I had such a rich, diverse crew of teachers at Ojai Yoga Crib. From the esoteric to the completely practical. I must admit that I studied the Crib schedule OBSESSIVELY to craft my dream itinerary, and it worked out even better than I could have…
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Uma Krishnamurthy Goswami. Her session married total bhakti with serious scholarship. No kidding. She was a total task-master, asking questions (I answered! And correctly!), telling us to take notes, to sing louder, to smile! And she was also completely motivated by love. You could see her…
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Kira Ryder. She is love. So here’s the thing: the heart-opening-open-open-more-more-expand-up-up-up wave feels unsustainable to me. The universe knows this with its expansion-gravity symbiosis. The breath-body knows this with its exchanges of inhalation-exhalation (puraka-rechaka). The moon is not full all of the time. And I…
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Saul David Raye. I heard an interview with Saul David Raye on Yoga Peeps (seriously, if you haven’t listened to this podcast, you should start!) years ago and was struck by his purity of intention and sincerity for the practice. Like this man is for…
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Those are my scribbled impressions from class with Saul David Raye. Stay tuned for the full post!
Erich Schiffmann. He is love. He is a mirror. And so are you. I have been looking for a way to study with Erich for a long time. One of my teachers in Colorado introduced me to his book (Moving into Stillness, which I have…
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