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on silence and noise
My friend Bree works in the Mayor’s Office for Environmental Remediation. Last Wednesday, she attended a conference on Noise Pollution and was very excitedly describing it to a group of our friends....
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on nourishment
It’s been a week. It’s been a really rough week. Something terrible happened; the kind of terrible awful that makes you question absolutely everything. The kind of terrible that makes you ask “why?...
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on injury, burnout, and Sandy
I can no longer do Pigeon Pose on the right side. Other poses I have had to discard are Firelog Pose, Galavasana, and Lotus Pose. About a year ago, I discovered I had a labral tear in my right...
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on fear and bicycles (post-superstorm)
Pardon my language, but let’s start with first things first: New York is, in a word, unfuckwithable. A few weeks ago, Hurricane Sandy (Superstorm, whatever, I don’t really care) rattled my windows and...
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on saying grace
It’s been awhile. Sorry, pals. Catching up from the Hurricane turned into catching up from going on tour turned into catching up from Thanksgiving turned into catching up from the worst flu ever. It...
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Fresh Starts/Return to Saucha
I’ve been thinking about fresh starts lately. By lately, I mean the last 48 hours, during which I have been just barely surviving the stomach flu. There is truly nothing like being purged of everything...
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on Valentine’s Day
At the risk of being trite, Pals… let’s do the Valentine’s Day thing, shall we? I’m for sure teaching heart openers in class this week, because I am totally that yoga instructor. I’m all for the...
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on impermanence, and failure
The only thing constant is change. Sometimes your life is going along swimmingly when suddenly, as if someone has swung a baseball bat across your chest, you are knocked flat on your back with the wind...
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on mirrors and mothers
I strongly dislike mirrors. This is probably because I grew up in ballet, staring at my imperfect reflection and spotting my own face in pirrouettes for hours every day. When I’m practicing yoga, I...
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what are you waiting for?
A few weeks ago, at a health fair in Crown Heights, I nearly lost my voice talking to community members about yoga. It’s great for you! It helps alleviate stress! Yoga helps strengthen and stretch your...
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on tapas (not tiny Spanish dishes)
When there’s nothing left to burn you have to set yourself on fire. even these sunnies couldn’t stand the heat Hi New York. That heatwave was brutal. I hope this finds you all in the midst of a...
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Two Years!
Last Thursday night, my Love took me out in Williamsburg, to a bar I’ve now seen in all seasons. We clinked our glasses and toasted to my New Yorkaversary. Two years, pals. It’s been two years. Year...
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Karma Repair Kit
Have you ever had a moment in time you wished you could live inside forever? I’ve just had a week of those. At the end of August, I got to live in a suspended reality somewhere in Southwestern Montana...
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more music!
Sharing a few recent playlists, since I’ve recently figured out Spotify… FallYoga2013 yogaNEW (mostly summer 2013) CandlelightClass Enjoy, my loves!
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on hOMe
Home is so very many things, isn’t it? To me, home is Phoenix, where I’ll return next Saturday to hike Piestewa, search for luminarias, and cuddle my sweet nephews. breakfast on my parent’s patio Home...
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