A Living, Breathing Practice
A group of friends and I have started to gather at my house monthly to take a deeper dive into Yoga than the kind we get when we go to the yoga studio or even when we do a teacher training.…
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Ashtanga Mind, Beginner's Mind
Some of the clearest and most open people I come across within the practice of Ashtanga tend to be new students. They're filled with the excitement and possibility that the practice…
The "GET OUT OF JAIL, FREE" Card
In my previous blog post, I described the fact that last Wednesday, I'd completed a project I'd co-run for the last six years, an Ashtanga Yoga program called Mission Ashtanga. I did so in…
Five Elements Series Part 1: Intro
In this blog, I am offering up the five elements as a lens to explore our yoga practices. I practice and teach Ashtanga Yoga, and while I realize that the five elements is not necessarily…
The Age of the Guru is Over…Now What?- Part 3
This is the third part in a three-part series. In the first post , we explored the traditional relationship of the guru and disciple. In the second post , I made the argument that this…