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2016
Friday's score card: Led primary. Led pranayama. Lunch date discussing financial planning. Ice cream (mango kulfi-- branching out). Pune style iyengar class. Up next: Dinner + Kingfisher.
I love the days when the age range in the Shala is from 5-60. I love it when there are not enough fingers on one hand for the different races/ethnicities. I love it when there is a smattering of witches, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Athiests, and dudes who pray to Elephants.
Today was one of those days.
DC ASHTANGA, you're what's up.
Today was one of those days.
DC ASHTANGA, you're what's up.
Saturday, April 17:
Foundational Postures workshop.
12-2; Kali Yoga Studio!
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Foundational Postures workshop.
12-2; Kali Yoga Studio!
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https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
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Thinking about starting yoga? Looking to take your practice deeper? Hit me up. Small group beginners sessions are starting soon!!
The website's updated -- starting with THIS SUNDAY's foundational postures workshop!
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops/
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops/
I've got three continuing education opportunities in the next TWO weeks! Foundational Postures this Sunday, then followed up by "Seeing Bodies" next week. Click the link to find the third 😉
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops
http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops
Standing postures workshop is this weekend.
Next week's "Seeing Bodies" is almost full.
keep up to date at michaeljoelhall.com
Next week's "Seeing Bodies" is almost full.
keep up to date at michaeljoelhall.com
Tomorrow!
Mysore, 8-10,
q&a/ conference 10:15/30-11:30,
Foundational Postures workshop 12-2!
Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Mysore, 8-10,
q&a/ conference 10:15/30-11:30,
Foundational Postures workshop 12-2!
Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
Two hours and forty five minutes of foundational postures, and there was still more to cover. Amazing!
Three one-on-one sessions this week in my beautiful home practice space. What a wonderful way to share the practice.
What did I do this weekend? Small group workshops with lots and lots and lots of individual attention. Great conversation. Fantastic questions. Lots of seeing, doing, and learning, and sharing. More soon!
Are you a dude?
Want any of the following: more energy? fitter body? healthier relationships? calmer mind? more patience?
Give yoga a try! For the absolute beginner and the most/least bendy/strong.
Small group session, capped at 6.
7-8am, May 16-20. Includes 1 month free Mysore.
$100
For more info: michael@michaeljoelhall.com
Want any of the following: more energy? fitter body? healthier relationships? calmer mind? more patience?
Give yoga a try! For the absolute beginner and the most/least bendy/strong.
Small group session, capped at 6.
7-8am, May 16-20. Includes 1 month free Mysore.
$100
For more info: michael@michaeljoelhall.com
NOVA friends! Curious about Mysore?
There is 1 spot left for my second round of Foundational Postures tomorrow at 9:30am. Do you want it?Sign up: https://goo.gl/9WhvVt
There is just no way to cover foundational postures in 2 hours.
DC Ashtanga-- must love kids & dogs. Really, only two very small rules.
*slap*
*slap slap*
"Left leg is lazy, huh," she says to me, in a declarative statement masquerading as a question.
"Yes. I can do it. Wake up," I said with the entire conviction of my being.
Somehow the words came out even as my throat was pinned to the mat.
"Infinitely graceful, infinitely expansive," she said to me an hour and a half before.
Indeed.
*slap slap*
"Left leg is lazy, huh," she says to me, in a declarative statement masquerading as a question.
"Yes. I can do it. Wake up," I said with the entire conviction of my being.
Somehow the words came out even as my throat was pinned to the mat.
"Infinitely graceful, infinitely expansive," she said to me an hour and a half before.
Indeed.
Think yoga is too girly? Don't let gender disparity become a barrier to entry! Come learn & muck about with a bunch of dudes.
Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!
I learned a lot in Goa. One of the surprises? A tempering of my attitude towards teacher trainings. More critical thinking, less knee-jerk.
I met two really wonderful people, both in Goa for a 6 week training.
It demanded of them that they be in community with other practitioners. That they willingly laid down some of their creature comforts. The impact Adam & Julia had on my thinking makes me very happy. I was wrong. Not all teacher trainings are bad. Heck, I am so grateful for my time at the sivananda ashram.
If I'm to believe getting a whole page in Julia's book means I had some impact on her too, then I'm pretty tickled. I certainly made clear my preference for the teacher – apprentice model 😉
I met two really wonderful people, both in Goa for a 6 week training.
It demanded of them that they be in community with other practitioners. That they willingly laid down some of their creature comforts. The impact Adam & Julia had on my thinking makes me very happy. I was wrong. Not all teacher trainings are bad. Heck, I am so grateful for my time at the sivananda ashram.
If I'm to believe getting a whole page in Julia's book means I had some impact on her too, then I'm pretty tickled. I certainly made clear my preference for the teacher – apprentice model 😉
Today, they all came dressed as pirates. They let me talk about dharma, the love I have for my gurus, and the great hunt for the greatest treasure of all. I am so happy and feel so much love that it is hard to type, but worthy of sharing.
