By Bo Chang
Kofi Busia Iyengar Workshop
YogaWorks Downtown NYC
138 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
A weekend of Iyengar workshop with my teacher’s teacher sounded good to me until I was in Dandasana again. My legs were about to detach themselves from my torso and stomp out of the studio on their own. My entire body started to shake and tears welled up. Oh, for the love of Krishna, I’m sitting. SITTING! Read more »
By Deb Radloff
Deb and Keith
The light in me bows down to the light in you, and says……”BRING IT!”
Yoga Fight Club with Keith Wittenstein every Monday evening 7-8p.m and Friday evening 6-7p.m at Om Factory 265 W. 37th St. 17th Floor, NY, NY
The first rule of yoga fight club…is that you don’t talk about yoga fight club… Read more »
Prana Power Yoga
862 Broadway
(between 17th St & 18th St)
Thursday 7:45-9PM
http://www.pranapoweryoga.com/
The Mystery Yogi. Like John Wayne in The Searchers, he is always…um, searching.
This Asana Enigma is beginning a quest to find the perfect Yoga experience. He will share his experiences with our readers beginning…um, now.
I, the Mystery Yogi, like certain things in life to be hot. Tamales, Toddies, Pockets, Dogs. And yes, Yoga. Thus, I arrived in Union Square to Read more »
By Bo Chang, aka Miss Bite Size
First, Miss Bite Size would like to clarify this: When folks talk about ashtanga yoga, they may not be talking about the same thing!
When you go to practice Ashtanga on a mat in a studio or a gym, you’re practicing Pattabhi Jois’s system of Ashtanga Yoga, a school of Vinyasa Yoga. It’s a specific school of physical practice (an awesome, challenging and beautiful one).
The ashtanga I’m talking about here translates as “eight limbs” and comes from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
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From Wiktionary
Etymology
From Sanskrit आसन (”’sitting down’”) < आस (”‘to sit down’”)
Noun
asana (plural asanas)
A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
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Big Gay Ice Cream Truck T-shirt
Miss Bite Size bought an awesome fun T-shirt to support her friend, Doug in his quest to spread much joy via his ice cream truck.
Stories of fun adventures aboard Big Gay Ice Cream Truck will follow soon. Meanwhile, check out www.biggayicecreamtruck.com!
From Merrian-Webster’s Online Dictionary
Main Entry: yo·ga
Pronunciation: \’yō-gə\
Function: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, from yunakti he yokes; akin to Latin jungere to join
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From: Miss Bite Size
To: Our daaah-ling readers (as opposed to Our Dear Leader),
Super lovely Shelley Adelle shared her practice of Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with Bite Size. Yay! Thanks to Shelley!
Shelley’s Tadasana
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