My heart is with the DC Theater and Yoga community today.

The Circle by Eggers-- black mirror in literary form. A near future that your fav 'net personalities are already embracing: horrifying.

"It is good sometimes. You touch the fire, and for sure you know it is hot."

Undermajordomo Minor by deWitt- full of lovable weirdos that lie, steal, cheat, and (above all else) love. Very funny, great words.

I mean, I didn't forget that the Iyengars hit, but I forgot that the Iyengars hit. Thumped, stood on, and opened. Tomorrow, I begin with Rolf.

Eileen by Moshfegh - everyone's awful. Working @ a boys prison sounds rough. randy sounds hot. Eileen's a pill, but I get it: life's tuff.

Hm.

I walk until I get hungry & then buy street food. While puri always tastes the same, every samosa is different!

Listening and watching aarti at the Jagdesh temple from my window in the Baba Palace. Practice on cold marble. Good morning, Udaipur.

Anyway, listen: my bag was packed three days before my flight. I want a drink and a god damned medal.

I did the splits today, caught my foot with both hands, and put it on my head. I also discovered the overlap between trust fund jet setter penny pinchers and doomsday preppers. They both love reviewing high-quality bags. Dear God, how is it Wednesday/OMG it's only Wednesday.

Is 80L overkill for a hiking backpack?

Friendship is magic.

Over 1000 hate crimes *reported* since the middle of November. If you weren't aware of that, you're probably heterosexual and white.

Goals.

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.

That "Black Mirror" episode with Waldo, tho.

I tend to take pictures of people's license plates when I see them casually being dicks. Their reactions remind me so often that folks lack valor.

Leaving for Goa in less than two weeks. Time with beloved teachers, adventures, and solitude.

"Linda is a nightmare. She cries if the tea is cold." -- Emily on GG

Settling into Gilmore girls on a Sunday night.

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.

oh my.

It strikes me that one of the great joys of my life is getting to see every sunrise & every sunset.

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.

So, my queer friends house in Philly has been egged & the church down the way has been vandalized with "white nation." Heard about these two older guys trying to decide whether or not to take off their "make America great again" hats before going into a Manhattan bar-- so easy for them, not so for the black church & the 'pink' house.

Hours of meditation.

Not all Trump supporters self identify as racist or stupid.

Lots of folks don't know why they're being unfriended like they haven't had the n-bomb dropped in their house with aplomb. Stop. You know how your husbands feel. You know how you act with adults (if not children). And, do you know how that VP feels about folks like me? Stop. Just stop.

I do not have kind words for others today.

This is the Hour
We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people
this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Where is your garden?
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be the time!
There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore,
And push off and jump into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water.
See who is there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
The time for the lone wolf is over.
Gather yourselves.
Banish the word "struggle" from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for..."
- The Elders, Hopi Nation, Oraibi

8 years ago, I could not sleep because the streets were packed with celebration. Today, the faces on the bus are as long as this horrific fever dream. Cold sweat, cold rain.

Woke up & DOW Jones futures were down 700 points. Back to bed.

Uhhhh!

I really miss the Scissor Sisters.

Is this like King Tutt's tomb, and now a curse will befall all who dared tresspass?

I love a kiki. Oh, what a wonderful lime.

Black Mirror's Season 3 Premier ecplains why I have largely disconnected and don't participate in a large number of things.

Why is every place built in the last 7 years on 14th Street (between U & P) a white person factory?

"We gotta let go of all of our ghosts-- we both know we ain't kids no more." -- Adrle bringing the horror.

I have plans, I can't come out and play.

Start of practice, I'm all like: "I think I'm ready to catch my knees." By triangle, I'm ready to die & questioning all of my life decisions.

C'mon new moon.

I want 75% of these looks in my rotation.

Carson is fun & I trust him to help keep me with my handstands.

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?

First time flying and flight to TO was delayed over an hour. Great weather, no congestion. Gonna miss the group trip to Niagra. Bummer.

