 111
anti-gay politicians.
5. General Electric donated $1,380,500 to
97 anti-gay politicians.
6. FedEx donated $1,261,500 to 75 anti-gay
politicians.
7. UBS donated $1,094,750 to 72 anti-gay
politicians.
h/t @chrisnhamp
Cbendelacreme
(Chris is a great Ashtanga
yoga teacher and Bendela is
a dope queen. follow both!)
morning woods. heart openers.
One of my first Ashtanga Yoga teachers, Keith Moore was recently diagnosed with throat and neck cancer. Keith, and folks like him, support and sustain communities â letâs do the same for him. Heâs a great guy with an independent studio and is a touchstone for a lot of folk.
https://www.gofundme.com/Keith-Moore-we-got-this?pc=fb_dn_cpgntopnavlarge_r&rcid=r01-156193452837-141790b3701e40f9&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgntopnavlarge_r
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the timing of this... wow.
looking forward to spending some of October with my dear mentor at @suenodevida_ecu 7 years??
looking forward to spending some of October with my dear mentor at @suenodevida_ecu 7 years??
in imagethe timing of this... wow.
looking forward to spending
some of October with my dear
mentor at @suenodevida ecu
Kristen Krash
My colleague,, sometimes student, sometimes
teacher, and always dearest friend, Michael Joel Hall
is so imbued with the process of Ashtanga yoga and
his times in India with his mentors at Mysore and Goa,
1 am in full support, total respect, and a little awe of
his his dedication to his practice. As I slowly inch
toward the first rung on the Iyengar yoga teaching
ladder, I find that Michael and I continue to have so
much to share with each other from our different but
often converging paths. Yesterday, a simple car-share
meet up devolved in to a convo and mini session on
the benfits ofnpowerful seated twistings to correct
imbalances in the pelvis and ribs. Honestly, what
someone is in to, as long as he or she is in to it
sincerely, whole-heartedly, and walking the talk of the
chosen discipline, whatever it is, DO IT. And while I
tease Michael a bit about putting all his verbs in
present participle and dropping pronouns like his
teacher Shararth (there is no Michael, there is only
Zool:), as an adhimatra (intense) practitioner myself, !
get it. You can check out his Mysore program at Kali
yoga in Columbia Heights and be on the look out for
some joined forces workshops we are cooking up
between us. Respect, camaraderie, friendship, and
most importantly, the work--let's do it.
Cover photos • 3 Jul 2012 •
] years??
looking forward to spending
some of October with my dear
mentor at @suenodevida ecu
Kristen Krash
My colleague,, sometimes student, sometimes
teacher, and always dearest friend, Michael Joel Hall
is so imbued with the process of Ashtanga yoga and
his times in India with his mentors at Mysore and Goa,
1 am in full support, total respect, and a little awe of
his his dedication to his practice. As I slowly inch
toward the first rung on the Iyengar yoga teaching
ladder, I find that Michael and I continue to have so
much to share with each other from our different but
often converging paths. Yesterday, a simple car-share
meet up devolved in to a convo and mini session on
the benfits ofnpowerful seated twistings to correct
imbalances in the pelvis and ribs. Honestly, what
someone is in to, as long as he or she is in to it
sincerely, whole-heartedly, and walking the talk of the
chosen discipline, whatever it is, DO IT. And while I
tease Michael a bit about putting all his verbs in
present participle and dropping pronouns like his
teacher Shararth (there is no Michael, there is only
Zool:), as an adhimatra (intense) practitioner myself, !
get it. You can check out his Mysore program at Kali
yoga in Columbia Heights and be on the look out for
some joined forces workshops we are cooking up
between us. Respect, camaraderie, friendship, and
most importantly, the work--let's do it.
Cover photos • 3 Jul 2012 •
] years??
kriya & pranayama
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mudra
New pranayama classes at Eaton. Wednesday at 1:15.
Fridays at 7am.
Fridays at 7am.
