I'm Still Here!

Hey kids!

Just wanted to pop in and let you know I'm still around- still teaching, writing, and doing yoga. I've been very busy moving this blog into a fancy, grown-up Wordpress site. This process has been much like yoga: slow, sometimes difficult, sometimes amazing. I have a couple friends supporting me with webhosting and guidance, and they've all got a lot on their plates right now, so bear with me. It's getting there- expect an official "please update your feeds/links/bookmarks" soon!

If you're going through withdrawal symptoms, never fear! I was published in Elephant Journal a couple weeks ago: Bared Teeth, Clenched Fists, and Anger- an essay about using the centeredness and expressive capacity of yoga to deal with anger.

And from my meanderings:

• YogaDork: How Do I Know it's REAL Yoga? I'm all for telling purists and snobs to suck it (in a nonharming way, of course).
• Time Magazine ran an article that could have been titled OMGyogisspendmoneyWTFBBQ here, and there was a pretty great discussion about it over at YogaDork here.
  
• From Feministing: "When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far." This would definitely be the launch of a full post if I wasn't in weird-blog-transition time. Yes, definitely, something there went too far. Lately I've been asking myself a lot of questions about the relationship between my teaching and its Indian roots. Those of you who know me know that I eschew any kind of deference, reverence, or guru-worship. I'd still like to show some respect to the source of the teachings that have been so great for me. Can I be both irreverent and respectful? Stay tuned to find out!
• A lovely private lesson with a beginner student recently got me thinking about how incredibly uncomfortable yoga can be when you're first starting out. So for those of you new to the practice, I want to give some extra props to you for going outside of your comfort zone. Each time you practice, a few more little lego pieces will snap into place, and it will feel better, you will become stronger, and yes, more relaxed. I promise.