At the airport: flight 69 is headed to San Fransisco, because of course.

I'm going to have "Nasty Girl" in my head all day.

🎶🎶🎶

"We have no country if we have no borders." -- that's not true

"Sam's Town" is 10 today and suddenly I'm 23 again bursting at the seams.

Where is Alyssa?

Imagine, Create, and Inspire.

Omw 2 Renn Faire

Omw 2 Renn Faire

Never forget: We are alive within mysteries.

Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.

-- Wendell Berry

Our third party Candidate, everybody!

My dog's moody sometimes.

You know I love a muppet.

All these people going to Adele's concert & im just like "I miss the Muirs."

So I read all the fact checking pieces-- no quotes from God on whether Trump's assertion that Hillary was the literal Devil or nah. Guess I'll have to go to work not knowing... Get your shit together NPR.

I'll gladly vote for the one who can grow and learn and apologize.

So, an audience of undecided voters... and it was stocked with Bill Clinton's accusers? No way. Thats a lot.

These commentators
"Fiesty presidential debate" -- hm.
"Most contentious debate in american history" -- uh, are you out of your mind? People got shot.

Yeah. The kids.

Am I actually gonna have to go to HillaryClinton.Com to fact check this 1000 years of energy from coal? Clean coal? Thats gotta be some made up shit, right? Brandon T. !

"Exercise your franchise" -- finally, Hillary. A good, organic catch phrase.

So you can't be a good person with a sex tape? Uh oh.

Yes, lets take a look at Washington, DC, Donald. Lets talk about why we're divisive.

"How stupid is our country?" Bro, you're the nominee. I think we know.

What info do you have on the rebels that she doesn't have, Donald?

"I voted to close the loophole you took advantage of" -- will this get the traction it deserves?

Give them a history lesson, Hillary. Lincoln 'em.

"I'm gonna force them back into their countries," Donald Trump. Tell me how, buddy.

Yes, lets look at Orlando, Donald. Tell me more.

Anderson is being steam rolled and its not as hot as I had hoped.

oh my god. this debate. oh my god.

Sitting in my car singing Garth Brooks for 20 minutes cause I just love singing.

Cleaning out my closet was a long overdue chore. Needed a heavy lift afterwards-- clarity, constancy, peace.

Tomorrow at 1:30-- explore the dynamic, the stillness, the flight & the fun 🙂

Four chords & the truth.

Yes yes yes!

I can not wait to read this review.

My girlfriends know the truth. Walk. Talk.

I wish I had written this. Accurate.

Listen, I'm about to brag about one of my greatest accomplishments: I made a pumpkin soup that floods the memory with scenes from Sri Durga Stand Up.

It perfectly calls to mind their bisibelebath.

Perfect timing. Thinking of you, Mysore Family!

26? Oh my.

Stop and frisk?

A thousand times yes.

I don't do it. It's not highbrow elitism, it's because I actually 100% care about the majesty of experience-- and every experience is by definition unique.

Share with me.

Thank you, internal clock. It *is* morning practice time.

regardless of politics.

Saw a paunchy white guy get escorted out of Town by the police last night. His entitled act fucking slaaayed me. Best show in town.

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.

It's okay to show, so long as you also go in. "Artist" -- "performer" -- yes, but also yogi.

I'm so excited for my DC Ashtanga tank with a unicorn.

Well, its finally happened. I could feel mercury's retrograde.

#witch

My Mom came with jokes this morning on her 69th birthday. Omg. Lol.

Thinking of 15 years of friendship with Puja, 15 years of adulting, 15 years of heartache, healing, turning up, and thriving. #NowPlaying Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World

Thinking of 15 years of friendship with Puja, 15 years of adulting, 15 years of heartache, healing, turning up, and thriving. #NowPlaying Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World

Thinking of 15 years of friendship with Puja, 15 years of adulting, 15 years of heartache, healing, turning up, and thriving. #NowPlaying Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World

TeamTurnUpTuesday

The NFL is a terrible thing. Now get off my timeline.