Hey yoga fam-- any last Vegas recommendations for one of my fave friends and students?
today: meditation @ 12
flow @ 12:15
@eaton.dc tomorrow: meditation @ 12
Ashtanga @ 12:15
pranayama breath work @ 1:15
flow @ 12:15
@eaton.dc tomorrow: meditation @ 12
Ashtanga @ 12:15
pranayama breath work @ 1:15
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flow @ 12:15
@eaton.dc
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WELLNESS
MANDAY
FLOW YOGA
6 45AM & 12 15 &
b
P
M
MYSORE YOGA
7 AM
tomorrow: meditation @ 12
Ashtanga @ 12:15
pranayama breath work @ 1:15
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FLOW
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1AM
BREATH WORK FOR
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SOUND BATH 7PM
RELAXING RESTORATIVE
YOGA
715|
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pranayama!
Ceaton.dc
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gym yoga
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Are you the parent, guardian or caregiver of
a transgender, gender nonconforming or
gender expansive youth? On July 27th and...
FAMILIES IN
TRANSITIBN
Lionel Messi•
KOCHTICSSI
I start early and I stay late, day
after day, year after year. It took
me 17 years
14 days to
become
success.
Add to
Story
Kevin
Waldorf-Cruz
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Britt
Daniels
Your memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
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Michael Joel Hall
24 July 2014 at 10:31
My mama, the big yogi: "The road ahead will always be a
new adventure. Breath, smile, enjoy."
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36 mins • 2
Are you the parent, guardian or caregiver of
a transgender, gender nonconforming or
gender expansive youth? On July 27th and...
FAMILIES IN
TRANSITIBN
Lionel Messi•
KOCHTICSSI
I start early and I stay late, day
after day, year after year. It took
me 17 years
14 days to
become
success.
Add to
Story
Kevin
Waldorf-Cruz
001
ST
Britt
Daniels
Your memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
=6
Michael Joel Hall
24 July 2014 at 10:31
My mama, the big yogi: "The road ahead will always be a
new adventure. Breath, smile, enjoy."
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it be shown in anyone else's News Feed unless you
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Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
Kiki the big yogi
in imageKiki the big yogi
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
•••
After picking up a pre-order at Wal-Mart (the service, BTW,
is amazing!), I waited for the bus on a dingy block sporting a
brass-and-glass furniture mart, wig shop, and ubiquitous
liquor store. Nice weather, so lots of guys hanging out on the
corner smoking, talking. Moms hustling kids along the
crosswalk at a light that's too short—"Vamos! Vamos!" An
elderly neighbor spotted me from across the street, waving
his arms and shouting "Hi!" Another neighbor, who is
mentally disabled, picked up and smoked a cigarette butt off
the sidewalk, saw me, said "Heeeyyy" then excitedly told me
all about his trip to Cleveland. And there I was, with my light
complexion and Anthro dress, fitting right in with the fabric
of America.
It's just as easy to strike up a conversation with a person who
looks/dresses/acts nothing like you as it is to hide behind a
screen and rant racist asshole venom. Choose the former.
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
•••
After picking up a pre-order at Wal-Mart (the service, BTW,
is amazing!), I waited for the bus on a dingy block sporting a
brass-and-glass furniture mart, wig shop, and ubiquitous
liquor store. Nice weather, so lots of guys hanging out on the
corner smoking, talking. Moms hustling kids along the
crosswalk at a light that's too short—"Vamos! Vamos!" An
elderly neighbor spotted me from across the street, waving
his arms and shouting "Hi!" Another neighbor, who is
mentally disabled, picked up and smoked a cigarette butt off
the sidewalk, saw me, said "Heeeyyy" then excitedly told me
all about his trip to Cleveland. And there I was, with my light
complexion and Anthro dress, fitting right in with the fabric
of America.
It's just as easy to strike up a conversation with a person who
looks/dresses/acts nothing like you as it is to hide behind a
screen and rant racist asshole venom. Choose the former.
this is also
good yoga @somebritindc
good yoga @somebritindc
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@somebritinda
this is also
good yoga
Whatever scruffy disrespectful
twat is sticking their used gum
down the side of the doors if I
find out who you are I will
make you clean the toilet with
your mouth scruffy twat!
The notices at
the village gym
are amazing
@somebritinda
this is also
good yoga
Whatever scruffy disrespectful
twat is sticking their used gum
down the side of the doors if I
find out who you are I will
make you clean the toilet with
your mouth scruffy twat!
The notices at
the village gym
are amazing
Today I was lucky enough to get @dcashtanga ‘s own @mikestefani (@flowyogacenter ‘s evening Mysore guy!) to help me with some stuff I’ve been working on. We've done some of this together, and I needed a buddy to help me out, so we coached each other a little.
