
Have you ever been in a yoga class where you are instructed to move from supine to standing, standing to kneeling, kneeling to prone, prone to standing, then down again to your knees. You get the gist. You are bobbing up and down like a yoyo. You begin to forget where you are or what

These are emotional times. I awoke yesterday morning to hear of yet another two deaths of my black citizens by police officers. The FBI director was being interrogated concerning Hillary Clinton’s emails during her term as Secretary of State. My tai chi teacher is dealing with life threatening cancer and several of my own students are fighting

Ever feel like you are fighting yourself in a yoga pose? I have heard many students say that they will not attend yoga classes that include poses with long holds. They tell me the long holds are too difficult even if the pose itself is not. But what is so difficult about holding a pose

I like ritual in my classes. It adds a structure and a serious tone to the class. In my yoga classes I always start with the ringing of a Tibetan bowl. I end class with Namaste. In my tai chi classes I start with the ringing of my Tibetan bowl and the formal greeting of

“Move like a cat Flow like water Soften like silk” This is my mantra. Am I talking about tai chi or yoga? Actually the more I study both arts the more I use this mantra for both my yoga classes and my tai chi classes. It’s about practicing softly, slowly and continuously. But the aspect

A Blending of the Arts