Gary Kraftsow (American Viniyoga) and Shelly Craigo (Himalayan Institute)
Someone gets unhinged
HardTail
HardTail booth
The Yoga Journal Conference NYC 2014
Again from the sublime to the ridiculous...
Workshops with Sarah Powers (Insight Yoga), Bo Forbes (Yoga for Empaths), Richard Freeman (the Art of Vinyasa), and Gary Kraftsow (Tantra Yoga: Meditation, Mantra, Visualization) at this weekend's Yoga Journal Conference NYC definitely left me with a lot to think about.
I was struck by how their teachings--and their mastery-- seemed to come from a place of commitment rather than from a place that was searching for recognition or fame. (And I wondered: where are the up-and-coming Sarah Powers', Bo Forbes', Richard Freemans, and Gary Kraftsows? Are they off incubating somewhere?)
At Bo Forbes, I ran into both the first editor of Yoga Journal, Linda Sparrowe, and one of my editors at the current Yoga Journal, Carmel Wroth.
So we now confirm that editors are long-suffering empaths. Thank you.
Carmel whisked me off to the "townhall meeting" that included LuluLemon folks, yoga activists, and yoga scholars. I have to say, it was pretty tough being an empath in that room: TENSE is the word, as Seane Corn and crew sought to wring out a statement of contrition from LuluLemon. In fact, the "debate" dramatically unbalanced at least one person in the audience who began pacing in front of the panelists as though looking for a fight.
But as Yoga for Empaths had just showed me, just because I was worried, didn't mean I had to take it on... So I got grounded and refocused. And so, next stop?
Well, sometimes a yogini just wants to .... shop.The dazzling array of pants from HardTail at the Yoga Marketplace was worth a photo. A horizon of beautiful pants. I did buy a pair.