My favorite kind of day: my ashtanga practice in the am, chats with dear friends, teaching, napping with the pup, bikram, lifting, and then more friends. It's about perfect.
Today, a picture of Rolf (a dear teacher of mine) popped up -- him with many of his dogs on the beach.
Yesterday, there were no pictures of me from David's (my dear teacher here) intensive, but many with Charlie. Rolf doesn't care for having his picture posted.
Today, a student came to me to borrow goggles to practice in. Not so long ago, I learned how to do just that.
Feeling parampara-y (tradition).
Yesterday, there were no pictures of me from David's (my dear teacher here) intensive, but many with Charlie. Rolf doesn't care for having his picture posted.
Today, a student came to me to borrow goggles to practice in. Not so long ago, I learned how to do just that.
Feeling parampara-y (tradition).
Somehow, Trina made it into led primary. Whoop whoop.
Are you interested in exploring the stories, shapes, and sensations of the ashtanga's second series? Please join me for one of my favorite classes to share.
Taking a few of the DCA team on a field trip to LRY has me feeling a fuzzy inside-- maybe it's that Dolly and Birtney both have albums out this month. idk idk
This Sunday, I'll be sharing practice outdoors for free--
Outdoor practice! Meridian Hill/Malcolm X park-- Come through! 5:30p!
http://www.bikramyogadc.com/schedule-fees/yoga-in-the-park/
Outdoor practice! Meridian Hill/Malcolm X park-- Come through! 5:30p!
http://www.bikramyogadc.com/schedule-fees/yoga-in-the-park/
Free outdoor yoga class! 5p! MeridianHill Park! All levels!
On this Labor Day--What is the difference between a GUILD and UNION?
Take note, yoga teachers, the power of collective bargaining!
http://www.scriptmag.com/features/legally-speaking-guild-or-union
Take note, yoga teachers, the power of collective bargaining!
http://www.scriptmag.com/features/legally-speaking-guild-or-union
I've had the good fortune to teach contortion to Pole Dancers the past couple of months at Pole Pressure in downtown DC. as most of you know, I have a great love of performance art-- especially burlesque and circus. It's been fantastic working with these athletes, performers, and artists.
One of my absolute favorite workshops!
Tomorrow at 1:30-- explore the dynamic, the stillness, the flight & the fun 🙂
Considering expanding hours to 9:30 or 10am at DC Ashtanga. Do we know any service industry or yoga folks who have wanted to practice but couldn't?
This is why yoga will never be mainstream.
Engaging in materialistic or sensual pleasure with little focus on higher purpose is not yoga-- it's called bhoga. Bhoga, left unchecked, can lead to pain in the body or/and mind-- and this is called roga.
On the flip side, Roga and Bhoga can both lead back to yoga. Once you make a commitment to not harming or deceiving by paying attention to what is, the pain and discomfort can lead you right back out of the yick and into something better: reality.
For yoga to arise, attention to reality must be fixed and firm... Even when it becomes unpleasant. Even when it is inconvenient. Only then can we see what's under the hood.
Yoga will never be mainstream, but nowadays is a great time for alchemy. For transmutation. Turn this time of grasping and grabbing and pain into abiding love and bliss, by doing the inconvenient and uncomfortable.
When the tide comes in, all boats are lifted. "Other" is only illusion. The side effects of yoga are worth the effort: abiding joy, made of honesty and love. This does not mean "free of pain" but it does mean "free of suffering."
Engaging in materialistic or sensual pleasure with little focus on higher purpose is not yoga-- it's called bhoga. Bhoga, left unchecked, can lead to pain in the body or/and mind-- and this is called roga.
On the flip side, Roga and Bhoga can both lead back to yoga. Once you make a commitment to not harming or deceiving by paying attention to what is, the pain and discomfort can lead you right back out of the yick and into something better: reality.
For yoga to arise, attention to reality must be fixed and firm... Even when it becomes unpleasant. Even when it is inconvenient. Only then can we see what's under the hood.
Yoga will never be mainstream, but nowadays is a great time for alchemy. For transmutation. Turn this time of grasping and grabbing and pain into abiding love and bliss, by doing the inconvenient and uncomfortable.
When the tide comes in, all boats are lifted. "Other" is only illusion. The side effects of yoga are worth the effort: abiding joy, made of honesty and love. This does not mean "free of pain" but it does mean "free of suffering."
Headed to bed thinking about my students across the globe studying with my teachers. Thinking thoughts of thanks to all of my teachers who encouraged me to study with their's. This yogi's heart seams tug.
One of my students gave me this little guy. He's modeling Triangle at the DC Inspection Station.
Quiet morning at the shala-- led primary with a single row. Same faces as as when one full row was a busy day. I love these folks.
Had a corporate class... Only one student. So, we practiced silently together. Then one more turned up. We carried on at our own pace. They gave me such a gift.
in imageLOCATION: BALANCE THOMAS CIRCLE
TIME: 5:30PM
WEDNESDAY
EVENING YOGA
TIME: 5:30PM
WEDNESDAY
EVENING YOGA
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