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A history as twisty as its asanas.
Yoga wasn’t always an array of beautiful white bodies in expensive clothes with limbs that bend into complicated poses. It has a muddled history that began in a decisively brown-skinned world before...
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Styles of the yoga styles
I was getting ready to walk into a vinyasa class, wearing short shorts, as I am wont to do occasionally. A fellow yogi and friend (non-Ashtanga) complimented me on the tattoo on my leg, and then said,...
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Yoga, music, and a Kirtan in Indy
Ashtangis don’t practice to music. Music in the yoga room pulls me away from my breath and the internal experience of practice. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy music. In fact, I love it....
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A (second) Conversation with Kino MacGregor
Sadly, the Indianapolis Star didn’t post my interview with the fantastic Kino MacGregor online. I’ll have to scan a hard copy and post it here. Until then, let me share our post-workshop conversation...
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No Comparison.
A few weeks ago, a local yoga studio owner posted a comment on social media that made me think. Until today, I haven’t had time to revisit the film she mentioned, Breath of the Gods, which is a...
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Leave Kino’s Hip Alone
Yes, Kino’s injured. The yoga-lebrity of the Ashtanga world, the seemingly invincible asana goddess, the Instagram queen, the 4th-series practitioner…is injured. Matthew Remski used her injury to spark...
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