February 28, 2010 – 11:42 am
Yoga Matrika is the only yoga studio in Pittsburgh to offer drop-in meditation classes. These classes are titled “Stretch, Breathe & Meditate” and last one-hour. Offered at various times throughout the week, they are both a beautiful and complete yoga and meditation practice or can easily complement a more rigorous vinyasa or ashtanga practice.
It’s not [...]
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January 3, 2010 – 9:57 pm
This morning, three FABULOUS people showed up for my yoga class and I admire their bravery in facing below freezing temperatures in Pittsburgh to make it to their yoga class. BRAVO my fabulous yogis and thanks for a great class! It also inspired me to think about yoga for cold weather and I’d like to [...]
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December 21, 2009 – 5:27 pm
There are a LOT of great reasons to practice yoga at home on your own:
1-You have work and/or family responsibilities that make it impossible to consistently get to a yoga class. This may be especially true for new parents who are juggling jobs, childcare and EVERYTHING!
2-You travel often and wish you had a practice you [...]
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December 17, 2009 – 5:40 pm
I’ve been frustrated lately and overwhelmed—-by my work, by my work relationships, by the fact that my husband has become obsessed with watching CSPAN and mostly by what I feel around me in the energetic field. We are exhausted and want more from our leaders, our medical system, our businesses and banks. We want people [...]
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December 10, 2009 – 11:55 pm
I’m just about as committed, or perhaps even MORE committed, to the “Why?” as anyone. I think it’s a rather good question to be asked about anything from WHY is the Nobel peace prize winner suggesting that we increase our war activities to WHY do Pittsburghers call sprinkles, “jimmies”. Or, the yoga owner gasps, WHY [...]
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September 30, 2009 – 12:39 pm
I can’t help but notice that, when it rains, less people come to yoga classes. There’s something about the damp, grey and chilly weather that re-directs intentions and leads people to their home destination rather than to the studio or their mat. Rather than write this to make all of you who have been skipping [...]
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September 4, 2009 – 4:24 pm
It’s always a risk to put a class on the schedule that has a name that no one recognizes. I have taken just this kind of risk by creating Zhong Dao. But, the name is such a perfect reflection of this combination Qigong Energy work and Yoga class that I just can’t call it by [...]
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I once had a roommate in New York that I never met.
It’s a sort of complicated story and one that wouldn’t be all that interesting to repeat. Suffice to say, I am now the owner of two of his left behind belongings that have changed my life. One, is a pink crystal ball. Seriously. And, fortunately [...]
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I just wanted to send a shout out to HarmoniZing Pittsburgh for organizing a performance of devotional chanting by Krishna Das here in Pittsburgh. You can purchase a ticket online for the April 27, 7:00pm performance in Oakland by going to http://www.krishnadas.com or in person at Journeys of Life in Shadyside.
Please consider going to see [...]
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September 18, 2008 – 1:52 pm
While I have always harbored a love of dance and desire to move with grace and agility, my body has not been the most cooperative vehicle for bringing this love into fruition. I love it, but I can’t seem to get it right. I know this about myself and this awareness has served me well. [...]
