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Why Mysore Style Practice Is So Darn Special

The other day at a Barre class, I overhead two women talking about Ashtanga Yoga. Neither had practiced much, but they were interested in learning more. I bopped into their conversation and couldn’t...

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Asanas In The Gardens, Part 1

Last week, Thaddeus and I did a little photo shoot at the lovely Denver Botanical Gardens with our friend Alison Hathaway of Red Shoes Photography.  I want to share with you a few pictures from this...

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Rollercoaster Of Love: Ashtanga Style

I can’t quit you Ashtanga, even when it feels like that’s the only option, and I wish I could. Schedule conflicts, fatigue, painful bursitis in the shoulders, boredom, breaking up with a teacher…...

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Yoga Is Dangerous

Whenever William Broad of the NY Times writes a sensationalist article, the yoga blogosphere gets all in a tizzy. I’ve never participated before because, well, I don’t really think it’s all that...

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Those Damn Vrittis: Maneuvering On The Mat In Times Of Mental Chaos

Occasionally I forget that the whole purpose of yoga is to control the mind  – “citta-vritti-nirodha” – until I’m faced with a mind that is out of control. This past week in practice, I caught myself a...

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