Author Archives: yogidennis

I love children. Everyone who knows me knows this. Kids on the street, kids I know…whatever. I love watching what they do…how they interact…listening to what they say. It’s magical. It’s always honest…real. They’re always clear. While I don’t have children of my own, I do have the great luxury of knowing many people whoContinue reading “Be Quiet!”

Summertime in New York is the great equalizer. There are those days where the heat is so intense that you feel like you’ve walked into a wall when you step  onto the street. We walk slowly and lethargically from our homes to the subway, to work; all the while sweating. No one is immune fromContinue reading “The Great Equalizer”

I’m grateful to have stumbled upon Sankalpah Yoga three years ago. Isaac Pena, co-founder of the studio, is an awesome guide and practitioner. Anyone who knows him knows this. His classes are strong, powerful, and transformative. Near the end of recent class, as is customary at Sankalpah, handstand, forearm stand, and headstand were all inContinue reading “Center Stage.”

In order to practice, we have to surrender, we have to take a risk. Otherwise, what we’re doing is standing back in order to judge, in order to feel superior. Often the obstacle is fear: we don’t think we’ll ever succeed. And so we’d rather stand apart and be cynical, to feel protected in thatContinue reading “Taking a Risk”

Oh Lord. Not another blog! Yes, another blog. Over  a year ago I wrote something I posted to facebook which was actually intended to be my first post on my new blog.  What can I say? I get distracted. Tony Robbins is apoplectic right now. Sorry, Tony. I remember my early yoga classes where “monkeyContinue reading “Oh Lord, Not another blog!”