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Balance In The City: Will He Like Me?
As you might have guessed, I’m trying new yoga studios. I recently took a great class at Hosh Yoga in my neighborhood. (Chalk advertising does work!) I was nervous entering the studio. Would he like me? What if we didn’t get along, would my downdogs be good enough,? What if he smelled weird, or [...]
Balance In The City: Restore Me Please
Perhaps there is a bad moon rising because my emotional state has been off balance for the past few weeks. In an effort to restore balance, I took an open/restorative class to celebrate our Presidents. Restorative involves pulling every prop off the shelf, building towers of support, and resting in poses, such as supta baddha konasana for five to [...]
Balance In The City: I Heart
Once again, the local drug store has indicated that Valentines Day is here. In high school, my bff and I often referred to it as “Happy *^%# It Sucks Day.” Just a couple of angst driven teenagers looking for a place to focus our aggression, now fairly well balanced adults with significant others, and still [...]
Balance In The City: Contentment
My sinuses have been on the attack this week with an indescribable fervor that could only be combated with a Z-pack. They are rebelling against the weather, and I really can’t blame them. It is likely that, either due to illness, weather, or the pick up of life, we are on the downward crest of [...]
Balance In The City: Ask that Question!
It was truly a delight to take class at OM Yoga last night. The strength of the studio lies in its focus on the technical aspects of each pose and the transitions between, but sometimes to a fault. Throughout the hallways, students ponder how to gaze from the corner of the left eye while firmly grounding [...]
Balance In The City: Svadhyaya
Over brunch last weekend, my friend indicated that while the rest of us are pushing ourselves to eat less, exercise more, her resolutions weren’t kicking off in January. She is hibernating. I started thinking, and not out of laziness, that perhaps the calendar year is not necessarily the earthly year. The properties of winter, according to the ayuvedar studies, are [...]
MP Spotlight: Activewear Yoga Pants
These Hard Tail roll over yoga pants are great for curvy woman when your ready to hit the gym! With the great roll over waist band they can sit any where from the waist to the hip and the stretchy material will fit any shape comfortably. Nordstrom: Hard Tail Yoga Pants Have you seen our [...]
Balance In The City: Tis The Season
Tis the season to be jolly, and stressed, and cold, and obliged to attend various holiday parties with open bar and buffets of frosted cookies in the shape of snowflakes. The season seems to have taken me hostage, and I yearn for the New Year when I can detox without guilt. In this time of [...]
Balance In The City: Whipping Wind
Here in NYC, we have turned a corner. It is November and late fall has officially arrived. (Reminder to self: throw out the pumpkins.) The cooler temperatures and whipping winds has caused me to add a sweater, scarf, hat, and fifteen minutes, to my daily routine. I have found it harder to breathe with these [...]
Balance In The City: First This, Then That
There are many, many things I love about yoga, but a big one is its organization. Reflect on any class and you’ll find that the order goes; standing poses, backbends and inversions, seated postures, then savasana. Or in a common asana like tree, the instructions are sequential; ground the standing leg, lift the opposite knee, [...]
Balance In The City: Aummm, My Head. Sniff, Sniff
I drank lots of water, less alcohol, got plenty of rest, and still managed to catch the seasonal cold. After 2 days on the couch, 1 box of tea, and half a jar of honey I took my tissues, a bottle of water, and headed to a class. I was worried about being light headed, [...]
Balance In The City: Fall Is Here
It must October. I can tell because the drugstore, which serves more of a calendar than my iPhone, is tempting me with candy corn. I must confess that I am naturally a cool temperature person, and yes, that was me wearing gloves and a grandma scarf last week. As we begin to accessorize the outside, [...]
Balance In The City: Gotta Go
We move fast and multi task. I’m currently writing this on my phone while jockeying for position on the train, apologizing for my bag, thinking of what excuse to use for being late to work (rain) and wondering why I never listened to Cat Stevens before. We also multi-task in yoga: breathing, moving, twisting. How [...]
Balance In The City: Support Me Please
Ah, September; cooler temperatures, switching closets, putting away beach towels, wearing light jackets, wispy scarves, and often an opportunity to reset goals. As I worked to get back on track this Labor Day weekend, my To-Do list grew exponentially and I became buried in ambition. With three whole days off, I should: try that new [...]
Balance In The City: Yoga, Yoga Everywhere But Which One To Pick
Last weekend, after the morning yoga classes had been taught, I joined a fellow teacher for brunch. We were tripping over each other to name all of the new yoga studios in the neighborhood. I had noticed one specifically because of the chalk advertising in the park, and cruised by one day to check it [...]
