Midnight's Children, a spontaneous lotus moment

"Reality is a Question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems--but as you approach...

How do you know when you are ready (or not ready) to teach Ashtanga?

I just read Angela Jamison's latest post on the Ashtanga Yoga Ann Arbor blog, where she discusses in engaging detail that million-dolla...

The toxicity of the yoga culture of niceness

Radioactive Warning: There is quite a bit of toxic content in this post. Read at your own risk. If you have just finished your practice, ...

The deadly trifecta: yoga blogging, yoga teaching, and "real" life

Deborah from The Beauty of Everyday Things recently wrote an interesting post on her blog, in which she ponders and examines the relations...

On Unauthorized and Uncertified Hometown Ashtanga Teachers; Yoga in the Dragon's Den enters the Terrible Twos

I just read this recent post by Shanna Small, titled " Ode to the Unauthorized, Uncertified Hometown Ashtanga Teacher ". In a refr...

Saucha, Brahmacharya, and the Asshole-meter; some thoughts about (possibly) teaching again

A very interesting thing happened to me after practice this morning. After savasana, I got up from my Mysore rug, and was floating around th...

On teaching yoga and being a "role model"

I just read Bindy's latest post , in which she commented on this recent article on MindBodyGreen titled " I Love Yoga... But It Did...

Yoga brings me to my knees

Literally. During the finishing backbends this morning, I tried to follow Kino's instructions in her recent video as closely as possible...

Eddie Stern on teaching yoga, looking good and being healthy, and injury

I was just reading this recent article that the NYT wrote about Eddie Stern and his Broome street shala/temple. It made me think of my last...

The business of yoga, and my (non)place in it

Earlier today, I received an email from the owner of the yoga studio at which I have been teaching Ashtanga for a couple of months (wow, it...