Archive for On the Mat

Dear Yogi Muse: Why Are So Many Unyogic People Doing Yoga?

Dear Yogi Muse: I was wondering why there are so many unyogic people doing yoga? Can you shed light on

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Teaching Yoga is Not Easy in a Crisis.

Reprinted from the Elephant Journal. I was in my basement office when my son came down to say that a

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How to Know a Real Voice When You Hear One, By Michelle Marchildon.

Reprinted from the Elephant Journal. I’m starting to wonder about yoga, the practice I love and the people I adore.

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When a Queen Bee Zaps Your Ass-Ana.

I will never forget the day the new girl came to teach yoga at my local studio. She did not

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What I meant to say about Anusara: Duh.

  When an entire school of anything – whether it is yoga or educational or even a cult-like community –

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How to Get Someone You Love to Try Yoga.

I like to think that my work teaching and writing about yoga is changing the world, one down dog at

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How to get over a yoga divorce.

I have a girlfriend who went through a terrible divorce and she was bitter for several years. Then one day

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How to Deal with the Menopausal Woman in the Room.

Hint: It’s just like the stoner! (Editor’s Note: Please read this article with its companion piece, How To Deal With

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How to Deal with the Stoner in the Room.

(Editors Note: Please read this blog with it’s companion piece, How to Deal with the Menopausal Woman in the Room.)

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The State of the Union in Yoga: New Schools, New Code of Behavior!

So far 2013 is turning out to be a bit better than last year in the yoga world. For one

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