meeting resistance on and off the mat
The last post and some books I’ve been reading have me asking why you do yoga. I know why I do it, and why I teach it. But sometimes I wonder if I’m teaching to your needs. The other night, in a last class of the semester, I asked students what they wanted from yoga. [...]
new new new
This has been quite a week, quite a few weeks, really, for many people I know. Myself included. Weather hasn’t been good for rooftop yoga, so I hope you’re getting your yoga in somehow. Among other things, I ran out of cards and so redesigned these this week. Ordered them from Moo.com. This is not [...]
more yoga in the news::slim calm sexy spirit
Jon Kabat-Zinn is going to be featured On Being this weekend. I imagine you can listen here after it airs, or just check out where it airs in your area. In NYC it’s on WNYC-AM 820, Saturday at 3:00pm and WNYC-FM 93.9, Sunday at 7:00am & 10:00pm. The site has a number of excellent resources listed, [...]
teaching in january
I’m back! Australia was brilliant. We covered about 5881 miles (9465 km) of amazing land. Cannot wait to go back. I’m teaching pre-session Vinyasa 2-3pm at CU starting Thurs, Jan 21st, which will then run through the semester. I’ll update the other Spring class info soon. BTW, I was hardly online at all, which was [...]
grammar for yoga teachers
When looking for a studio to complete my advanced training, I admit that somewhere in the process of choosing ISHTA, a deciding factor was that most of their teachers had a basic command of grammar. Perhaps I could be less judgmental, but it’s a matter of elegance. If you want your students to respect you [...]
