Pratyahara and Apocalyptic Times: Reclaim the Power of Your Awareness
Those in power who deal in the currency of harm benefit when we we are chronically overstimulated, distracted, overwhelmed. An atmosphere of overwhelming stimulation is a strategic tool of oppression. (So, here is your invitation to be less hard on yourself. This exhausting overwhelm is systemic...
A Yogic Invitation to Do Better: Transphobia + J Brown’s Yoga Talks Podcast
A Yogic Invitation to Do Better: Transphobia + J Brown’s Yoga Talks Podcast MARCH 31, 2021“What I know is not important. It is what I don’t know that is important.” -Yogacharya B.K.S. IyengarI’ve been involved in a recent call-in campaign that is requesting accountability from J. Brown and...
Uplifting Queer and Trans Folks in our Yoga Spaces
Uplifting Queer and Trans Folks in our Yoga Spaces NOVEMBER 16, 2020I recently was asked to write a short piece for Yoga Samachar, the US Iyengar Yoga Magazine published by IYNAUS, which recently moved from print to be an online publication. The original piece was more rambling, so this...
Content and Connected, Even Amidst Change
Content and Connected, Even Amidst Change MAY 14, 2020Sometimes amidst big changes, do you ever feel like you don’t belong, even in your own life?What IS it that helps us feel actually…. connected? Content amidst the waning and waxing of all that is unfolding? In yoga, there’s a...
When Familiar Self Care Stuff Isn’t Working, and What To Do About It.
When Familiar Self Care Stuff Isn’t Working, and What To Do About It. APRIL 4, 2020“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” – Mandy HaleIn case you need a reminder, this is aaaall new. This, ya know, global...
IYNAUS Student Spotlight Interview
IYNAUS Student Spotlight Interview OCTOBER 2, 2019Dear friends, I recently had the honor and privilege of being interviewed by Anne Marie Schultz for the IYNAUS (Iyengar Yoga National Association of the US) Newsletter ‘Student Spotlight’ section. I enjoyed working on these questions during...
Riding the Wave: Adidas, Assessment, Mexico, the Iyengar Centenary Intensive, and Geetaji.
Riding the Wave: Adidas, Assessment, Mexico, the Iyengar Centenary Intensive, and Geetaji. NOVEMBER 12, 2018“Yoga should not be taken lightly, as if it were a hobby. It should be approached with faith, enthusiasm, determination, keenness, courage, will, and dedication.” -Geeta S....
Sequence from Yoga for Neck and Shoulders Workshop
Sequence from Yoga for Neck and Shoulders Workshop JULY 10, 2018I was amazed -shocked even- to see one of my students, who has come to class regularly with me for years, after Sunday’s Neck and Shoulder workshop. She has a very bright and loving spirit, and also like many elders, has a deep...
Queerness, Identity Politics, and Patanjali’s Four Fold Remedy
Queerness, Identity Politics, and Patanjali’s Four Fold Remedy JULY 5, 2018June 2018. Pride Month, which as usual delivered deeply nutritious community connection, witnessing, and remembrance of the roots of gay liberation and vitalization for the work ahead, as well as reminded me of the...
Saucha: Purifying Our Minds of Systemic Oppression
Saucha: Purifying Our Minds of Systemic Oppression APRIL 13, 2018The first niyama Patanjali gives, which could be viewed as foundational the other niyamas, is saucha which means purity or cleanliness. Where the first limb of Patanjali’s eight limb system, yama, directs the sadhaka in...