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Mars will have to wait

2010-02-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

I have always wanted to live in space. I watched Star Trek: USS Enterprise re-runs on FOX every day after school, then there was Star Trek: The Next Generation, and recently Star Trek Enterprise that came before the 1960's show I've grown to love. (Compliments of NetFilx) I recently attended the Kennedy Space center to say a bitter sweet goodbye to the NASA constellation mission while it sits

NOW THIS WAY Alex Reznik

2010-02-10T07:59:00.000-08:00

It seems of late Russia is getting into the Western style- gyms. I think it's such a luxury to have a personal trainer, and Alex Reznik, founder of Complete Body in NYC is back at it in his motherland. Alex states,“In the last three to five years, you see Russian businessmen who are in shape, who are drinking water, People have decided that they want to live longer.”I teach group classes at

A Modern Yogic Approach

2009-10-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

If you read The Hatha Yoga Pradipika that is a classic Sanskrit manual on Hatha Yoga, written by Svami Svatmarama and said to be the oldest surviving text on Hatha Yoga, it will tell you that the reason for a Yoga practice is to strengthen and purify the body to prepare it for long periods of meditation in one posture. To my mind many people today could benefit from a regular

A Commenary on the Awakening Mind

2009-10-04T16:53:00.000-07:00

Today at the Hammerstein theatre in NYC, I witnessed the Dalai Lama’s teachings on “A Commentary on the Awakening Mind” composed by the great master Arya Nagarjuna. The Sanskrit title: is Bodhicittavivarana, and comes from the Tantric tradition. It’s important to note that in the Tantric tradition, God is Consciousness. There is an important distinction here, because Arya negates on more then

Boat on the Horizon

2009-10-02T14:28:00.000-07:00

So many times I think I know what I want in my Yoga practice. For example handstand was a small boat on my horizon for quite some time until I attended a Yoga intensive where I learned that my shoulders were tight. Because of this, I wasn’t fully able to move into the back bend that was necessary to experience sweetness in handstand. There was no reason to feel bad about