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Welcome to Asana Rx || Beginning this Monday, #findyouryoga amplified with fresh techniques you can use to unwind and revitalize after intense #workout sessions and strength-focused #yoga practices? This three-week, five-class #asana Rx program is designed to give you the tools you’re seeking, for whenever you need them; only @yoga_international ... #getintoit #asanaRx #yogachallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/ByLzC66HJvy/?igshid=14kbxuqfgn1b

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#WhiteSupremacyisTerrorism || Im making a statement about our current #politics: I’m denouncing vicious #hate, the institutionalized brutalizations of #peopleofcolor, mass killings and incarceration of oppressed people, incessant & unwarranted #islamophobia and the degradation of human civility {Just so you’re clear on where I stand}. Bigger than that: I’m calling out the complicity of the yoga industry by the passive cooperation of yoga industry leaders & brands in the spread of this rampant #whitepower ideology. ✨ #letmeexplain The world doesn’t needs more conversations or posts about #yogapants, or sex over substance video clips pawning bare bodies performing acrobatic postures. The world needs (I NEED)from the capitalist comes conscious brands & yoga industry leaders to take a firm stance on denouncing this form of terrorism. From Carolina Church shooting to Toronto shooting to Charlottesville to NZ mass murder, there’s a common Problem: #SAYSOMETHING stand for something ✨✨ if I’m going to stand here in #tadasana, my mountain pose, shouting from its peak, that #whitesupremacy is pervasive in our global world & must be stopped- THEN @yogajournal @aloyoga @lululemon and more SHOULD TOO! ✨ Collective complicity gives rise to this divisive ideology; saying nothing has carried your organization to profits far too long, I’m requiring more of you... Where is the #socialjustice statement from @YogaAlliance? Business as usual I see... We are not #woke because we #doyoga. Contrarily we are asleep; feeding the propaganda and failing to convey that YOGA is a state of BEING not doing... #ahimsa explicitly requires of us to cease the blind-eye, remain mute 🤐 hypocrisy that is pervading our humanity and our industry. ✨ Sure stand on your head all you want but when you get back down on your feet, stand for taking down #whitesupremacy; the collective silence 🤫 is deafening. #rantover #repost if you feel the same! https://www.instagram.com/p/BvRj6wclNQa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uuz9vlku4jsl

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#OnlineYoga | You have 4 chances to meet me on the mat this week. All four courtesy of @yoga_international and available on the platform right now!!!! #linkinbio Build up your #homepractice ✨ then you have one more chance this week to meet for a sensory soundclash experience of #soundtherapy #aromatherapy and #mantratherapy in my Wednesday #mindfulmeditation class on @islandspasauna via @soulthenticyoga ... and what a better way to end a sweet surrender than with bites of savory dark chocolate courtesy of @mokaorigins to soothe the #Vata in the air... #ayurvedayoga #yogaandayurveda #meditation #yogaclass #yogaforall #yogaforlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BvKmIJglAuv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=125pv53c64ogm

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#Karuna | Sanskrit word for Compassion, Heart-full and Whole... when did we forget that we (all) are made of that, made from that, made for that... the tragic news of hate in New Zealand lingered on my mind today. When did we stop being of the heart, all its mechanics and makings to hate so much for “other”... from the photo you can’t tell if this living being is black, White, Christian or Muslim. But you know it has a heart ❤️ ♥️ 💜... THANK YOU @walkin.dharma for these amazing words of grace & compassion; I needed that reminder today when I felt so “other”... ・・・ Do you remember when your face was bonded to your heart? Your original ocean, the womb. Your heart was beating. Your organs and bones were formed. You were soft and vulnerable. Alive, lil embryo you. You had a tail! Do you remember? You were kissing your heart. First love. First crush. First kiss. Your brain’s biggest development was AFTER your heart. Your heart led the way. Oh, how far we’ve come. Remember to Remember. Heart Mind Connected. The rainbow fractal waters of your first environment, sacred. Your body still knows. Drop in. Visualize seven rays of light flowing through the soft, pliable tissue and womb of you. You deserve your light. Love. Connection. Absolutely a Birthright. Spread it to the world. #home #womb #lightbody #poetry #vulnerability #humbled #love #fetus #funk #goddess #selflove #traveling #surrender #rainbowbody #lit #embryo #change #yogini #birthright #listen #meditation #frequency #water #theforceawakens #yoga #prana #mermaid (at Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCwboBFGNp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8egegrnvo60t

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Done & Done ✅; another one for the books (er, film 🎞) ... these guys rockstar it through each and every taping!!! #imgrateful (at Honesdale, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCvLojlaAf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cn3t1hxluts5

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Had the pleasure of filming again with @yoga_international || working through a series that I hope you all will love; the course concept is all encompassing #strengthandstability from head to toe... just sitting back after a half day shoot thinking about how grateful I am to be alive, doing what I love and serving all that I can. Thank you to the amazing individuals on set today: I am honored that you chose to film again with me and you all kicked Serious Ass, backing me up and never backing down!!! XoxoxoX (at Himalayan Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCukH1lxJh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=agidkeur8mxm

