Category Archives: Class narrative

Cheers, mid-December

Heavy-heartedness from the CT shootings… the only real consolation in such sorrow is a deepening of empathy, but that would hardly count for much for those immediately affected. Still I was thinking about that concept of “my heart goes out … Continue reading

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This morning’s class

This morning’s Gentle Yoga class, fun for me on several levels. I’ve been feeling a bit under weather, like I’m fighting something off, didn’t feel great when I woke up, but then energy started to reappear. By the end of … Continue reading

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Up the updates!

So I haven’t been updating much, excuse number one that I’m working on the magazine with this sort of allocated time. Speaking of which, I believe I can say that we’re within a few weeks of launching, and it’s really … Continue reading

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Looking at bodies

Today’s morning class was a lot of fun, for me, and I hope for the students. Last night I was transcribing the interview I did a few days ago with Tzahi Moskovitz and I was thinking a lot about a … Continue reading

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Two classes last week (Part 2: Sherman)

Then last Saturday I took a Sherman Morris “Power Yoga” class. A few years ago I wrote a piece for Yoga & Health about men and yoga, and I interviewed Sherman as part of my researching. I’ll quote extensively here, … Continue reading

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Two classes last week (Part 1: Tzahi)

So , I terminated my YogaWorks membership (as of end of June), so I wanted to take a few classes with favorite teachers, but I only managed two of them, one with Tzahi Moskovitz and one with Sherman Morris (which … Continue reading

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Morning class; updates

So my Thursday Basic this morning, just saying, such a pleasant feeling. Sometimes it’s just a good feeling between the people in the room. Sometimes not a lot of people, but the ones who are there can fill it up … Continue reading

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

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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Working On My BLOCK HEAD

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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Monday Basic Yoga narrative

I just want to write some impressions from last night’s class, just a commentary. Please pardon the length, if you will. And if you won’t I trust you will just go elsewhere. I didn’t want to over-rehearse — sensible enough, … Continue reading

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