Downward Dog Style: Only You Can Move Like You
How do you know when you’re doing it right? Is there some kind of internal crystalline chime that begins to ding quietly when your action of choice is being done in that, “right way?” I remember the first time I ever went to a yoga class. I was exhilarated, a little chagrined, slightly confused and fully engaged,...
Downward Dog Style: YogaDates, He Said, She Said
Why do we do yoga: to feel good, connect with ourselves on a deep level, get some spiritual in our lives, look good in our underwear? Why do we date: to feel good, connect with someone else on a deep level, get some sexual in our lives, look at somebody in their underwear? He Said (Elliot...
Downward Dog Style: Yoga on the Steps, Cheesman Park
I went to see Samsara last night. I knew, from experience, that this film would have a very interesting effect on my evening and life thereafter: the questions I ask, the answers I propose. Whether you have experience with Ron Fricke films or not, there is one creed that is for certain: you have to...
Downward Dog Style: The Class Heard ‘Round the World Challenge
There are countless, countless causes and charities to donate to on any given day (and hopefully you do at least occasionally, if you have the means), and there are ways, daily, to show what you believe in, whether through contributions to nonprofit organizations or simply by where you spend your hard earned dough for things like coffee, clothes,...
Downward Dog Style: Bike to yoga?…Bike IN Yoga
We all know Colorado is awesome. Just last night I got into a comically stupid argument about which state is better, South Dakota or Ohio, me from SD, my friend from Ohio. As we bantered back and forth the remainder of the crew grinned in the comfort of their Colorado native status. Who cares which...
Downward Dog Style: The Jaguar Shark and Me
Over the last year, I’ve relied pretty heavily on a little cliché, stating it time and time again, affirming myself, I suppose, more than anyone else, “no one’s a one trick pony.” But in thinking about the things I like to do for fun, the list is, admittedly, sort of short. Not that I don’t participate in...
Downward Dog Style: The Comfort Zone
Finding comfort. It’s something we strive for, something we aim to accomplish with our day to day wanderings, locating a place where we can turn off the panic-stricken mind and just flow with our lives, able to go auto-pilot. Remember the scene in Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams’ Mr. Keating has a student read...
The School of Sweat Hot: Don’t Look a Yogi in the Eye
What, pray tell, is a yoga blog doing under the category of “personal training” you ask? To be fair, it is cross-categorized to stand on its own in the yogasphere, too. But, I adamantly believe that yoga is a part of balanced diet for any one who is seeking overall fitness. And guess what, guys?...
Downward Dog Style: Going Kino, YRP edition
Last Sunday amidst many beautiful yogis, I took part for the first time in YRP, and wondered how come I hadn’t gone every weekend before. Tents with beautiful clothes, mala beads, up-and-coming companies (like YogaDates), free Garbanzo’s Mediterranean food, Jamba Juice–of course, you do have to buy a ticket to get in–but hey, at $10/Sunday...
Yoga Down by the River, not Livin’ in a Van Down by the River
In a final, almost afterthought in my 5:30 p.m. Vinyasa class Thursday evening, my instructor at Kindness Yoga, said just above the timbre of a soft murmur “enjoy this night…” as he shifted his gaze outside toward the bright, late-day July sun, his voice trailing off slightly, “…don’t miss one moment.” It was the very thought that...
Downward Dog Style: Join the Collective Om for Aurora
Om: Symbolic of Brahma creation, Siva destruction and Vishnu preservation, consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams and deep sleep, along with the following silence that is fulfillment. Om is made up of three Sanskrit letters, aa, au and ma. According to the Mandukya Upanishad, “Om is the one eternal syllable of which...
Downward Dog Style: Sun Splashed Red Rock Yoga
As a budding teacher myself, I’m the first to admit to preferring a controlled environment to teach in, a room where I can control the temperature, the lights, the music. I currently teach an outdoor class up in Stapleton, where I’m quickly learning that teaching is just as much a lesson in patience and focus...
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