Category Archives: community
Do you hear the people sing?
Wherever my intentions for this week’s classes began (I have only a scant memory), they became firmly focused on Les Miserables after an early morning IMAX viewing last weekend. I know I know. I try to be the good yoga … Continue reading
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New Year, Renewed Practice
It’s that time of year where we start making grand proclamations about how we’re going to start exercising more regularly, eating better, calling home more often. We may even get much more specific: “50 crunches in the morning!” or “Just … Continue reading
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It’s not where you start…
My first yoga class was in the NYU gym. I was 18 and on the bagel, pizza and cereal diet of a student. Holistic wellness wasn’t necessarily on my radar and I went to class mostly because I wanted a … Continue reading
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Every child can dance
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Music Heals
I lived in New York ten years ago and I witnessed a terrible tragedy, but what I remember most is the burst of community that soon faded, but contained within it much possibility. Music helps me remember that goodness. Coming … Continue reading
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The Yoga of Harry Potter
I finally made it to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II. Now I have to admit, I’m a big fan. Have read the books since they came out (and vividly remember sitting in the parking lot of … Continue reading
I believe there is justice in our hearts
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Ahimsa
With violence spreading across my home city of London, I can’t help but think about ahimsa today. In the Yoga Sutras, one of the many texts and systems of yoga, Patanjali prescribes ahimsa, or non-violence, as part of one path … Continue reading
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A note to self
Thandie Newton at TED: Embracing Otherness, Embracing Myself “How many times would my self have to die before I realized it was never alive in the first place?” ShareTweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
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