Recently, as I ended class a student caught my attention and asked, “Hey, can I get a minute after I put my mats away?” *heart stops briefly as the catastrophic thinker in me wonders if I’m going to get a talkin’ to for not doing XYZ during class, maybe they hated my playlist, maybe….* So [...]

Yoga means union of the mind, body and spirit with the Divine. Last weekend, I experienced this sort of union in many forms. I married the love of my life on Saturday and with that marriage came a profound integration both in my own body and spirit as well as among the many family and [...]

We love us some YogaDork around these here Phyzz parts.  This recent (guest) post does a bang-up job of addressing the ever-growing prominence of videos displaying yogi prowess and asana proficiency is one that struck a particularly familiar chord. This about sums it up: “In the same way that the use of abstracted and idealized body [...]

It’s true: I’ve been known to work the odd project management consulting gig here and there. Let’s just say that when it works, having a little extra cash to pad your local yoga teacher’s pockets ain’t a bad thing. My current gig recently had me plan, organize, and execute a 3-day conference that drew attendees [...]

Sometimes people ask me, “Hey Karen/Phyzz, you’re a yoga business. How come you don’t post/tweet/blog about yoga all the time?” Here’s the thing: I really don’t want to be some banal, pedantic, yoga-all-the-time-yogis that sends you recycled yoga platitudes and snippets of wisdom. Not that I don’t think there’s any value in it, nor do [...]

Okay. This NY Times article is furiously making its Facebook rounds, and I’ve now been emailed this article enough times that I compelled to say something about it. There’s been quite a bit of a yoga buzz in the news of late. Perhaps this is par for the course, being that it’s the season of New [...]

I recently walked into a very busy yoga studio and asked if I could leave some postcards advertising Phyzz’s upcoming trip to India this February. The person behind the desk literally raised an eyebrow at me and motioned suspiciously, “Let me see’em.” After taking a look, they huffed, “Sorry, can’t post’em. We already have people [...]

We’re so accustomed to not being able to sit still, so much so that the idea of even trying to meditate is laughable to some. Or, even if we’re able to somehow cajole our minds into some state that resembles absolute focus, the effort and effect is only momentary. Which got me to thinking…is there anything [...]