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Road Tripping
Yesterday I packed up my car, and hit the open road for what Google maps told me would be a 7 hour drive from Washington, DC to South Carolina. Ten hours later (thank you traffic!), I pulled up outside my parents' house, exhausted, but thrilled to see them. Stepping...
You don’t always know what it will look like…
About six months ago, I went through some pretty big life changes... moved to a city I had never even visited before... started a new job... turned a new relationship into a long distance one. I should preface by saying that for the past few years, my yoga practice...
Let’s Get Geometric
Have you ever taken a try at Triangle, or Trikonasana? It's a pose that can expose you to the power of applying angles, corners, and shapes to stretching. Trikonasana taps into three targeted areas, the shoulders, torso, and hips, and turns the extremities into...
The Land of Repose
It's the last few minutes of class and the quick-moving asanas have come to a close. There's only one move left, savasana, and it carries the connotation of being the easiest. People anticipate savasana in different ways; some embrace it as a moment of relief, while...
Have some sympathy, please, Sympathetic Nervous System!
Sometimes I think that the Sympathetic Nervous System doesn't live up to it's given name. Instead of showing compassion, the SNS sometimes acts a little anxious, and with it's own agenda, sends messages without much concern for the the well-being of the rest of the...
Getting Back to the Mat at H St.
I would like to say that having been one of the first people to go to the Dupont Circle studio that my experience at the H Street retreat was quite refreshing. Yeah being out of shape and not a consistent practitioner the flight of stairs at H Street is much more...