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#YogaInSchools || Update: I’ve been teaching yoga in #newarknj for a few weeks now. At first, the 6-person group thought that class would be all about stretching 🙆🏾‍♀️, and getting more flexible. Then I asked them to think bigger than just physical {hello, #morethanasana}. 2 boys dropped out but the girls became even more interested. They started telling friends and parents, even their doctors, about this #yogaproject, our discussion over the basic #yamasandniyamas. They are deconstructing their negative patterns and practicing #mindfulness to turn matters around. AND now they arrive in class excited for all the simple but yet complex stuff like #meditation, #yoganidra, #breathingexercises and of course, #artTherapy. OMG, I’m introducing them to my #yogatherapy protocol for adults -and they totally are digging it!!! My liaison at the school was hoping if this could be something for the teacher’s as well!! Here’s a glimpse of today’s meditative “silent art-therapy” coloring different dimensions of one mandala, switching seats every 10 minutes to expound on what someone else had started, learning how to live with no attachment to what you’ve colored before and yet finding the beauty/respecting the efforts in the work done by the previous person. One student said “wow that assignment was about possibility and freedom”; another said “working together to finish this was better than feeling all alone in my corner I focused on”... #todaywasagoodday (at Newark, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvAREVYF6de/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=id9k5blnodx4

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The Universe Mirrors The Maker || one of my favorite quotes ever... it puts the responsibility on my mind, #myself, and my choices to make the changes I need to #dobetter #bebetter #livebetter... no one else, just me, in order to exact my ideal situation. Spring is about to spring; dust off your goals that you haven’t committed to yet and become the change you wish to see in the world... trust me: I’m taking my own advice this time #makeachange. (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6RQ3nlaAF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zfqhyqf2w3k

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Currently on set; shooting #howto heart-openers for the upcoming spring season. Thawing out the cold, snow & icy temperatures to deliver a #backbending class series for your #dailyyoga #asanapractice... practice and it’s all coming... (at Jersey City, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuuQ-EiFqYF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7c2m0cqht1yk

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Not Your Ordinary Yoga | I’m proud to offer a #Vinyasa class that doesn’t resemble the rest of the studio classes that folks normally take. I’m proud to be a wellness pro first who happens to teach #functionalfitness which includes #asana widely recognized as #yoga. I take every bit of my life experience & training: #boxing, #gymnastics #bodyweighttraining #pilates and #physicaltherapy into my #yogaclass. So yes, it won’t look like a typical class, because I’m quite atypical. ✨ Here’s a snapshot of this past weekend’s #yacep #continuingeducation about regressing poses while still honoring the intensity AND increased stability. Quite different than most classes because I learn the rules and the dogma with strict discipline with countless hours of training only to break the rules when in class... it doesn’t mean I don’t respect the lineage, it means I’m able to adapt, improve and innovate. ✨✨ I believe in adding more twists and counter-twist in practice because it will decompress the spine and improve the way you move. Just like an athlete: boxer, ball player, gymnast, tennis, you name it- develop rotational strength & flexibility to restore functional equilibrium and improve coordination. Hence the catchphrase: #benddontbreak ... take a good look at the classes I’ve taught in the link https://www.instagram.com/p/BuoIYOZlEKc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pd7yfwwg7dbu

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Counting down the days until I return to #sivanandayoga for training. Looking forward to re-disciplined #yogapractice this summer. #india #kerala #yogajourney #myyoga https://www.instagram.com/p/Buh3VJblmce/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17316dlfitii9

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YOGA FOR #AGILITY | I started my career in #fitness and I will always bring that level of intensity to all that I do.... For those who think I got soft teaching #yoga, NOPE! I still believe there’s room for a #sweatyvinyasa #yogapractice ... available now on @yoga_international #getintoit #sukhaandsthira #geterdone #findyourflow #noexcuses #yogaeverywhere and shoutout to @soulseekingwellness for being my #rideordie yogi on set!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWKQKalqWR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8xmme8axpz4p

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THIS JUST IN | Looking forward to shooting a series of #heartopening videos this April... #backbends are one of my favorite things to teach and requires so much patience and most of all, courage. As an injured #yogapractitioner, I’m well aware of those whispers that heighten our sense of fright, allowing unfounded fear pull us away from reaching out, inching further or lengthening across invisible barriers; that fear that will have us building dams {or walls} instead of bridges. Fear will leave us isolated, atrophied and unstable... I’m teaching how to live a bit more #fearless in the face of unfamiliar, how to find #flow in the undeniable uncertainty, finding free in the current of frightening captivity. I’m talking about yoga and yes, I’m talking about #life because your practice on the mat is often a direct reflection of your daily life practice #offthemat. I observe people for a living and with over 10 years in this, thousands of hours of practice and instruction; after endless heartbreak and unexpected losses, I know a thing or two about living heart-closed and fist-clenched. I know how it feels when your mind suffocates the throat, asphyxiates the breath and you physically/mentally fall back inwards... trying to catch your next full breath. I recognize it in others because I live(d) it.... so it is only right that I offer my first #onlineyoga classes about my experiential #yogapractice, from my real life practice to yours. #comingsoon #thisisyoga #morethanasana #realyoga #yogarx #psychosomatic #yogatherapy #realyogatherapy #yogaanywhere #eachoneteachone #yogalife #yoga #onlocation https://www.instagram.com/p/BuSRj8vB1xP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m4qb70cm0vz3

