Category Archives: Philosophizing

Letting It Go

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

So I changed the header subtitle from something about teaching and learning restorative and vigorous yoga, to simply: letting it go, as you can see above, in the header. One reason for this is that I’m not actively teaching restorative … Continue reading →

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William J. Broad, “Wounded Warrior Pose” Part 2

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

So this is a continuation of my analysis of William J. Broad’s article “Wounded Warrior Pose.” Referring to this issue of men and yoga, Broad writes, “I stumbled on the issue after my book, published in February, laid out a … Continue reading →

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Stripping it down

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

So I think for a while I’ll post some remarks pertaining to my favorite subjects more frequently, maybe even daily. Wife is away, so this is another project (I have a list magneted to the fridge door) devised with an … Continue reading →

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Karate and Ahimsa…The World Being What It Is

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

So how do we harmonize martial arts, so focused on violence, and the yoga concept of non-violence − ahimsa? There’s really no problem. A notion of incompatibility likely arises from a misunderstanding of martial arts. Over the years, I’ve pursued … Continue reading →

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Looking at bodies

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

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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Letting chance take the wheel

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

I’d just like to share something that I’ve found to be of value in my yoga practice recently. The other day I was reading parts of a book about Brian Eno called On Some Faraway Beach by David Sheppard. Eno … Continue reading →

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Hiatus

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Just want to mention I haven’t been around here much. Mainly because I’m working on another yoga project having to do with the online world and I’ve been devoting my thoughts that way. It’s something I’m quite excited about, in … Continue reading →

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Growth

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

This is re a thread on FB starting by Jillian Pransky about “the power of life” – plants growing through concrete cracks, for example. This is from the middle of Queens Blvd, where I often cross on the way to … Continue reading →

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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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