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Striking a Pose on The Malibu Bluffs
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California Dreams–Letting Go!
I remember my second visit to California, I was 18 years old and loving this place! Near the end of my trip, I read some graffiti on a freeway overpass, “Tourists GO HOME”! I remember feeling really bad when I read it, almost like I had been personally attacked. I couldn’t understand how someone would want …
Yoga–Open Heart Surgery!
I’ve been meeting many people who really want to develop a yoga practice. Their first couple of experiences, though, have been challenging. When I hear this, I always ask them, “how bad do you want to practice yoga, what are you willing to go through, are you up for being annoyed, how about feeling frustrated?” …
Santa Monica Serendipity
Santa Monica was once the Mecca of Bodybuilding–or wait, maybe it was Venice. These days, Santa Monica is the Mecca of Yoga Studios. There are literally 6 studios within 5 blocks of each other. As I wrote in a previous post, I was once a yoga whore. Yoga whore, meaning I never seemed to stay …
Yoga Twists and Turns
I’ve been practicing yoga in Santa Monica for 15 years. I’ve considered myself a yoga whore for most of those years. Yoga whore, meaning I just jump from one teacher to the next and never really stay with one teacher on a weekly basis. Except for a few months practicing with Scott and learning the …
Yoga–My Friday Night Friend!
It was Friday night. I was walking alone through the Third Street Promenade, an area in Santa Monica where people hang out, go to restaurants, stores, and enjoy being out in the air with friends. There I was, alone. But with my yoga mat under my arm, it felt good to know I had somewhere …