What intirgues me is that the conditions of smiliness (I can't bring myself to say happiness) and physical fatigue can coexist in the same body.
I am taking a workshop at Spiral Flight Yoga in Georgetown on March 19. Amy Weintraub will be leading her Life Force Yoga To Beat The Blues. This is the first time that I've seen her offer a seminar or workshop in the DC area.
Amy wrote the book Yoga for Depression and really opened my eyes to the power of yogta. Her schedule is posted on her web site.
I have never been to Spiral Flight Yoga. It is just not conveniently located for me. It does have a strong schedule of classes, workshops and services, especially on alternative healing therapies, like acupuncture and reiki.
Circle Yoga - Adult Yoga - Washington, D.C. is run by Annie Mahon. The studio is located near Connecticut Ave. and the Maryland line so it's not conveniently located for me -- not near the Metro Red Line or in the Rockville area. I do plan on checking out a class at the studio because Annie was very flattering in an e-mail that set off this wink.
Circle Yoga is working with other yoga shops to organize a DC Yoga Week for April 29-May 5. Flow Yoga Center and SomaFit are the other shows supporting the initiative. They expect to add more DC yoga studios shortly.
India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga Christian Science Monitor: "The project represents a 21st-century approach to safeguarding intellectual property of the ancient variety. The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) aims to prevent foreign entrepreneurs from claiming Indian lore as novel, and thus patenting it." This database extends to yoga, as well. Indians used to look down on their traditional arts, but have had to update their opinions when Westerners start to exploit them.
I had been meaning to mention that the Art of Living is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding on February 17-19. The Silver Jubilee is being held in India and it is going to be a big deal -- 2.5 million attending, according to AOL. People will be coming from all over the world to Bangalore to pay homage to Sri Shri Ravi Shankar. Obviously, I am not going -- just couldn't fit a trip around the world into my schedule. I am also not that hot on the guru thing.
I have not been practicing my kriya as regularly as I used to. As my frequency of yoga classes has gone up, the available time for pranayama has gone down. I still try to fit it in on the weekends as part of a restoration routine.
