sweet shanti

Feb 09

This card is cute!
Happy Valentine’s Day.

Jan 19

Baddha Padmasana by aga rzekiecka on flickr

I’d like to get here someday. Is it too late for a New Year’s resolution?

It’s an interesting thing to live in LA - it’s endearingly referred to as ‘la-la land’ for good reason - and yoga is no exception. Recently, Equinox (an upscale national gym with an undeniable and expansive presence here) released a video featuring Briohny Smyth. You can view it here. It’s stirred up quite some controversy and at the time of my post, there have been over 1.5 million views.

Briohny teaches at my studio, Yogis Anonymous. I ran into her yesterday when I arrived for my class as she was wrapping up subbing for another well-known teacher, Brock Cahill. As Briohny chatted about how she’ll soon be a guest on the Ellen Degeneres show, someone else mentioned that Yogis Anonymous recently received a nod on CNN for their live streamed classes.

La-la land indeed.

Anyway, if you’d like to check it out, go to YogisAnonymous.com in their ‘live’ section. You’ll find their schedule for live-streamed classes, as well as a comprehensive library of their past classes. There are a few free classes posted, and as it turns out, Briohny’s class is one of the current free classes featured.

Jan 18

greenteayogagirl:

handstand

The amazing thing about this handstand is that she’s not looking at the ground for balance.

Jan 14

It’s Saturday, 7:15a. It appears I’ve lost the ability to sleep in. Yesterday, I was wide awake at 5:45a, today I was wide awake at 6:15a. I wonder what it is? Perhaps age? I hope not. So I lay here, close my eyes, and try to let sleep take over again, but she will not come. She has already bid me adieu for the day. Good thing I have my phone to fiddle with.

Jan 12

skylarlester:

Mudras of Buddha Series

“Dharmachakra Mudra”

What a happy looking mudra. I must learn more about it.

(via getyouryogaon)

Jan 11

“Actually, I’m a prosecuter. I just finished a case… You know tmz right?” — Diner next to me at Native Foods (a popular vegan restaurant here) talking about his case involving Mario Lopez. Sometimes I can’t believe how “LA” LA is.

lovelyogi:

There are only three things you need to let go of: judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child.

–Hugh Prather

Lovely.

(via hippieyogi)

Nala was begging for some of my dinner. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but she was standing on my legs trying to get her little face as close to the food as possible.

Last night’s dinner: Black bean burgers (Mark Bittman’s recipe, with the addition of mushroom, spinach, and carrot) in a whole wheat wrap with veggies and egg whites, and kale soup.

Kale soup: A pot of vegetable broth, minced garlic, diced onion, diced carrot, two handfuls of barley, one small handful of lentils, and two bunches of hand torn kale.