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You Can Always Go hOMe 26 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Today I found myself (very happily) back on my old stomping grounds – the Purdy Avenue fitness Mecca of Miami Beach. Before I left Miami, almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post called The Hottest H...
What Yoga Creates For Me 23 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
Yoga creates a lot of great shit for me. It’s my favorite way to workout. It’s my favorite way to stretch after a workout. It has created a life for me, a passion, a profession. But the number one thi...
The Eternal Beginner 22 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
Something happens once you’ve done something for a certain amount of time. I don’t have an official threshold in mind – could be 200 hours (ahem) or 10 years or 24 or a lifetime, but something happens...
First of all: I’m back 21 Aug 2013 | 08:35 am
Second of all: I’ve changed my attitude. Here’s the thing about yoga that I just haven’t been respecting since I moved to NYC: no matter where you go you take your practice with you. Whether you move ...
When You Meet An Inspiration 13 Jun 2013 | 03:53 am
I think there are some people in this world who are destined for great things simply because they won’t take no for an answer. They’ll keep going and going and going and going until they do the bigges...
Because Life Is Beautiful: A Story You Need To Hear 21 May 2013 | 10:06 am
Today I was walking back to work after a 10-minute break. And I was worrying – as I so often tend to do – about nothing in particular. Then I saw a lady in a crop top that said “Life Is Beautiful.” An...
Don’t Be The Don’t Teacher 14 May 2013 | 09:34 pm
That awkward moment when your yoga teacher yells at you… Don’t open your eyes. Don’t breathe through your mouth. Don’t leave during savasana. Don’t skip this pose. Don’t do that variation. And most si...
Miles Away, But With Me Every Day 13 May 2013 | 08:49 am
I haven’t lived in the same house as my mom in over half a decade. I don’t eat dinner with her; I don’t go for car rides with her; or routinely chat over lunch. We haven’t even lived on the same land ...
Just Look Up 8 May 2013 | 09:20 am
Tonight I was going for a run after a long day at (my wonderful) work. It was about 10pm and as I was winding through downtown towards the Brooklyn Bridge I looked up and saw the city of my dreams all...
A Shout Out For Gratitude 19 Apr 2013 | 07:59 pm
There are weeks when you step back and you just have to wonder what the fuck is going on? Bombs in Boston, explosions in Texas and that’s all on top of the problems that are always hanging around us –...