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TRANSITIONING || I’ve been under the cut for weeks now, transitioning into the next level from the inside out. I’ve been logging in less, posting even more scarce than ever before. I working behind the scenes on me, working on vision boards, working on my journals; being in my #Yoga. ✨ many have asked what does “that” look like... it means feeling and much less doing. It means all the emotional shit I’ve been bottling up over the years, tucking it in and brushing it off; how about letting out safely in isolation. Taking the time to do less and achieve more. Stop pushing and allow the universe to pull in what you need exactly when you need it. Practicing #gratitude for all that you do have, worry less about what you don’t, what you lost, what you are missing out on. ✨✨ the only thing that will be left when all is shed and done (yes you read that right) is your breath. #keepbreathing #letitflow #restandreflect ... if you want to know what that feels like, try the video in the link above... thank you @yoga_international for filming my favorite practice (my real life personal practice aptly named #yogatox) and allowing me to gift my joyful solace to the world. So if you’re in transition like me, enjoy the waves 🌊, surf on, #staytrue to the currents my friends! #morethanasana #yogateacher #yogatherapy #realyoga #yogarx #bemore #livemore #breath #patanjaliyoga #yogainstructor https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJsz2ghC5T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=okrq38irkr8u

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#SelfActualization | When this life is over, I don’t want to make excuses for the time that I’ve spent while here; I want God to know that I used all my talents. #LifeIsShort #DoMore In October 2018 I resigned as Professor of Yoga & Wellness at Stevens Institute of Technology, a position I grew and developed for the past 3.5 years. But I knew deeply I still wanted to teach #yoga, imparting knowledge to more communities of color, underserved communities, particularly children & women. #servemore #changemakers I’M HONORED TO ANNOUNCE that I am in that practice: yours truly will be leading my own curriculum aptly named: #projectyoga: #mindpower, #mindbodyconnection and #yogaphilosophy in #newarknj charter schools beginning this March. I’m overjoyed 😁 and over the moon 🌙 about this; another major goal from 2015 manifesting years later. #dothework https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEnYZwAqiC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sknykvcfwob4

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#ashtanga taught me how to be strong 💪 | Strength in #yoga #yogasana comes not from a seamless string of endless free-flowing classes, haphazard hybrid instruction from “teacher”, nor cesspool variety of anything goes Vinyasa. In fact, I believe strength in #yoga is earned just like strength in #weighlifting #gymnastics and #fitness (and everything else). It is awarded much the same way as strength and resiliency in life. It requires a set prescription of exertion, at a set level of intensity for a prescribed set amount of time. It means taking time to rest, reset and re-evaluate periodically #svadyaya #selfreflection #selfcare ✨ It means working towards failure, honoring the « i can’t do that’s » and doing it anyway, not for the fuck of it {or the fun of it} but for the lessons in the process. #DoYoga #RinseAndRepeat #LiftWeights rinse and repeat, jump/fall/bump head, take risks/survive the fall #brushitoff and get back in. The mat, the training, the weight room are all a metaphor for life and sometimes that’s all the #therapy you need. Consistency; that’s how Ashtanga got me strong and that’s why I’m teaching #primaryseries in March @nuevaalmayogaandwellness . ✨✨✨ not the controversy of it, just the practice. #yogapractice p.s. maybe this year, i will do my own poster of #primaryseries; hello, #diversity please? https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4Q4Qgg2oa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h4nuzxdggvz4

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NOW | I’ve been working #behindthescenes doing radio and podcast interviews, stretching out the awareness that I 👏🏾Do 👏🏾This 👏🏾For 👏🏾Real 👏🏾... not for the gram, not for social media, in #REALLIFE Check out @thenightcapp if you’re in #metronyc listening range, streaming or on #soundcloud ・・・check out how I got started in this #wellness #fitness #yoga business 11 years ago this March #JustAPreview #ShoutOut @janessamondestin for pulling up. #ButTonightsTheNight #WeLit #ADoubleHeader. #SpecialGuest @keanumusic @dirtidiana #LiveOn @thenightcapp. #ThisSundayNight. #SundayNight its going ⬇️⬇️ with the NIGHT CAP .Tune into 87.9 fm or stream RadioGenaration2000. Also on soundcloud if you miss a show. We got some good stuff in store so call in later. Call in at 845-419-1825. we look forward to hearing from you. @radiogeneration2000 @freshprinceofnyy @djintence @djprinzeb @ms_ladidadi @goldengoddess30_. Stream on the website or You can download the @radiogeneration2000 App, download the @tuneIn app and search for radio generation 2000 or use audio now and search for us.. . . . #InternetRadioShow #RadioShow #TuneIn #GoodThings #iBreakRecords https://www.instagram.com/p/BsloSiKgkmH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r729ip3wi8dg