You might recognize some of it from what @yogawhitney (director of takoma @yogaheightsdc ‘s ashtanga program!!) and i were going through together.
Lots of fun, great care and patience, and boy it feels good. Maybe we should do another workshop?
anyway, practice practice practice.
You might recognize some of it from what @yogawhitney (director of takoma @yogaheightsdc ‘s ashtanga program!!) and i were going through together.
Lots of fun, great care and patience, and boy it feels good. Maybe we should do another workshop?
anyway, practice practice practice.
updates from DC Ashtanga (and classes with me!)
Working inside of different federal agencies, corporations, and NGOs for the last 10+ years as a yoga teacher has been illuminating in the ways mindfulness practice can be co-opted for both the forces of good and some far more nefarious.
As a young teacher, i felt as though i was sharing something very useful with people who could affect change on a much larger scale than I ever couldâ i felt subversive to be doing it right in the heart of the corporate/capitalistic machine.
Practice worksâ and it works across a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities each with individual metrics. Spiritual health, physical well being, interpersonal relational skills, emotional balanceâ each can be touched on. When instructed well, each can be elevated. So too, Iâm sad to say, can the shadow side: further anesthetization, good old spiritual bypassing, and duration of a culture that punches down and goes to sleep.
Having seen this in local yoga studios, international finance organizations, and local community sports non-profits, its very much on my radar. But, it doesnât mean to stop. It means to care more and share better.
Teachers have a responsibility: pick your platform, and to pick it well. Keep your ethics high, and they will trickle down.
https://www.thenation.com/article/ron-parser-mcmindfulness-mindfulness-meditation-book-interview/
As a young teacher, i felt as though i was sharing something very useful with people who could affect change on a much larger scale than I ever couldâ i felt subversive to be doing it right in the heart of the corporate/capitalistic machine.
Practice worksâ and it works across a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities each with individual metrics. Spiritual health, physical well being, interpersonal relational skills, emotional balanceâ each can be touched on. When instructed well, each can be elevated. So too, Iâm sad to say, can the shadow side: further anesthetization, good old spiritual bypassing, and duration of a culture that punches down and goes to sleep.
Having seen this in local yoga studios, international finance organizations, and local community sports non-profits, its very much on my radar. But, it doesnât mean to stop. It means to care more and share better.
Teachers have a responsibility: pick your platform, and to pick it well. Keep your ethics high, and they will trickle down.
https://www.thenation.com/article/ron-parser-mcmindfulness-mindfulness-meditation-book-interview/
A member of the greater DC/NOVA yoga community, @andreharrisyoga came in to visit today at @dcashtanga . He lives in Washington (state, not DC) now, and only gets back to visit about once a year. I love seeing him!
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
Any of my New York friends wanna put me up for Tuesday night-friday morning? Iâve got a yoga thing in the village in the mornings.
I am so excited. wanna?
in imageI am so excited.
wanna?
soukofrima_
Jivamukti Yoga Center
aea
Rolf&
Marci @
Jivamukti
Wed 7/31, Thur 8/1, Fri 8/2
Mysore 5:30-7:30am
Workshops 7:30-9:30am
Contact rimagoa@gmail.com
wanna?
soukofrima_
Jivamukti Yoga Center
aea
Rolf&
Marci @
Jivamukti
Wed 7/31, Thur 8/1, Fri 8/2
Mysore 5:30-7:30am
Workshops 7:30-9:30am
Contact rimagoa@gmail.com
WOW— six years. the Facebook post
that started
it all
that started
it all
in imageAbby Melissa Dobbs
July 29, 2013 at 11:55 AM • Washington • 2
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DC yogis! So sad that the amazing Antonella is leaving DC -
and we're losing a kickass Mysore teacher! Does anyone
have any leads for another Mysore instructor?
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next year it'il be me! but hmmm- maybe Peg
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DC yogis! So sad that the amazing Antonella is leaving DC -
and we're losing a kickass Mysore teacher! Does anyone
have any leads for another Mysore instructor?
