Confession: I love the first day of school. Coincident with this love of school goes an unnatural adoration of school supplies. Patanjali tells us in Sutra 1.15 that we yogis should cultivate non-attachment along our path to self-realization as a means to quiet the ego and connect with our true nature, but…(Read More)
I got this beautiful quote from Peaceful Daily in my email this morning: “The thought that you think, you think, which attracts to it; so you think it some more, which attracts to it; so you think it some more. In other words, when you have an expectation, you’ve got a dominant thought going…(Read More)
I’m doing a fruit fast this week, internet, and as it stands right now, I would shank somebody for a slice of pizza. I said it. Little Miss Yogi can’t do this anymore. I’m freaking out, man. I’M FREAKING OUT. How long have I been on this horrific fruit fast, you…(Read More)
Ugh, internet. I had to drag myself to yoga last night. Mom kept coming into the office and pointedly asking me if I was going to get ready to go and Dad threw his yoga clothes on and I was just sitting there on my ass watching Doctor Who (classic, 5th Doctor Tom Baker, season…(Read More)
Let go.
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I was on Pinterest last night- I knowww, but it’s a guilty pleasure and I love it – and I found this really awesome quote that I wanted to share with y’all. Let go or you’ll be dragged. – Zen proverb This quote was accompanied with a goofy picture of a man hanging from…(Read More)
I recently read an article on the blog The Not so quiet Feminist called New year, same body-shaming crap. It’s a bit late to bring it up since we typically reserve all the New Year’s resolution hoopla for the first week or so of January, but the author makes a few great…(Read More)
So I’ve been teaching yoga on and off now for about two and a half years, and I’ve recently come to several conclusions about teaching. The first and most important is that learning how to teach yoga is the best thing that I ever could have done for myself. Secondly, teaching yoga is…(Read More)
Surrender.
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I just came back from Baron Baptiste level two, which means I have so much I want to share with you all that I don’t know where to begin. It’s funny, though, sometimes the things that hit you the hardest are those you expect the least. The phrase I’ve been thinking about…(Read More)
Zainab taught a really great class last Tuesday. Apart from the fact that her anusara/ vinyasa flow was well coordinated and challenging, as usual, she said something that I really jibed with in the beginning of class. She spoke about how the students coming back to class and how the town was in a state…(Read More)
Summer Love!
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Ahhh, summer. Finally the temperamental Ithaca weather has shifted towards a gentler clime, allowing us to enjoy a few days here and there of bright sunshine, soul quenching heat, and those infamous warm summer nights. Summer is often reputed to be the season of bare skin, shedding those last few pounds of winter weight, and…(Read More)