Classes continuing Sundays at 4:30, all are welcome!

YogaFusion is coninuing in the Mt. Auburn studio on Sunday afternoons!  

Please email me with any questions, I'm happy to talk yoga. If you subscribe to the blog, at right, you will receive my new blog posts by email, and updates to the schedule, and of course yoga-love. I will often share some thoughts here after class. If you would like to be on my yoga mailing list mention that in your email. Feel free to post a comment or share the blog with friends who might be interested.

The classes will be held in the Mt. Auburn studio at the Watertown Center for Healing Arts, the link is below. Lots of parking and easy public transportation if desired:

Watertown Center for Healing Arts

As my own yoga education and journey continues I hope to share with any and all who are interested the healing, energizing and spirited exploration that is yoga. In these classes we will be moving deeply and purposefully through movement inquiries, Yin yoga and breath work. We will be bringing attention and awareness to the introduction of asanas and postures, exploring our practice in a new, perhaps more subtle way. For people completely new to yoga, no previous experience is required, you will be cared for and nurtured as we all learn together. In time there will be explorations of the yoga sutras, the bandhas, various vinyasas, breathwork and meditative techniques, and just plain fun.

Teaching in Costa Rica!

Thanks to Andrew for the photo! Surf's up.

Sunday, June 20th

There will be no classes Sunday, June 20th or the 27th due to travel. Please stay in touch for future class info, Michael.

no class sunday june 13th

there will be no class this sunday the 13th. classes should return to a normal schedule soon. i have been traveling every weekend lately. hoping all is well, michael.

No class on Sunday, June 6th

Hello yogis. There will be no class this Sunday, June 6th. I will be traveling and won't be returning as soon as I thought.

Namaste

Breath of Joy is a great way to start your day! Better than any amount of java!

There will be no class on Sunday...Mother's Day, May 9th.

Apologies for the late notice. There will be no class on Sunday, Mother's Day, classes will resume next week. Michael.

Hi kids!

Good morning, I hope you're having a beautiful spring weekend! Class is on for sunday at 4:30, I hope to see you there.

Thank you!

I personally felt the practice yesterday to be very healing, heart opening and exploratory. Moving from posture to posture as the spirit moves us allows our bodies, minds and spirits to converge in choice and breath. Suddenly I was discovering new movements, and places I wanted to be, that were not a part of my plan for the day. The journey is the destination. M.

Through the light in you I see the light in me.

Hi all, so we are on schedule again for Sunday at 4:30. I am looking forward to practicing with you. I attended a kirtan on Friday night. Chanting, amazing music and musicians, and a group energy and vibration that was deeply felt. Kirtan is a form of call and response singing common to Indian tradition. There were two harmoniums in use last night, they are beautiful small piano-like instruments that are played by pumping a bellows while playing the keys. And there was fantastic food, kitchari, and wonderful company. Chanting and singing were an important part of my experience in Costa Rica as we chanted daily and came together on Friday nights for satsang. Satsang means 'to sit with the truth', and was a chance for us to share any personal stories or experiences in complete trust, compassion and embrace. Sharing was always voluntary and without restriction of any kind. This kind of powerful group experience has meant a lot to me and I feel that spirit in class with you each time we share yoga. We can lift each other, carry each other, hold each other, simply by witnessing our journey together, without judgment. I will post the next time there is a kirtan so that you can come and check it out if you are interested. Namaste.

Brain plasticity and yoga

There is a lot of great information available right now on brain plasticity. On just how changeable the brain is and what we can do to influence new neuron growth. Many previously held assumptions about the brain are falling by the wayside. All helpful in their own way, but as it turns out this brain of ours is fantastically malleable, more able to build new, more desirable connections than we imagined. So two things come to mind, Einstein and yoga. Einstein famously said something to this effect: 'A problem cannot be solved in the same consciousness that created it'. If something, some problem, is created from a certain consciousness, whether personal or cultural, it cannot be solved without a change in consciousness. And confirming this idea brain science says: 'Neurons that fire together wire together'. There is a physical relationship in this dynamic of problem and solution. How do we get beyond our conditioned response? Patanjali's 4th yoga sutra says: 'Vrtti sarupyam itaratra : In states other than yoga the mind, or self, is identified with its contents'. In other words yoga recognizes the need for a change in consciousness and calls that change yoga. So neurology is just beginning to catch up with the 5,000 years of accumulated yoga knowledge! What is yoga that it speaks of, promises, a place of separation from the status quo of our mind? And is that even possible? Can we create new relationships in mind and body through yoga? Neuroscience says yes we can. And through the inquiry of yoga we may come to find the very act of witnessing our own consciousness a great place to start.