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next year it'il be me! but hmmm- maybe Peg
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“The senses are like a mirror. Turned outward, they reflect the outside; turned inward, they reflect the pure light. By themselves, the senses are innocent, but when allowed to turn outside they attract everything and transfer those messages to the mind, making it restless. Turned inward, they find peace by taking the form of the mind itself.” – Sri Swami Satchidananda
You are made of all things pure and awesome!
Paradoxically, creating boundaries around our energies can help to become less bound. To internalize the senses and go inward can be revelatory — it highlights how we’re using our energies... and what might be mucking them
up.
Some tips for keeping your energies tended to:
-practice fasting / taking breaks from sensory inputs via meditation, retreat or other. Go somewhere and get silent.
- make a mindful choice of media! Bad vibes in often = bad vibes out. Sensory impressions can be harmful! Listening to people talk shit can make you feel like shit.
- start tuning into that third eye— redirecting seeing can encourage other senses to follow. try to “see” with your other senses!
Later today, go outside and stare up at the sky! Let yourself get lost in the space between the clouds.
You are made of all things pure and awesome!
Paradoxically, creating boundaries around our energies can help to become less bound. To internalize the senses and go inward can be revelatory — it highlights how we’re using our energies... and what might be mucking them
up.
Some tips for keeping your energies tended to:
-practice fasting / taking breaks from sensory inputs via meditation, retreat or other. Go somewhere and get silent.
- make a mindful choice of media! Bad vibes in often = bad vibes out. Sensory impressions can be harmful! Listening to people talk shit can make you feel like shit.
- start tuning into that third eye— redirecting seeing can encourage other senses to follow. try to “see” with your other senses!
Later today, go outside and stare up at the sky! Let yourself get lost in the space between the clouds.
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practice with Lauri tomorrow
@eaton.dc
bring a friend,
on the house.
1030am
@eaton.dc
bring a friend,
on the house.
1030am
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Ceaton.dc
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w/ @mikeybs345 yoga foundations
and fundamentals:
Monday
7:15pm-8:15pm @eaton.dc @eaton.dc @eaton.dc w/ @abbypatersonyoga Mysore style
ashtanga yoga
for beginners:
Monday
7:15am-8:15am
w/ @mikeybs345 don’t sleep on
your chance
to get started!
and fundamentals:
Monday
7:15pm-8:15pm @eaton.dc @eaton.dc @eaton.dc w/ @abbypatersonyoga Mysore style
ashtanga yoga
for beginners:
Monday
7:15am-8:15am
w/ @mikeybs345 don’t sleep on
your chance
to get started!
in imagedon't sleep on
your chance
to get started!
Ceaton.dc
Ceaton. dc
Ceaton.dc
Mysore style
ashtanga yoga
for beginners:
Monday
7: 15am-8: 15am
0
w/
@mikeybs345
yoga foundations
and fundamentals:
Monday
7:15pm-8:15pm
w/ @abbypaterson
your chance
to get started!
Ceaton.dc
Ceaton. dc
Ceaton.dc
Mysore style
ashtanga yoga
for beginners:
Monday
7: 15am-8: 15am
0
w/
@mikeybs345
yoga foundations
and fundamentals:
Monday
7:15pm-8:15pm
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cleansed and after the first week | felt stronger
.....So Namaste
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ahi can say is thank you doo Tor vood ae Tve
been doing hot voda for four weeks now and !
absolutelv love it... it's ake shoboind i wiwvw
go back I!! Lol but seriously though I do I fool
.... So Namasto
uw uldekrcornons
hit me drishti one more time!
Polled my students for their favorite yoga teachers-- guess who popped up a few times? Xoxo
You can vote with your spending habits.
I have friends employed by pure yoga, equinox, and SoulCycle.
They’re not purposefully uncle tomming.
but friends: don’t let these companies lie to you.
I have friends employed by pure yoga, equinox, and SoulCycle.
They’re not purposefully uncle tomming.
but friends: don’t let these companies lie to you.
in imageYou can vote with your
spending habits.
I have friends employed by
pure yoga, equinox, and
SoulCycle.
They' re not purposefully
uncle tomming.
but friends: don't let these
companies lie to you.
spending habits.
I have friends employed by
pure yoga, equinox, and
SoulCycle.
They' re not purposefully
uncle tomming.
but friends: don't let these
companies lie to you.
