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  • Live Like Lotus

    Live like a Lotus flower in a pond... Unaltered by water Inspirational Source ...

  • I Went to Whole Foods and Came Back With Some Pratyahara

    As an athlete, yes dancers are athletes, and as a yogi I find myself in a perpetual state of motion. As the infamous Charlie Sheen said, “I have one speed. I have one gear. Go.” I find this to be especially true in the physical sense. I had a perfor...

  • From Tendu to Tadasana

    It’s no wonder that George Balanchine, the father of ballet in America as we know it, was such a stickler for tendus. Balanchine believed that if a dancer could execute a perfect tendu, then no step or combination of steps is unattainable. A battement...

  • How to Keep Breathing When Life Chokes You

    Almost everyone I talk to is facing what seems to be unprecedented levels of stress, whether it pertains to a career, a wavering relationship or even beliefs and ideals that once appeared unvarnished. It’s frightful when what we know begins to crumble...

  • A Wise Yogi Once Said...

    "EVERY STRUGGLE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH." --Mia Togo...

  • Hazardous Materials Prohibited Beyond This Point...

    When you finish a sweaty workout whether it’s yoga, a hike or a dance class you feel great because you’ve created tapas. In yoga, tapas refers to the purging or the burning of our bodily impurities. Tapas is the third niyama of Patanjali’s eight-l...

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  • Ahimsa Me Baby! Just Don't Shoot Me.

    Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras date back to 200AD and are perhaps the oldest and wisest personal psychology to date. The word sutra literally translates into “threads.” The Yoga Sutras are the threads that guide our lives into one cohesive cloth as offer...

  • Circle of Yoga

    Intimidation, laziness, lack of time and a lack of understanding of yoga’s benefits often keep non-yogis from entering the studio. But a closer examination of these qualities will reveal that they don’t only affect you with respect to yoga but they ...

  • Prana-whata?!

    Prana-whata? Yea, that was my first thought when I heard the word pranayama for the very first time. Prana is the Sandskrit word for “vital life” and is understood as the life force energy that resides within each and every one of us. Pranic energ...