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View From Above

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Gray Skies

Trek up a mountain–or scale a building or climb a tree, anywhere high-like–and survey the world around you.

How big it feels from that vantage point. How much more expansive the surrounds appear from such heights.

Sometimes it’s not the world that changes but rather how we see things.

Practice is a process of moving forward, except often times it’s an uphill battle. But then, over time, as you look around you, the way you see things changes.

Classes resume after full moon and weekend. Morning Mysore: Monday-Friday 7:00-9:30; Evening Mysore Monday & Wednesday 18:00-20:00, Tuesday & Thursday 18:30-20:15. Espacia Vacio is located off Placa Verreina in Gracia. http://www.pazzifica.com

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Trek a una montaña – o escalar un edificio o trepar a un árbol, en cualquier lugar de alta como – y contemplar el mundo que te rodea.

¿Qué tan grande que se siente de esa posición ventajosa? ¿Cuánto más expansiva la rodea aparece desde tales alturas?

A veces no es el mundo que cambia, pero cómo vemos las cosas.

La práctica es un proceso de avanzar, salvo muchas veces es una batalla cuesta arriba. Pero luego, con el tiempo, como se mira a tu alrededor, la forma de ver las cosas cambia.

Reinicio de clases después de la luna llena y de fin de semana. Mañana Mysore: Lunes-Viernes 07:00-09:30; Mysore Tarde Lunes y Miércoles 18:00-20:00, Martes y Jueves 18:30-20:15. Espacia Vacio en Placa Verreina en Gracia. http://www.pazzifica.com
Photo: Surveying the village and farmland below Castilla de Montoliu, Catalan, Spain.

Wide Open Spaces

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7:00am, January 7, 2014. I turn the key, turn the lights on, place Guruji’s photo on the altar, I light two candles. Students start to arrive, they lay down their mats and they start to breathe. The room heats while students move between standing postures. At a quarter to 8, we stop for a moment to fill the room with “Om” and the opening mantra.

What was an empty, dark room fills into my first mysore class in Barcelona, the beginning of a whole new teaching adventure.

Photo: The room and the mysore practice. I love this open space in Yoga con Gracia where Pazzifica Ashtanga Yoga has daily morning and evening mysore classes. Big windows, high ceilings, the room lends itself to the spirit of potential. Mysore mornings are Monday-Friday, 7am-9:30am.

Hola Barcelona!

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Hola Barcelona!

Tomorrow I start teaching in Pazzifica Ashtanga Yoga, located at Shala Gracia, Calle Esglesia nº4-10 4ª planta (plaza virreina), Barrio de Gracia.

Looking forward to carrying on the work of Paz Munoz, who is entrusting me with her beloved students for the next two months. I step in with great pleasure and excitement in one of my favorite cities!

Mysore Class Horario/Schedule 2014

Mañanas/Morning:
Lunes a Viernes/Monday to Friday de 7.00-9.30am
( Puedes llegar hasta las 8.00am)

Tardes/Afternoon:
Lunes y Miercoles/Monday and Wednesday 18-20hrs
Martes y Jueves/Tuesday and Thursday 18.30-20.15hrs.

Photo: Storefront artwork in the neighborhood of Gracia where the studio is located. Perfectly tells my story. Happy to be in Barcelona doing what I love.

Una Puerta, Universal Practice

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Una Puerta, Universal Practice

A doorway into a familiar and yet also new world.

This is the door to Yoga con Gracia in Barcelona, where Paz Muñoz teaches a mysore program every morning between Monday to Friday and evenings Monday to Thursday.

It’s the same practice, Ashtanga, mysore-style. But it’s a different place, different culture, different bodies, different shapes.

It’s beautiful to see the universality of practice, how it translates to all places, how it adapts to different cultures, body types and mentalities.

Looking forward to returning to this special space in January to sub for Paz. But first, soon: Cairo…