Other places
you might want
to note
are related to
Related Companies— Ya know,
EQUINOX
SOULCYCLE
PURE yoga, etc Momofuko
Milk bar
Bluestone
&pizza
you might want
to note
are related to
Related Companies— Ya know,
EQUINOX
SOULCYCLE
PURE yoga, etc Momofuko
Milk bar
Bluestone
&pizza
in imageOther places
you might want
to note
to
are related
Related Companies-
Ya know,
EQUINOX
SOULCYCLE
PURE yoga, etc
Momofuko
Milk bar
Bluestone
&pizza
you might want
to note
to
are related
Related Companies-
Ya know,
EQUINOX
SOULCYCLE
PURE yoga, etc
Momofuko
Milk bar
Bluestone
&pizza
in imageHOT SPOT DUPONT
Yoga in the Park
w/ Becca Thomas
Sunday, August 11 • 5-6:15pm
Meridian Hill Park•Washington, DC
16th & Euclid Corner of Park
All levels welcome! Please bring your own mat, towel & water!
More Information:
https://hotspotdupont.com/yoga-in-the-park
Yoga in the Park
w/ Becca Thomas
Sunday, August 11 • 5-6:15pm
Meridian Hill Park•Washington, DC
16th & Euclid Corner of Park
All levels welcome! Please bring your own mat, towel & water!
More Information:
https://hotspotdupont.com/yoga-in-the-park
love you Claire.
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dcashtanga
Q
love you Claire.
2 likes
clairetart1 | miss @michaeljoelhall so much. A Actually it's
a combination of nostalgia & missing him. Nostalgia
because it was so natural to climb on my mat and know he
was observing my practice adjusting as he watched.
Missing him because I haven't found a new teacher-
student connection yet as I found in him or my other past
teachers in my journey. @betsypoos first handstand,
@wkcharles & @lizarch (inversions/martial art goddesses),
@spirituallyfly for guiding me to find my teaching voice and
style. These are REAL teachers not gimmick or tad | love
you all and I'm grateful that my practice has been fortunate
enough to have each of you at one point or another.
#yoqa @dcashtanga
=à
dcashtanga
Q
love you Claire.
2 likes
clairetart1 | miss @michaeljoelhall so much. A Actually it's
a combination of nostalgia & missing him. Nostalgia
because it was so natural to climb on my mat and know he
was observing my practice adjusting as he watched.
Missing him because I haven't found a new teacher-
student connection yet as I found in him or my other past
teachers in my journey. @betsypoos first handstand,
@wkcharles & @lizarch (inversions/martial art goddesses),
@spirituallyfly for guiding me to find my teaching voice and
style. These are REAL teachers not gimmick or tad | love
you all and I'm grateful that my practice has been fortunate
enough to have each of you at one point or another.
#yoqa @dcashtanga
Ellie is a favorite somebody.
I value and relate to this essay.
http://www.ashtangampls.com/blog/authorization
I value and relate to this essay.
http://www.ashtangampls.com/blog/authorization
grey + rainy
but I’m going
to @eaton.dc
to practice with
@yogiman_83 wanna come?
there’s time.
and valet = $3
but I’m going
to @eaton.dc
to practice with
@yogiman_83 wanna come?
there’s time.
and valet = $3
in imagegrey + rainy
but I'm going
to Ceaton.dc
to practice with
@yogiman 83
wanna come?
there's time.
and valet = $3
but I'm going
to Ceaton.dc
to practice with
@yogiman 83
wanna come?
there's time.
and valet = $3
hot vinyasa
w/ @whitcherie
thursdays at 6
@hotspotdupont -
w/ @whitcherie
thursdays at 6
@hotspotdupont -
in imagehot vinyasa
w/ @whitcherie
thursdays at 6
@hotspotdupont
-
HOT SPOT
DUPONT
обВ деЕної киб
40 - 60 - 90 MIN
HOT YOGA
CLASSES
TaS
Г
e your Body & Change your Lfe
w/ @whitcherie
thursdays at 6
@hotspotdupont
-
HOT SPOT
DUPONT
обВ деЕної киб
40 - 60 - 90 MIN
HOT YOGA
CLASSES
TaS
Г
e your Body & Change your Lfe
in imageINFLUENCER MOMS.
HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO
SABOTRGE YOUR CAREER AS A YOGA BRAND AMBASSADOR.
