Off to Scotland, but......

Yep that’s right Maria and I will be in Scotland from the 20th - 31st. Plans are to swank the evenings away during the festival, hang out with relatives, help my dad move and possible have a sneaky trip to the beautiful Isle of Skye.

I do have my concerns about the length of travel, missing classes and having a disrupted Yoga Practice. This is always a dilemma for me, as my practice is pretty integrated to my way of life here in NYC. On one had I find the attachment to it disturbing, Yoga is about freedom and structure to me, it’s just something I do, something I have always done and something I always will. However when I get into a routine (which I happily have been for the past 6 months) it also gets into a habit, and dare I say it an addiction.

So do I break this habit throw caution to the wind and just have a break. Or do I squeeze my practice into the few free moments (and there are only a few hours and usually at 2 in the morning at that) that I can spare. Orrr do I dedicate time to the practice and possibly sacrifice time I usually don’t get with my relatives.

Will keep you up to date!

APW

Ok, so I haven’t been posting, I have however been preparing for an exhibition for the 3rd of October I will submit just the one painting, but it’s a large painting. I will post an official flyer in the next week or two. You can see some scraps from the table here: Paintbox

I just realised

I just realised that last updated my website on the 17th of August this time last year, it must be something about this time of year. Website should work just fine now, if there are any problems feel free to contact me.

All Points West

Just a quick note to say Maria and I had a great time at all points west and will post photo’s on the our website. We had a great time, actually got VIP tickets to the last day (worth it for the toilets) and managed to catch Radiohead and the amazing Andrew bird. Yay for Jersey City.

Success in less then 10 hours

I Have finally managed to get the ‘Galleries’ section to work (albeit a bit slow) but it’s getting there.

More summer Yoga teaching

Ok, to say this summer’s teaching schedule has been lean...... would be being kind. The economic downturn as been effecting gyms and classes. Not the end of the world as most of my classes will be back in September.
Bit strange though to be so far and yet so near to Teaching. As I mentioned in June it has it’s upsides and it’s downsides. I really have gotten to know a few more of the students and as ever it is a learning experience, I’m feeling that the classes are getting stronger and the students more receptive (perhaps it’s just that the dedicated are more likely to come in from the warmth of the outside). Either way I have been enjoying the slower schedule.
The most amazing thing though is my own capacity to learn, I find that the smaller the class the more questions I get asked (which really throws my whirling brain off I have to admit, but it is always welcome) I find it’s been feeding my personal need for knowledge also. For example I have had a few Pregnant students which has (forced me to be fair) to research more comfortable positions and change the dynamics of the classes to suit all levels at once (which I can tell you is a challenge). I’m not sure how successful this has been, but on the whole I really am getting more flexible with the classes.
In fact I don’t even think I plan the classes anymore, what I may do is once a week post on this website what Asana/Pranayama I’ve been working on myself and adapt that to each class for the week, create a theme if you will for the proceeding classes.