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,…
It’s 2019 and things are same same, but different. I’ve arrived in India to spend the next month as a student of yoga under the guidance of my teacher, Rolf. I’ve made this trek many times, but one thing I know for sure: no two years are the same. I’m different. Life…
What moves you? It’s either something from the inside or something from the outside. Real empowerment comes from using that which you already have to move in the direction you’d like to go. It’s you versus gravity. Muscles versus inertia. Egalitarianism versus classism. Equality versus marginalization. If your handstand isn’t giving you the power to…
Book learning can only get you out of so many jams. But carrying water up a hill? That has value. And you know, Rhodes Scholars can dead lift more and more through periodization, just like anyone else. I may never be able to multiply fractions on the fly, but I can teach you to carry…
Sometimes I like to look to see just to see if I can look. So glad to know that I still have a toe.
The power in “power yoga” comes from developing the ability to be skillful in one’s action. This is what we’re practicing. . Do you see these blocks? They are just blocks. They are neither inherently good, nor bad. They can foster strength just as easily as they foster self limiting beliefs. They are simply “building…
I wish I could give out Ashtanga Yoga merit badges— today’s would be “I was kind to myself. ” Practicing yoga with a contented mindset matters a great deal— really, what we’re doing on our mats is exploring our inside world to find a place where we can be self-satisfied. Cause you know, there isn’t…
Why the shapes, and how does that lead to self realization? We construct shapes and patterns with our bodies to hone in on the ever-shifting nature of the mind. Because somewhere inside of each of us is something unmoving and infinite. And only by watching that which shifts can we begin to hone in on…
Virañci — he who creates. Kinda looks like rain cloud to me 🤷🏻♂️ This posture comes in the middle of the middle of the third series. After having completed some major arm balancing and deep twists, this guy has you work with this set-up three different ways— seated up right in prayer, in a bound…
New Classes!! 3 new days to catch me, at my first regular public drop-in classes in over a year. Join me at the hippest new hotel in the city with the MOST fabulous and chill yoga room— the Eaton Workshop: Tuesday: 12-1 Wednesday: 1:30-2:30 5:30-6:30p Thursday: 1:30-2:30 Classes are $11!