“Do your practice and all is coming.” ~ Pattabhi Jois
Can yoga deliver miracles?
There is a lot of discussion about its near miracle effects on our health and well-being. Some people so strongly claim it as a cure-all that it’s easy to believe it is all hype. This weekend, the New York Times ran an excellent article by William J. Broad, whose book The Science of Yoga: The Risks and The Rewards is available next month, about the benefits and hazards of the practice. It should be required reading for everyone who’s even thinking of practicing yoga and certainly for all teachers. This kind of resource has been sorely needed by the yoga community for far too long.
Taking all of these cautions into account, the only way to know if yoga if for you is to give it a go – slowly and gently. And starting today, you can give it a try for free with some of the very best teachers on the planet right from the comfort of your own home. Join me and a few thousand others as we begin the 21-day Yoga Challenge with Yoga Journal. I participated last year and was so incredibly impressed by the online classes that I’ve been looking forward to 2012’s challenge ever since!
The Yoga Journal team has added a few features this year that will make it even better than 2011’s challenge:
1.) Connect online with the worldwide yoga community members who are participating in the challenge
2.) Choose your own practice – beginner or intermediate
3.) Set goals, share them, and get encouragement along the way
Wondering how to get started? The challenge begins today – register on the Yoga Journal site and every day you’ll receive an email with a link to that day’s online class.
If you join, let me know so we can keep each other going for the next 21 days. Let’s do this thing!
Published by Christa Avampato
The short of it:
Writer. Health, education, and art advocate. Theater and film producer. Visual artist. Product geek. Proud alumnae of the University of Pennsylvania (BA) and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (MBA). Inspired by ancient wisdom & modern tech. Proliferator of goodness. Opener of doors. Friend to animals. Fan of creative work in all its wondrous forms. I use my business skills to create passion projects that build a better world. I’ve been called the happiest New Yorker, and I try hard to live up to that title every day.
The long of it:
My career has stretched across Capitol Hill, Broadway theatre, education, nonprofit fundraising, health and wellness, and Fortune 500 companies in retail, media, entertainment, technology, and financial services. I’ve been a product developer and product manager, theater manager, strategic consultant, marketer, voice over artist, , teacher, and fundraiser. I use my business and storytelling to support and sustain passion projects that build a better world. In every experience, I’ve used my sense of and respect for elegant design to develop meaningful products, services, programs, and events.
While building a business career, I also built a strong portfolio as a journalist, novelist, freelance writer, interviewer, presenter, and public speaker. My writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, PBS.org, Boston.com, Royal Media Partners publications, and The Motley Fool on a wide range of topics including business, technology, science, health, education, culture, and lifestyle. I have also been an invited speaker at SXSW, Teach for America, Avon headquarters, Games for Change, NYU, Columbia University, Hunter College, and the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. The first book in my young adult book series, Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters, was acquired by a publisher and launched in November 2017. I’m currently working on the second book in the series.
A recovering multi-tasker, I’m equally at home in front of my Mac, on my yoga mat, walking my rescue dog, Phineas, traveling with a purpose, or practicing the high-art of people watching. I also cut up small bits of paper and put them back together as a collage artist.
My company:
I’m bringing together all of my business and creative career paths as the Founder of Double or Nothing Media:
• I craft products, programs, and projects that make a difference;
• I build the business plans that make what I craft financially sustainable;
• I tell the stories that matter about the people, places, and products that inspire me.
Follow my adventures on Twitter at https://twitter.com/christanyc and Instagram at https://instagram.com/christarosenyc.
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“Do your practice and all is coming.” ~ Pattabhi Jois
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