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  • Planes of Movement

    As yogis we have a heightened sense of spatial awareness. But even if you don’t practice yoga, you are still able to move your body through space. The human musculoskeletal system is so sophisticated that it allows you to move like a real live three-d...
  • Why Move? An Exploration of Motives Behind Human Movement

    Exploring the motives behind movement is as relevant, if not more relevant, than simply understanding movement by itself. From a first person perspective, movement is a result of these three categories: pure physical necessity; the desire to entertain; ...
  • The Best Time, The Only Time Is Present Time

    COME INTO THE PRESENT...
  • If It's Broke Jerk It, Tweak It, Pull It THEN Rest It.

    What happens when you suffer an injury? No, seriously, this is not a rhetorical question. I am curious what all of you out there experience when your body is not well from something as minute as a paper cut or a bruise to something more serious like a b...
  • h-ALO!!!!

    Life’s ironies happen at places like sample sales. Last Saturday I was at a sample sale for ALO, a trendy yoga apparel/active wear line. As I concluded my two and a half hour frenzied shopping stint I walked toward the check-out table and paused as I ...
  • Dancing for Self or for Show?

    IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, I'M DANCING!" Spoken like a true dancer. These are the words of Ryan Ramirez, a contestant on Fox's hit show So You Think You Can Dance in Season 8 after she was cleared by medics to dance at the Las Vegas callback. Ramirez suffered ...
  • Raaaaaaagaaaaaaa!!!!

    What happens when a child falls in love with a shiny new toy at the toy store and begs mom or dad to buy it but mom or dad refuses? A temper-tantrum. What happens when an adult applies for his or her dream job and doesn’t get it? A temper-tantrum?  I...
  • Welcome to Your Kleshas. Meet Them, Understand Them, Embrace Them.

    A simple breakdown of the kleshas for your enjoyment: Klesha is a Sandskrit word. A kleshas cause is suffering according to Yogic Philosophy. Kleshas are the constructs for the way we think. Some refer to kleshas as afflictions of the mind. As you read...
  • Catch the TM Wave and Barrel Your Way to Bliss

    Many of you seem to be really intrigued by the topic of my last post Meditate on Mulholland...as was I. Transcendental meditation or TM evokes a mysterious and esoteric reaction from many people. I've found that the idea of meditating is bothersome to ...
  • Catch the TM Wave and Barrel Your Way to Bliss

    Many of you seem to be really intrigued by the topic of my last post Meditate on Mulholland...as was I. Transcendental meditation or TM evokes a mysterious and esoteric reaction from many people. I've found that the idea of meditating is bothersome to ...
  • Meditate on Mullholland

    I was half asleep in my cozy bed last night when a story about transcendental meditation a.k.a. TM  came on the NBC 4 eleven o'clock news. My ears perked up... I was intrigued. HERE IS A FUN YOGI FACT: David Lynch, the idiosyncratic Hollywood director...
  • Stretch & Tone Your Core with ONE Excercise!

    Watch this video to learn how to simultaneously stretch and tone your entire core. The underlying poses for this exercise include adho muhka svanasana (downward facing dog) and plank pose. You will need one folded up yoga blanket to assist yo...
  • Shame on LA Opera!

    Apparently to be taken seriously as a professional dancer in LA you need to be able to ice skate and/or rollerblade on top of your refined dancing abilities. I came across an audition notice for the LA Opera’s upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s Eu...
  • COSTANZA YOGA CHALLANGE WINNER!!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF THE COSTANZA YOGA CHALLANGE! WELL DONE! "Whenever I am upset at work and think that i have a hard job, or don't get paid enough, I think about the fact that at least I have a job! I have health insurance, a way to pay...
  • Take The George Costanza Yoga Challange!!!!

        For all you Costanzas out there... How many times can you reshape negative thoughts into positive ones in a 24 hour period? Share your story with @SYTYCY on Twitter. Top two stories will be featured in this Friday's post! COULD BE YOU!!!...
  • If George Costanza Can Yoga, So Can You!

                              {youtube}cKUvKE3bQlY{/youtube} *(Click "Watch on YouTube" if you click on this video and it doesn't start right away) Whether he was aware of it or not, good ole’ George Costanza from NBC's hit sit-...