Category Archives: Introductions

New website

I’ve just launched a site for my writing (and personal history, photos, etc). It’s called Ivan Nahem. Where did I come up with that exotic name, you may well wonder… Well it just sort of came to me! Please visit … Continue reading

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News

I’ll be heading in to YogaWorks for Jillian’s classes today. A few new developments I’m excited about. I’m being given the 7:30 slot on Wednesday, rather than the 6, and it will be all levels. This is very gracious of … Continue reading

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Photos, cameras….

So here’s a new photo taken by Helen this morning. Could the lifted knee be a tiny bit straighter? Yeah maybe, but I look pretty relaxed in this one, I think. Anyway, one of my next moves will be to … Continue reading

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More Intro

My parents were old school communists and activists. Modern atheists, of course. Mom was of Swedish descent, from Jackson Heights; my dad Syrian Jewish from Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. When I was five we moved from Manhattan to Mill Valley, … Continue reading

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Introduction!

               I love to write but held off blogging to get to the idea of my project. But now it’s clear! In the last year or so I’ve been teaching a lot at Zen & Yoga in Forest Hills in Queens, … Continue reading

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