МОММУ, ІМ
HUNGRY
a!
NOT NOW, TIMOTHY,
MOMMY IS TRYING
TO GET ANOTHER FREE
PAIR OF LEGGINGS.
€
@BASTARD YOGI
HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO
SABOTRGE YOUR CAREER AS A YOGA BRAND AMBASSADOR.
МОММУ, ІМ
HUNGRY
a!
NOT NOW, TIMOTHY,
MOMMY IS TRYING
TO GET ANOTHER FREE
PAIR OF LEGGINGS.
€
@BASTARD YOGI
postpractice
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OMG FIRST GUEST!! CHATTING WITH @STUIESTYLE AND @BLUEWOLFYOGA ON MATTERS OF INCLUSIVITY
AND SPACE CREATION LINK IN BIO! IM THE
FIRST
AND SPACE CREATION LINK IN BIO! IM THE
FIRST
in imageCHATTING WITH @STUIESTYLE AND
@BLUEWOLFYOGA ON MATTERS OF
INCLUSIVITY
AND SPACE CREATION
IM THE
OMG
FIRST
FIRST GUEST!!
LINK IN BIO!
Ye TELe TK
HOSTED BY
STUART BISHOP & MICAH NORGARD
0:07
-1:34:05
2. We're All Gonna Die
@BLUEWOLFYOGA ON MATTERS OF
INCLUSIVITY
AND SPACE CREATION
IM THE
OMG
FIRST
FIRST GUEST!!
LINK IN BIO!
Ye TELe TK
HOSTED BY
STUART BISHOP & MICAH NORGARD
0:07
-1:34:05
2. We're All Gonna Die
I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with my dear friend Stuart and Micah on their engaging new podcastâ Yoga Teacher Talks. We discuss inclusivity, holding space, and what goes into *teaching* yoga. Ohâ and we talk chanting!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-were-all-gonna-die/id1476339595?i=1000448031718
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-were-all-gonna-die/id1476339595?i=1000448031718
@KARMAASTROLOGY
in imagekarmaastrology
Santa Fe, New Mexico
aKARMAASTROLOCY
Q
T Liked by gratefulweirdo and 3 others
karmaastrology The Moon is currently in the asterism
known Ashlesha, or "The Entwiner." It will be here until it
enters Leo around 10:45 am NY time. Ashlesha gives off a
serpentine energy which brings us closer to our deep
reptilian nature. Therefore, tonight is a time to act
methodically and be wary of the desire to inflict venom into
our adversaries. This is a great time to practice yoga or
other energy sciences.
-Love to all
#astrology #astrologer #vedicastrology
Santa Fe, New Mexico
aKARMAASTROLOCY
Q
T Liked by gratefulweirdo and 3 others
karmaastrology The Moon is currently in the asterism
known Ashlesha, or "The Entwiner." It will be here until it
enters Leo around 10:45 am NY time. Ashlesha gives off a
serpentine energy which brings us closer to our deep
reptilian nature. Therefore, tonight is a time to act
methodically and be wary of the desire to inflict venom into
our adversaries. This is a great time to practice yoga or
other energy sciences.
-Love to all
#astrology #astrologer #vedicastrology
Check out yoga teacher talks podcast for an interview with me!
The links in the bio!
The links in the bio!
#tfw you look behind you to make sure your feet are still there before you do #kapotasana
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#tfw you look behind you
to
make sure your feet are
still there before you do
#kapotasana
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#tfw you look behind you
to
make sure your feet are
still there before you do
#kapotasana
Fun fact: a *lot* of yoga teachers are on Medicaid due to the nature of their employment opportunities. Seriously: Some of your favorite teachers at your FAVORITE yoga studios.
So as not to publicly shame the studios with teachers on Medicare, Iâve redacted the studio names. But:
For a 1 hour class: a teacher with ~5 years experience receives between $35-$55 a classâ this entails an hour long commute, two hours of class prep minimum, and the class itself. $8.75-$13.75 an hour.
For a teacher with 20 years experience? $55-$85 â thatâs $13.75-21.25 an hour, with a maximum class cap per day of 4 (very, very high due to a maximum earning potential based on ability to commute and score gigs).
Are these livable wages? Discuss.
