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Big Announcement! My New Frontiers!
Greetings Friends,
I’m excited to share my journey over the past four months. Indeed, my life has changed drastically and my presence, prac

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Namaste Yoga + Wellness Teacher Feature
Hey everyone! Earlier this year, I was featured on Namaste Yoga + Wellness' blog, including some brand spanking new yoga pics. Check it...

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HEROES & VICTIMS - Now Available!
The final installment of The Diluvians series, HEROES & VICTIMS, is now available in print and ebook! Get your copy today! Five-hundred...

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Time Travel - Novels - Retreats - Oh my!
There's a lot going on in my neck of the woods! A new workshop next week, a new novel next month, and a new retreat next year! Find out...

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Yoga & Mediation Escape Weekend Retreat 2018
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Pratyahara - Class Notes
Pratyahara Updated though 8/20/2017 With Pratyahara, we enter into the second half of the eight limbs of classical yoga. While the first...

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Fundamentals of Pranayama - Class Notes
Fundamentals of Pranayama Updated though 8/6/2017 Pranayama is the means to control, regulate, direct, or expand vital life force...

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The Art of Time Travel (and How to Stop Doing it)
THE ART OF TIME TRAVEL (and How to Stop Doing it) Saturday, September 16th at 2-4pm at Namaste Yoga + Wellness | Grand Lake, Oakland CA...

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Aspects of Asana - Class Notes
5 Weeks - Aspects of Asana Updated though 7/2/2017 Asana (or seat) is the third of the eight limbs of yoga as outlined by the sage...

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Observing the Niyamas - Class Notes
Earlier this year, I taught an 5-week course on the second limb of yoga, the Niyamas, during my Yoga & Meditation class at Namaste and...

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Exploration of the Yamas - Class Notes
Earlier this year, I taught an 5-week course on the first limb of yoga, the Yamas, during my Yoga & Meditation class at Namaste and I'd...

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Notes, Nidra, and Kalamazoo! (March/April Newsletter)
Notes, Nidra, and Kalamazoo! Every Monday, in Oakland, CA, I teach a class aptly called Yoga & Meditation. In this class we go through...

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Journey Through the Chakras Class Notes
Earlier this year, I taught an 8-week course on Chakra system during my Monday night Yoga & Meditation class at Namaste Rockridge and I'd...

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Rise to Self-care (February Newsletter)
Rise to Self-care Everyday, there are more and more reasons to feel stressed and overwhelmed, which brings me to plead that we all take...

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New Year - No Resolution (January Newsletter)
New Year - No Resolution We all want to be happy, right? Like fairytale happy. Like getting 8 solid hours of sleep and feeling refreshed...

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Awaken Your Creativity (December Newsletter)
Awaken Your Creativity There came a time in my Yoga and Meditation practice when I noticed a growing connection between my practice and...

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Rest Like You Mean It (November Newsletter)
Learn To Rest Like You Mean It Like many of us, I sometimes fall behind on base-level and primitive needs like sleep. In fact, when I am...

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SEVEN DEVILS - Now Available in Print!
My new 7-chapter novella, SEVEN DEVILS, is now available in PRINT!!! And the printed version include two additional stories: The Hallway...

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Monthly Yoga Nidra | Namaste Rockridge
Monthly Yoga Nidra with Jerry Givens1st Fridays 7:15-8:15pm at Namaste Rockridge Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) is the practice of conscious deep

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Awaken Your Creativity Workshop | Namaste Rockridge
Awaken Your Creativity Workshop January 14th at 1-4pm at Namaste Rockridge Start your year off right by using your yoga practice to dive...

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