Functional Ashtanga Range Conditioning: Handstand
Every joint either contributes to the line or breaks it. The FRC approach to building a handstand from the ground up.
Drive Your Own Nervous System
Eight six-week courses, ~54 guided audio sessions — every classical breath up to the full Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence, engineered to start dead simple.
Not All Sand Is Yoga Sand
It’s about how the world runs on tiny grains we ignore—and why the “easy” stuff (like desert sand, or shortcuts) doesn’t actually hold.
Afternoon Yoga Club
Aging bodies matter, sure—but the real yoga win is the stuff you can’t measure: community, confidence, and a nervous system that finally unclenches.
The Yoga Contractor Trade-Off
Most yoga jobs in the US are 1099. That’s the default, not a choice you opted into. Here’s the math that determines whether it’s actually worth it.
Stop Making Ashtanga a Cult! Part 2: Strategies
Michael Joel Hall discusses his intervention strategies to address unhealthy group dynamics in Ashtanga Yoga practice.
Cheap Fruit, Expensive People
It’s about legal guest workers on U.S. farms—and how “doing it right” costs more than the market wants to admit.
Interoceptive Awareness Protects Against Stress
A 2017 study found that interoceptive awareness, the ability to sense internal body signals, is linked to greater stress resilience. Yoga trains this capacity directly.
Keep the Method, Lose the Throne
Ashtanga’s method is a gift; the guru-centric machinery is optional. I didn’t just say so — I built the self-owned platform that unbolts one from the other.
Name It. Move On.
It’s about telling the truth about your mood without turning it into a lifelong identity—or a daily beatdown.