Prop Frameworks on Sunday, April 7 at Schoolhouse Yoga, Pittsburgh
Using Yoga Props to Develop your Practice and Insight Schoolhouse Yoga, East Liberty location 5923 Baum Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Sunday, April 7 12:30—6:00pm How many ways can we use […]
Day-long Adjustments Exploration on Sunday, March 31 at Studio Oxygen, Poland, OH
Adjustment Frameworks: Yoga and the Art of Touch Sunday, March 31 11am – 6pm Studio Oxygen, Poland location 1714 Boardman-Poland Road Poland, OH 44514 studiooxygenyoga.com Many teachers are only taught […]
Reviving your Lower Back and Hips in Butler, PA on Sunday, March 10
Reviving your Lower Back and Hips: Practices for Pain-Free Stability and Freedom of Movement Sunday, March 10 1-3:30pm butleryogaworks.com The connective tissues in our lower back and hips play a […]
Straight (and Curved) Lines to Trust and Beginner’s Mind
I am learning how to draw because I want to become a better visual communicator when I teach workshops. I’ve been drawing for about seven weeks now, and I’ve noticed […]
Sparks light, but coals heat: Cultivating Resolve
(Originally published in 2015: Check out the app here) The first thing I’ll admit to in this article: It’s about me, working on an app called Onward Facing Yoga. The […]
Yoga on Lockdown: Teaching Students During an Active Shooter Emergency
I’m not sure how long I’ll teach yoga—it could be two months or 30 years—but I’m sure the class I taught in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, on Saturday, October 27 will be […]
Do You Have a “Triage Yoga” Routine?
In catastrophes and medical emergencies, caregivers rely on a process called triage. Stemming from the early 1800’s, triage is a method of prioritizing the care of many people based on […]
“People aren’t broken. It’s our society:” An interview with Felicia Savage Friedman
I rolled out my mat and gathered yoga props for Felicia Savage Friedman’s class at the Kingsley Association Center, a community organization in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood. The class operates with […]
Being a Big Baby
Why is it a good idea to let babies play with blocks? It’s a mostly neurological one. Stacking blocks, creating new shapes, seeing how gravity works; this all adds variety […]
“Acknowledgements” from the Frameworks 300 manual
Too often I had assumed that others knew the intensity of my appreciation for them, only to discover otherwise. —Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication My journey as a yoga teacher was […]
Life Half-Dead: A Valentine’s Day Post
I turned 40 last year. Even if I’m lucky and try to keep myself in good health, I’m halfway done. This Valentine’s Day post begins with the Pali Canon, the […]
Teach Yoga Effectively; Avoid these Seven Phrases in Class
As yoga teachers, we want to make the practice as clear as we can. But there are several common ways of speaking in a yoga class that make the instructions […]
Is your yoga teacher a wanna-be cult leader? Ask this question.
It’s reasonable to assume there are no simple answers when it comes to self-inquiry. Each of us has our own unique experience. Teaching and sharing our experiences in a yoga […]
Frameworks 300 Yoga Teacher Training | Pittsburgh 2018
300 Hour Teacher Training in Pittsburgh March—November 2018 In partnership with Illume (formerly Exhale Yoga) and Falk Laboratory School Frameworks Yoga offers inclusive training and teaching techniques that support everybody’s […]
Frameworks 300 reading list
Frameworks 300 is dedicated to both offering a broad educational experience and providing resources for trainees to go deep into subjects that interest them most. Below is the list of […]
Empathy on World Kindness Day
Today is World Kindness Day, which for 19 years has been suggesting we explore the question “What does kindness mean to us?” It comes in many forms. For me, the […]
