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Rikers Island Yoga

This post is for the introverts. As much as the big personalities make themselves seen in a place like Rikers, I also see those that are quiet. In the summer the city gets hot but it feels even hotter...

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Rikers Island Yoga

Even flowers grow in rock crevices- via flickr   Had a small but mighty class on the fourth floor. Inspired by a class I took the previous evening, I invited everyone to explore moving in slow motion...

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Saturday Yoga – Let Go or Be Dragged

My hips flexors woke me up this morning. Oooh weeeeee were they sore. It’s a good thing. It’s hard for me to get into parts of my hips. But yesterday at Jivamukti Jersey City, Austin’s class went deep...

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Thursday Yoga – The Power of ‘I’m Sorry’

Photo adventures in grace I was bad at saying I’m sorry. Sometimes, I’m still pretty shitty at it. I read that when somewhere that when we say I’m sorry we are really trying to forgive ourselves for...

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Wednesday Yoga – Les Brown Style

  I love Les Brown. I first heard of him as a kid from my Dad. Over the years I’ve read a few of his books, but didn’t really appreciate what he was saying until recently. Brown talks a lot about how...

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Tuesday Yoga – Staying Tethered

  When i’m too distracted, it”s easy to slip away from my spirit and connection with my true self. So even when I’m confronting something uncomfortable I breathe in and exhale the thoughts that don’t...

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Sunday Yoga – Mindfulness

  Before I opened my eyes I heard the rain. More specifically, I heard traffic outside of my window driving on wet streets. Something about that sound made me pay attention. As I stretched and yawned...

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Money Yoga

    Money and Life is a documentary that talks about where money comes from (thin air) and how it’s been turned into the way we live our lives and what we can do about it.       Money & Life...

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2015 ‘The Year of Living Mindfully’

Happy New Year! I’m dubbing 2015 the year of living mindfully.  What does it mean to live a mindful life? It’s not about being serene or having an unrealistic vision of a state of constant peace....

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Rikers Island Yoga (Teaching in Prison)

We are all prisoners, undergoing a life sentence, imprisoned by our own minds. We are all seeking parole, being hostages of our own anger, fear, desire… it is a thin line that separates us from these...

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Monday Yoga- Every Passing Minute is Another Chance to Turn it All Around

    Psst. You don’t have to fear Monday. For many years I used to suffer from ‘Sunday Night Jitters.’ Sometimes it was well-deserved. I may have been blown off homework and was cramming to get it...

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Saturday Yoga- Self Care

  Happiness is an inside job. - William Arthur Ward Teaching is a strenuous activity. There’s a tangible and intangible exchange of energy. With a group of teenagers I have to corral the energy and...

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Doing Nothing and Being Still Are Not The Same Thing

photo credit wikipedia.com “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh   Over a year ago, my practice became spotty. I’d been adjusting to a new schedule and trying to force old routines into...

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Start Now- Beginner Meditation (Audio included)

  Meditation may seem intimidating if you’ve never done it before. Here are three tips to get you started: 1. Just try- don’t worry about being perfect, or getting it. The act of being still, even for...

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Adventures in Yoga Teaching – Riker’s Island (Liberation Prison Yoga)

  My routine has formed. I’m also recognizing many of the drivers and COs. I really like Tuesdays. However, this week I was cautiously optimistic about what would take place in 3 South A, the...

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Food Yoga – Meatless Monday! (Daal Tadka)

Happy Meatless Monday!! This week you may want to try lentils. My recipe this week is brought to you by the blog Zenfully Delicious. I love Indian food and Daal is an easy way to try something new....

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Adventures in Teaching Yoga- Riker’s Island (Liberation Prison Yoga

  8:20 am (On the Q100 to Riker’s) I was hesitant to write a post last week. It’s not because anything dramatic happened, just the opposite in fact. It was hot last and despite the air conditioning...

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Adventures in Teaching Yoga- Prison Yoga (Liberation Prison Yoga)

  This is a teaching on a Tibetan word: shenpa. The usual translation of the word shenpa is attachment. If you were to look it up in a Tibetan dictionary, you would find that the definition was...

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Adventures in Teaching Yoga- Riker’s Island (Liberation Prison Yoga)

“Comedy is acting out optimism.” -Robin Williams   By some magnificent shift of the planets I woke at 5:30 feeling refreshed. The first thing I heard in my head was the last line of the Langston...

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