Friday, February 06, 2004


ferns & orchids

"hundreds of coffee farmers have turned their traditional farmhouses, distinguished by mossy red-tile roofs and wide verandas dripping with pots of geraniums, ferns and orchids, into comfortable bed-and-breakfasts where rooms usually cost less than $20 a night."

as the most miserable sleety rain continues to fall today, it's easy to dream of agro-tourism on a beautiful coffee farm in colombia. . .

and once again in yoga news, at be yoga in midtown manhattan, carl horowitz, (a.k.a. "upside down carl"), is holding an inversion workshop saturday, feb. 21st 2-4 pm. cost is US$50/60.

carl describes the workshop as a practice focused on strengthening and lengthening the core for inversions. headstand, forearm stand and handstand require strength and the ability to lengthen from a powerful core in to balance over a stable base. carl will explore ways of developing these qualities to enhance a feeling of float in jumps, as well as steadiness and control in a number of inverted variations.

i highly recommend this workshop, since the viniyoga approach taught by both punk yogi j. brown and carl horowitz (scroll down) taught me forearm stand and headstand in the middle of room much more quickly and with a grace and ease frankly unknown to the standard vinyasa method.

in fact carl and i are now working on pressing up into handstand at the center of the room from downward-facing dog. no hopping, no jumping, no leaping; just pick your own bad feet right up off the floor. . .

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