So as not to publicly shame the studios with teachers on Medicare, Iâve redacted the studio names. But:
For a 1 hour class: a teacher with ~5 years experience receives between $35-$55 a classâ this entails an hour long commute, two hours of class prep minimum, and the class itself. $8.75-$13.75 an hour.
For a teacher with 20 years experience? $55-$85 â thatâs $13.75-21.25 an hour, with a maximum class cap per day of 4 (very, very high due to a maximum earning potential based on ability to commute and score gigs).
Are these livable wages? Discuss.
@adele_acuyin @pranastudioyoga HEY Annapolites!
in image5:30
•Il LTE O
adele_acuyin 8h
@adele_acuyin
YIN YOGA
TONIGHT 6PM
HEY Annapolites!
@PRANASTUDIOYOCA
@pranastudioyoga
•Il LTE O
adele_acuyin 8h
@adele_acuyin
YIN YOGA
TONIGHT 6PM
HEY Annapolites!
@PRANASTUDIOYOCA
@pranastudioyoga
As some of you know, I'm headed to the cloud forest of Ecuador, outside of Quito. If you were ask me why, I'd tell you to "plant some trees. "
The trees and the planet are trending right now, aren't they? Maybe because the whole world is burning and things are about to get really fucked. Thats likely. But, thats not why I'm headed down there.
Yes, I'll tell you I'm going to Ecuador to plant some trees... but the truth is, I'm going down to do whatever the hell it is Kristen is doing.
For a good long time now, I've been in the business of earnestly learning from her. It's been a good choice on my end to value her knowledge... I truly don't know what I'd be if I hadn't made that choice long ago.
You can get in on this, too.
Here's the deal: you don't have to go plant trees-- for $18 a month, you'll help Kristen plant a lot of trees. And you'll get some yoga videos. Good karma stuff all around. She called the Pateron level "Karma Yogi" for a reason, and it makes me smile.
On top of the good vibes and some chocolate, you'll also get some yoga and recipe videos. Like this one. I teach ashtavakrasana very similarly to KK-- it would make sense, of course. She taught me how to teach it.
Go sign up. Get some yoga videos. Save the planet.
Tell people you're saving the planet. You're helping. And you will be.
Or don't tell anyone and just do it for yoga videos... your money will still fund the trees.
Or, be like me, and donate and tell everyone and still try and get some clout and maybe you'll never watch the videos but you'll at least in some small way be able to give back and you're gonna do it because it honors your teachers.
<3
The trees and the planet are trending right now, aren't they? Maybe because the whole world is burning and things are about to get really fucked. Thats likely. But, thats not why I'm headed down there.
Yes, I'll tell you I'm going to Ecuador to plant some trees... but the truth is, I'm going down to do whatever the hell it is Kristen is doing.
For a good long time now, I've been in the business of earnestly learning from her. It's been a good choice on my end to value her knowledge... I truly don't know what I'd be if I hadn't made that choice long ago.
You can get in on this, too.
Here's the deal: you don't have to go plant trees-- for $18 a month, you'll help Kristen plant a lot of trees. And you'll get some yoga videos. Good karma stuff all around. She called the Pateron level "Karma Yogi" for a reason, and it makes me smile.
On top of the good vibes and some chocolate, you'll also get some yoga and recipe videos. Like this one. I teach ashtavakrasana very similarly to KK-- it would make sense, of course. She taught me how to teach it.
Go sign up. Get some yoga videos. Save the planet.
Tell people you're saving the planet. You're helping. And you will be.
Or don't tell anyone and just do it for yoga videos... your money will still fund the trees.
Or, be like me, and donate and tell everyone and still try and get some clout and maybe you'll never watch the videos but you'll at least in some small way be able to give back and you're gonna do it because it honors your teachers.
<3
Led 1/2 primary today at 5:30. Eaton DC. Class pass & drop ins welcome. Free for members of Eaton & DC Ashtanga.
https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/a-sequence-for-political-resilience
About ten years ago, i set a goal for myself to be on the cover of yoga journal. Today, i made it to the homepage.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner who shares a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others
About ten years ago, i set a goal for myself to be on the cover of yoga journal. Today, i made it to the homepage.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner who shares a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others
https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/a-sequence-for-political-resilience
About ten years ago, i set a goal for myself to be on the cover of yoga journal. Today, i made it to the homepage.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner. What I've shared is what I know to be a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others
About ten years ago, i set a goal for myself to be on the cover of yoga journal. Today, i made it to the homepage.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner. What I've shared is what I know to be a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others
About ten years ago, i set a goal for myself to be on the cover of yoga journal. Today, i made it to the homepage.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner. What I've shared is what I know to be a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others.
