Shoji Arts Blog
So, December will be my 15-year anniversary of practicing Ashtanga. Wow. I think my first class with Richard Freeman was in December of 2005. Grateful that transpired. I can’t say it’s been 6 days a week for 15 years. I admire anyone who can do that. But for instance, there was about one year recently…
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Right now two women are asking me questions about yoga– One is a woman I imagine is in her 50s or 60s. She wants to know whether there are any yoga scriptures or schools founded by women. She’s been reading the Yoga Sutras and finds Pat@ñjali is quite gendered to her. Another is a young…
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My aunt unearthed this treasure of a photograph. I feel inclined to share it today, my final day here in the Philippines before taking off for the United States. I might be late for International Women’s Day, but not for Women’s History Month. My grandmother, Lola Clavelina “Belen” Antiquera Grajo, was something special. Born in…
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