On Friday I went to see my anatomy teacher Leslie Kaminoff, who noticed my blog posts bemoaning my injury and kindly invited me to come in to his clinic. Yay for blogs! I sit in class every week and watch him fix people, but I kept thinking my shoulder would be better tomorrow, or tomorrow, [...]

New Year’s is probably my favorite holiday (in spirit, not in typically exorbitant and excessively drunken practice). It’s about starting fresh with what you have, doing things you’ve been wanting to do, declaring your intentions for the next year. I’m not usually a resolution-maker; I’m kind of a self-improvement junkie so I’m always tweaking my [...]

This morning I got up early (9:15) and went to J.Brown’s class at Abhyasa. It’s the new studio on Metropolitan and Leonard. I really liked the essays he posted on the studio’s site; like me, he’s looking for something more than just acrobatics and athletic achievement of poses. (I should say for me, in addition [...]

Since I got back from the retreat, I’ve actually kept up a morning practice. I always do pranayama: 3 rounds Breath of Fire (60, 75, 90 reps, and 60, 75, 90 second retentions) 5–10 rounds Alternate Nostril Breathing (inhale 4, hold 16, exhale 8 ) Sometimes I add my favorite sequence ever: the Kundalini Spinal [...]