Day 12: Surrender To The Form
This week in asana practice, we are focusing heavily on standing twists and deeper backbends, neither of which are my favorite kinds of postures.… View Post
Day 11: Learn About Your Breath
I never realized how much I still had to learn about something my body did involuntarily.… View Post
Day 10: Recognize What’s Holding You Back
Throughout our philosophy reading this week and at the very end of class today, we explored the three components of yoga (self-discipline, self-study, and devotion to your superior self) and the five internal afflictions that get in our way of this experience (ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion, and a clinging to the physical body).… View Post
Day 9: Gain New Perspectives
Yoga is certainly the practice to try if you want new perspectives — both figuratively and literally.… View Post
Day 8: Acknowledge Your Mental Obstacles
Today my happiness about returning to the studio for teacher training was balanced out by my frustration with the incredibly dry, frigid weather that won’t leave New York City and my uncanny ability to succumb to a sinus cold every six months. … View Post
Day 7: A Change In Plans
Thanks to the lovely Winter Storm Stella, YogaWorks had to close all of its studios (including the teacher training location) today.… View Post
Day 6: Finding Your OM
If there’s anything I remember about the first time I ever joined in an OM chant in a yoga class, it’s that I honestly had no idea what it meant. … View Post
Day 5: The Search For Balance
How do we invest effort and also willingly let go in a balanced fashion?… View Post
Day 4: Breaking Bad Habits
Before today, when I looked at this photograph of myself in Triangle Pose, I thought this posture was one of my best…… View Post
Day 3: Embrace Vulnerability
Modern society frowns upon us expressing any extreme emotion in the public eye (and let’s face it, sometimes in the private one too). … View Post
Day 2: The Exhaustion That Comes With Transformation
I have to accept that I just can’t do it all right now. … View Post
Day 1: All About The Intention
Today confirmed that I made the right decision in signing up for my 200-hour yoga teacher training. My instructor is full of knowledge and spirit, genuinely excited to be working with my 19 classmates and myself so intensely over the next four weeks. And my classmates… well, there is no better group of students for me to join in this journey.… View Post
What It’s Like To Approach The Same …
Today I reconnected with the truth that the race itself doesn’t have to be the focal point of my climbing experience. It can be the genuine people I get to share it with, it can be the way the city makes me feel when I see it from this particular vantage point, it can be knowing that I let myself remain present…… View Post
Getting Laid Off From My Job Led To …
I just spent the better half of a decade building a career I no longer want. I also just got laid off from the job that robbed me of my remaining passion and creativity. In some ways, this is the most liberating period of my life. But it’s also downright terrifying.… View Post
Mixtape: The Melody Of The One Who Left
Walking down my New York City neighborhood street, I inhale the crisp fall air as deeply as I can and slowly let it go. Every touch of anxiety leaves my body as confidence and intention fill the void. God, it feels good to be home again.… View Post
Post-Election Mixtape For Those Who Need More Time …
We are currently experiencing one of the most tumultuous, trying and downright terrifying times in modern American history. The change in the air and energy around us is palpable.… View Post
Remembering Dr. Carmela Foderaro de Rivas
While her obituary can be found in Philadelphia newspapers, I want to take a moment to share the more personal words my mother, my brother and I shared about her during her memorial service on Friday, Oct. 14. It took three of us to do her story justice, and once you read about the amazing life she lived, you’ll understand why.… View Post
Fitness, Fiction, And Finding Time For Sleep
Happy August! Here are five of my favorite bylines from HuffPost this month. Hope you enjoy! Paying For That Missed Workout Class Hurts More Than Just Your Wallet 7 Important Things To Know When Buying… View Post
Meditation, Mental Health And More
Happy July! Here are five of my favorite bylines from HuffPost this month. Hope you enjoy! One Comedian Turned To The Stage To Find Relief From Depression The Best Form Of Cardio Just Keeps Getting… View Post
All The Exercise GIFs (And More)
Happy June! Here are five of my favorite bylines from HuffPost this month. Hope you enjoy! Sleep Could Help Stave Off Alzheimer’s And Memory Loss, According To New Study The Only 20-Minute Outdoor Workout You’ll… View Post
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