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Lessons on Impermanence
I had just gotten back from a week long meditation retreat where I spent 8 hours each day meditating and watching the changing nature of everything–sounds, thoughts, physical sensations, when I noticed an email in my Equinox email inbox about a manager needing to speak with me imminently regarding my 12pm Wednesday class at 76th/Amsterdam.…
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Combining Yoga and Pilates/the Power of an Inter-Disciplinary Approach
My interest and relationship to Pilates and Yoga started from activities in my childhood that resulted in serious trauma to my body. I started dancing at age 6 and by age 13 experienced symptoms of chondromalacia patella, in which the cartilage on the undersurface of the knee deteriorates and softens. This condition often arises from…
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Working Through Loss
I’m going to get personal for a moment and it might sound like I’m complaining. In 2013 I lost my grandmother to Pancreatic cancer, my grandfather to unknown causes, our family home of over 60 years, my boyfriend of 2 years, my apartment, and my dog. There were also countless wonderful occurrences in my life,…