Link in Bio.
10 years in, I think that's about right. Time and dreams change. Markers of success evolve.
Back then, I imagined that my perfect form and smiling face would make a valuable representation -- and mark an internal validation.
As practice is wont to, I eventually had a realization: I could do better. I wanted to share something more substantive than just form. The marker for validation had shifted dramticay.
I wanted to share some part of what practice had shared with me-- something that has helped me grow and thrive and that I have seen do the same for others time and time again.
Well, here we are. I talk about resilience. I share a modified primary series. I tried to use explicit language so as to maximize value and minimize confusion. .
I'm honored and thrilled. Simply in existing, it represents those who might feel marginalized.
I'm out, I'm queer, and I'm big. I'm a yoga practitioner. What I've shared is what I know to be a powerful and potent practice steeped in tradition and that has a veracious efficacy.
I hope you find it useful, for yourself or for others.
Link in Bio.
My childhood obesity went hand in hand with my depressed mind state. Efforts at participating in youth sports were met with âweigh insâ for game day. I regularly wasnât able to play, though I learned to love practice.
I also learned to be hyper critical of my size and to feel ashamed and to starve and binge and purge. When I finally got ahold of my mind stateâ coming out, changing schools, leaving school, nearly dying and learning to really want to liveâ the weight started coming off.. and staying off.
My blue print is not small. My healthy body and mind oâ your healthy body and mindâ are not numerical. I hope that this young ladyâs testimony â our testimonyâ helps folks look again at the source and the solution of our own mutated self image and efforts at aesthetic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/nike-running-mary-cain.html
I also learned to be hyper critical of my size and to feel ashamed and to starve and binge and purge. When I finally got ahold of my mind stateâ coming out, changing schools, leaving school, nearly dying and learning to really want to liveâ the weight started coming off.. and staying off.
My blue print is not small. My healthy body and mind oâ your healthy body and mindâ are not numerical. I hope that this young ladyâs testimony â our testimonyâ helps folks look again at the source and the solution of our own mutated self image and efforts at aesthetic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/nike-running-mary-cain.html
I am fascinated by ritual.
They have so many different forms and varied affectationsâ different elaborations, steps, and varied repetitions â I love them.
I am often *taken* by them, and occasionally my attention is so captivated it makes me want to try it. This medicated ghee speaks to me, and shows me the value of Annetteâs practice in so many different arenas of life. Makes me want to participate.
Thanks, Annette!
They have so many different forms and varied affectationsâ different elaborations, steps, and varied repetitions â I love them.
I am often *taken* by them, and occasionally my attention is so captivated it makes me want to try it. This medicated ghee speaks to me, and shows me the value of Annetteâs practice in so many different arenas of life. Makes me want to participate.
Thanks, Annette!
Iâve had a lot of requests for recommendations of guided meditations lately. Any times a good time to spend a bit of your day looking inwardâ but particularly around the shift of the seasons and all that comes with it. Hereâs a nice way to spend 8 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzsD4vrTsk&t=353s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzsD4vrTsk&t=353s
Schedule Practice:
7-10
Mysore
@dcashtanga
6-7
Hot Vinyasa
@hotspotdupont
7-10
Mysore
@dcashtanga
6-7
Hot Vinyasa
@hotspotdupont
in imageGATISE.
i,
II SHREE BETAL KAPLESHWAR PRASSAN II
LORD GANESHA
"Schedule Practice:
7-10
Mysore
@dcashtanga
6-7
Hot Vinyasa
Chotspotdupont
i,
II SHREE BETAL KAPLESHWAR PRASSAN II
LORD GANESHA
"Schedule Practice:
7-10
Mysore
@dcashtanga
6-7
Hot Vinyasa
Chotspotdupont
Good morning! Free yoga at Eaton! Come for led primary at 9!
We recorded the led primary from thanksgiving. Itâs an audioâ Anyone want it?
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