Happy Friday!

Oh man, this should be fun!

Please note the Broome Street Temple shirt-- Madonna reppin the Ashtanga!

Went to bed dancing. Woke up dancing. The power of the holy Spearit.

I was not prepared for Britney's new album to be this good.

Love!

Good Job, Kim Rhodes!

Now...

"As the fact check site Snopes points out, her sixth medal was covered by many major U.S. news outlets, including USA Today, the New York Times, CBS Sports, SB Nation, NBC, WGN and the Chicago Tribune. Other outlets like Time, Forbes, Huffington Post and NPR covered Rhode’s bronze medal and mentioned her pro-Second Amendment values.

Both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal wrote about the stigma attached to shooting sports but as Five Thirty Eight noted, Americans aren’t really excited about the event, and that more than anything is what is responsible for limited sponsorships.

Shooting sports are ranked among the least popular games at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It wasn’t even listed in an Adweek survey announcing the “11 Olympic Sports That Viewers Are Most Excited About Watching,” because it didn’t make it into the top 11 sports. If fans of the sport were more supportive of their event and encouraged a higher viewership, perhaps Rhode could score some sponsorships and the sport could get more attention."

Anywho, spend some time in the comments, but try not to respond. Avoid trolls, but don't create an echo-chamber for yourself.

Can't wait to see you, old friend!

Snuggling with Charlie and watching Batman V Superman.

Yay!

Free outdoor yoga class! 5p! MeridianHill Park! All levels!

Saw Deborah Cox and La Bouche, ate pizza, danced my ass off in front of a 7-11. Won a game of twister on stage sponsored by a bathhouse. Chicago Market Days complete.

yes yes yes

Does this come in bigot?

First: his name is Steele Johnson-- innuendo city! We could stop right there, but Davud Boudua takes the cake cake cake.

A collection of videos in which Dave Chapelle tells his story about walking away from 50 million in order to maintain contentment and clarity of self. Important stuff.

A thoroughly enjoyable talk.

"I love my scars and all my broken bones."

#NowPlaying Bones by AM!R

https://open.spotify.com/track/32sjFyhWiHUcIlcWnk462x

"I love my scars and all my broken bones." #NowPlaying Bones by AM!R

My encore is immaculate. Take your seat now.

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

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.

Get into it.

How I feel on my day off-- yoga? run? Lift? Kayak?

No. Trash panda.

Somehow, Trina made it into led primary. Whoop whoop.

Oh hey, 6 years ago 🙂

Yes, KK.

Fucking chill. like woah.

basically life in my house.

A timely message -- thanks for sharing, @[590448987:2048:Karuna]

As most of you know, I *love* playing tour guide!

oh my word. I don't own that shirt anymore.

Getting my life to Sophie's discography #NowPlaying I Won't Dance Without You by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Getting my life to Sophie's discography #NowPlaying I Won't Dance Without You by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

If you need me, I'll be bleaching my hair & listening to Britney Spears on repeat. is this 2001 or 2016? IDK & IDC -- IDGAF

The president is having a town hall on race and gun violence next door. I want to go-- they're literally next door.

Grab a timer. Set it to 2 minutes. Catch kapotasana. Report in here.

Now I know why pirates only have one earring.

Thanks, Mom.

I fell asleep on my yoga mat today-- I didn't make it far, and it wasn't time for rest.

Last night, I couldn't sleep... I was wrestling with black lives mattering, brown lives mattering, pink lives mattering, white lives mattering...how to find parity between that and the fact that I believe that no one exists on purpose and life itself is a consequence of action (and so, it's only meaning is that it is an effect).

Everything comes down to charachter, and the world is full of valorless men and woman who wear all kinds of uniforms and masks.

It is also full of people who do the right thing, even though no one is keeping score.

We are people. Disarm the police. Disarm the populace. Disarm your angry, bigoted minds. I don't know how. I have no answers.

