Monthly Archives: May 2012

Exciting New Plan To Sell Yoga! No, Seriously….

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

So my next class is tomorrow morning at 10 at Z&Y. I like to have a plan going into class, or actually a few plans on different levels. My primary plan for this class is pretty simple. I want to … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Not Always So’ by Shunryu Suzuki

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

I’m nearly done with my first read through of Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki. This was a Zen master who worked on the west coast and founded the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, which I heard a lot about when … Continue reading →

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Working On My BLOCK HEAD

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

This morning’s Basic class… altogether quite fine. I expected numbers to be smaller because of the rain, but 7 folks at Zen &Yoga on a Thursday morning like this ain’t too bad. I want to talk about what I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Yoga Teacher Ego, The Good, The Bad

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

My cousin and friend David Rubenstein recently asked me how I practice yoga: “I’ve always wondered what classes yoga teachers go to. Do you practice mostly at home? How much of your practice is about you, and how much is … Continue reading →

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Excuses, excuses plus other updates

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

I’ve been writing a lot lately but not much for MrYogaTeacherMan, so I just want to post this so the site won’t feel so abandoned. ‘Fact I wrote a fairly long piece for the site yesterday regarding “spirituality” but it’s … Continue reading →

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Yoga Teacher Guy Goes Prenatal: elephant journal post

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

New article! In elephantjournal! About being a guy and teaching prenatal. Please do visit this link.

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Vital silence, vital emptiness

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

My friend Al Cabal commented “Silence is vital” in reaction to the piece below. Which got me thinking, what is silence, exactly? A ridiculous question, admittedly. I think the most silent place I’ve been was our house in Ballyknock. It … Continue reading →

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Music, no music; Monday class

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Recently I began to examine my perspective regarding playing music in my yoga classes. It’s a bit complex, of course. First, I was thinking about what I intend in my classes, what I want to do for the students. And … Continue reading →

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