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Nine simple things that every yoga teacher can do to make class a little bit more awesome. Rule 1: Pay Attention to me! Most yoga teachers really like yoga and also happen to be very good at it. These traits, however, do not mean that I’m taking your class to watch you be awesome. If [...]
You may have taken a yoga class and when the teacher starts using “yoga words” (aka sanskrit terms), you have no idea what they are talking about! So here is a little cheat sheet for you so when your yoga teacher says “on to a adho-mukha svanasana” you go right into downward facing dog instead [...]
I am doing my umpteenth Chaturanga Dandasana at the Dancing Shiva Studio in Los Angeles and I am sweating–a lot. The room has beautiful, dark beechwood floors, the natural light is seductive, and soothing chants play in the background. However, I don’t like any of it. The aggravation of saltwater running down my face is [...]
Today we are bringing you day 8 of your 21 Day Yoga Challenge from Yoga Journal. How are you feeling? Chances are you are feeling more relaxed, stronger, and maybe even crave your next yoga session. We hope so! Today’s practice is 45 minutes and designed to be a fun and flowing practice. Enjoy your [...]
16th Annual Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Awards Where: Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S Cranbrook Rd, Birmingham, MI 48009 Date: September 9, 2011 Time: 6:00pm—8:00pm The Cultural Arts award will be presented to Maury Okun for his being a “visionary in the arts” and his ability to bring organizations together to share tight resources. Adelman [...]
Dear friends and family, Please join me and Dan for our last attempt to hit our goal of $6300 raised for Leukemia Lymphoma Society at a fun, anyone-can-do-it yoga class on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at 1 pm at Yoga Shelter. Our generous friend and colleague Nicole Yoder is donating her teaching time so that every bit of your [...]
I am a HAVEN Volunteer. Each week survivors join me in one of HAVEN’s group rooms to unroll yoga mats, take a comfortable, easy seat and begin an hour of yoga. The path from victim to survivor is not an easy one. I know. I am a survivor of childhood violence. I have found it [...]
As a father of seven and grandfather of 14, I have experienced many changes in my life. Even the most trying challenges are wonderful. I am grateful to be surrounded with amazing people in the Bala Vinyasa Yoga community. While I still love my work, yoga has become a priority in my life. My yoga [...]
It never ceases to amaze me that although I have arrived in so many aspects of my life, I am never finished. I have come to peace with the reality that my work won’t be done and I won’t be finished until I am dead, yet I still get excited when I complete a task [...]
I haven’t done the “kid thing” in years. Yet, I love kids! When a girlfriend called to asked me if I would be interested (willing is more like it) in teaching a yoga class to a group of 10-year-old girls for her daughter Kaylee’s birthday, my reaction was: “Uhhh…oh sure, of course, I’d be happy [...]
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