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Planning Kali workshops for Fall– preview ;)
Planning Kali workshops for Fall– preview 😉
Seeing a lot of stuff locally for “yoga teacher trainings.” I can’t make the …
Seeing a lot of stuff locally for “yoga teacher trainings.” I can’t make the hours add up to 200 for most. How ya gonna talk about truthfulness and then get grimey with the hours?
Ashtanga: What Matters? On Sports, Dispassion, and Practice
[su_quote]”This practice, its different. It doesn’t ask you to *give up* anything. A house holder practice, and all that.” I laughed, and responded “except dinner.” — a dialouge with a good friend, on ashtanga yoga. also: bullshit 🙂 [/su_quote] Every Sunday afternoon in Mysore, Sharath holds a conference. It’s a little bit of Q&A time, a little bit of lecture, and a whole lot of Ashtanga Family Time. The Boss’s kids often interrupt. It’s generally very crowded. And, its always really nice. Sharath has done enough of these now that he sometimes finds a deeper question hiding inside the banal. Conference would be much shorter, some might say for the better, if the bit of Q & A were to be removed. But. every so often…
What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga? What’s Mysore Style? And More!
Over the last few years, I’ve received all sorts of questions about the type of yoga I practice and teach. Since before my last trip to India, I’ve been teaching Sunday-Friday at Kali Yoga Studio in Columbia Heights in a traditional format called “Mysore Style” Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. We call this program “DC Ashtanga.” In my experience of both practicing and teaching, I have come across no system of yoga more effective, exacting, or straight-up powerful as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga as it’s taught in Mysore. Right now, we have a $45-two week get-started special that will help new practitioners get their feet off the ground and flying high. Like sugar’s taste, its hard to explain, easy to experience. (and pretty darn sweet) Without further ado:…
When is it Appropriate to Take Rest?
adapted from the DC Ashtanga Newsletter for April Ashtanga yoga is practiced six days a week. So, when is it okay to take a day off from yoga… and when should we reconsider canceling? Inertia is a funny thing. Objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Objects in motion, when in a straight path with nothing slowing them down, tend to stay in motion. With this little bit o’ physics, we can say that getting up and doing your practice can become its own perpetual motion machine, right? Yoga + Science = Win! (?) Not so fast. When is it appropriate to take off a day from practice? Saturday. Maybe do an oil bath. We have a six day a week practice, right? Saturday is a great…
Michael Roike is the bestest. Yesterday, he manned the front desk so I could …
Michael Roike is the bestest. Yesterday, he manned the front desk so I could teach at the White House. Today, I left my keys at home and had to hide my bike in some bushes. While i taught, he brought my keys, found my bike, and locked up. The BEST! I love you, shmoopy!
Off to led primary, and missing my students at home. Love love love.
Off to led primary, and missing my students at home. Love love love.
“I got those arms into a bind on Sunday–not that my bind was the epitome of …
“I got those arms into a bind on Sunday–not that my bind was the epitome of the workshop, but still…” –highlight of my day– from one of my “Makin’ Shapes” workshop participants at Little River Yoga.
Other than the awesome daily mysore with the inimitable Keith Moore, Ashtanga…
Other than the awesome daily mysore with the inimitable Keith Moore, Ashtanga Yoga Studio DC (AYSDC) has a fabulous fall workshop line-up. Aliya, Rex, Tova? Oh, yeah.