All I want for all beings is peace.

Things will escalate.

Expansion before contraction.

Prayers of peace for every living creature.

Another reminder.

I can't get over my love for this video.

Prayers for literally everybody.

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).

Oh my word, I love Philly.

2007 #TBT

Let's lose our minds/ and go fuckin' crazy/ aye-yi-yi/I keep on hoping/we'll eat cake by the ocean

It's so clear today I can see from 14th & Fairmont to the Potomac. WOW!

If you can read this, you're probably in down dog 😉

<3

Not Charlie.

We've got 14 hours, 53 minutes, 2 seconds of daylight in Washington, DC.

summer summer summer

Listen: I like shooting guns. Don't come at me with that extra ya ya.

Read the numbers, and come to your own conclusion.

I trust your ability to parse data.

"The essence of divine experience is unending devastating bliss and an unshakable silent peace." - yogani

One of my first lovers, while we were in senior high, was assaulted outside a coffee shop in Aquia, VA. He also has a plate or two in his head.

I was "jumped" in my neighborhood when I was 11 or 12 for being gay. It was just one of many occasions. Before, and (of course) after.

Maybe you don't know what it's like. Someone you know does. What are you doing to stop it?

The radicalized American in Orlando was closeted? If you've ever bullied a queer individual for their sexuality, you have blood on your hands. You are responsible for this.

I thought I was constitutionaly entitled to tank tops and lousy spelling.

If you have power and don't use it, you are complicit in these horrors.

When will you do something? How many deaths inside black churches? How many rapes? How many of my brothers and sisters need to be slaughtered?

Get radical.

Years of daily mindfulness practice and I still can't remember dry underwear.

I just woke up from a "nap" -- let's call it a disco nap & see what happens!

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.

Pretty much obsessed with DNCE's EP.

1/2 of all federal inmates are there due to drugs. Something is wrong-- free them, not just from prison but also from stigma.

omg I missed drag kickball

My house is basically a sleeve hospice. They just don't last very long once they come in.

Can I actually learn to paint by practicing along with Bob Ross?

My parents were small business owners. My wonderfully successful brother, too. It would be a real shame if locally owned, independent, SMALL businesses went under because of unscrupulous opportunists.

My thoughts.

"A flower won't open if I yell at it and say “Bloom!" -- Marion Woodman

How many yoga studios make a chain? One extra location? Two? 30?

Appreciative of my mom, dad, and the episcopal church's youth group for teaching forgiveness from an early age <3

My Spotify "Discover Weekly" playlist really nailed it this go 'round.

Get into it.

How I feel about independent yoga and fitness facilities.

I'm really fiery today. Holy cow.

Please don't get too old to wear crop tops. The world is better for 'em.

The world is better with you in it!

"Sleeves? You shirts don't even have sides." -- correct. Just the way I like it.

How did I live my life without green smoothies? I get an opportunity to send love your way every time (sometimes twice a day!) I make one.

doing scary stuff is good for the soul. feel the fear and do it anyway!

Give Bossji my love when you see him 😉

Pretty much how I got that hand print.

Me to my buddies this AM

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.

When I give all the right fucks, there are 0 fucks given.

Ancient yoga paradox, like a good Koan... the dopeness of realness.

James Brown and I have a very similar to-do list.

Why oh why oh why did I drink coffee at 4?!

My coach, killing it!

@[119100603:2048:Ada Kate]? @[689010579:2048:Emma]? @[94803801:2048:Shara]?

Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers

Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers

Current Mood: Here With Me by The Killers

I really relate to Britney.

Ashtanga, reading, bikram, exploration, biking, Crossfit, singing lessons, meal prep, bike commute, tequila with friends, puppy play dates, drag queens & chill.

15 days of rain and counting.

For the record, I'm a pirate.

Wonderful archival footage regarding my teacher's teacher's teacher.

Ellie Goulding's first album slays my heart to pieces. Gimme dat shirt.