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Dear Yogis and Yoginis, I was invited to stay my first night in Japan with my dear friends Madoka, Utaka ,and their sweet 4 year old, Aoi in Chofu,a suburb of Tokyo. Madoka has been a buddy from my first visit to Japan 10 years ago. I am so grateful for...

The last 5 days of my trip to Japan were spent teaching the Immersion I program in Osaka hosted by  Anusara® Inspired teacher, Tomoko Oda.  These 16 advanced yogis are very strong in thier studentship. They arrive for the seminar 30 minutes early. When...

Here is Madoka-san and her sweet 3 year old daughter Aoi in the bamboo forest in Kyoto. The day was gorgeous and sunny. There was a fall nip in the air. We got off the train and Aoi saw a map that showed that you could visit monkeys if you hiked...

Dear Beloved Kula, I just finished my first weekend in Okayama with a group of enthusiastic and very strong yoga teachers and students. Naoko has a lovely studio in Okayama that attracts intermediate and advanced yoga practitioners. This is quite rare in...

I just read Christina Sell's blog and was blown away that she and I started teaching and studying yoga at around the same time. I started teaching in 1991 and realize that yoga has changed dramatically since then. Yoga was hippie dippy in those days and...