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Skewer

  

 

Chantal Therrien & I built this fun little skewer spin as part of our calibration and get to vibe with each other party the other day.  

Saturday April 5th, 2014 we will be teaching a class together at Westside Acro.  Chantal Therrien from AcroYoga Montreal will be joining Christopher Filkins in the studio this week as we explore a practice of relationships and a conversation on same. 

Why can acro be so challenging for some yoga teachers or deep yoga practitioners? What is it about the practice which requires us to be open, communicative, and to take responsibility for our own stuff?

Chris & Chantel will be exploring some of these questions as we learn how to become fully responsibility for our half of the practice. This week we will be using the original AY machine called 4 step as a doorway to exploring these questions. We will be exploring light flyers. Engaged flyers. Bases who don't control but who flow. We will look at tempo. We will break down calibrations and exercises to help you understand better the dance, the relationship between base and flyer in our acro practices.

If you are a yoga teacher this class will serve you very well. We encourage yoga instructors to come to this class, even if you have no existing acro practice, as the concepts we discuss will be key to understanding the difference between yoga as you know it and acro.

Class is $15 and lasts 1.5 hours followed by the best open jam in Los Angeles until 10:30 at night. Come play and explore and learn more about yourself and your practice.

This is a special treat to have such an accomplished teacher and flyer in our studio. We hope you can make it! Bring yourself, bring a mat, bring some water, and a partner if you got em. (If you don't you will find someone in class)

Please come!

11943 Montana Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90049  

Master Ong's Flow Retreat 2014

 

At the end of April Ahni Radvanyi and I will be appearing at Marvin Ong's Flow Retreat. Marvin is a supremely talented chap and every time he asks me to be involved in one of his projects I jump. Many top flow artists from around the world will be there and it is sure to be extremely educational and fun for everyone who attends. I am truly honored to be involved. Last year I was unable to attend because of my Costa Rica project but this year I am fully on board and will be there to share Acro Love with my partner in crime. Hope you can come!

How We Kill Chickens

 

 

Samsara looks to be an awesome film.

13 Baddest Burning Man Art Projects

Man I love Burning Man. Check this stuff out. So much beauty!

Cleaning Time

I was reminded this morning that I am in the midst of a grand reorganization in my life.  Moving things around.  Getting rid of things I thought I needed but turns out I didn't.  All day I have been covering this ground in my mental path.  Turns out you never know what will be a thing of the past.

In line with this I want to bring to your attention a book written by a talented writer friend of mine named Claire Bidwell Smith.  It will be on the market in a week or two. Here is the book trailer on Youtube.  Perhaps soon I'll be sharing a story about my life in recent time and how it relates to Claire's story.

A Brave Soul

I frigging love this guy. Such bravery. Such gumption. Covering our bodies seems so engrained in modern culture it is smothering to me. We need more of this.  This guy walks the streets of Barcelona stark naked.  It's legal and he's strong enough that the wary and delighted eyes of passerby do not ward him off from this behavior.  Seriously a guy I would like to meet.

What do you do when a friend betrays you? It hurts. It causes everything else to go wonky and weird. I have been betrayed many times in my life. I'd think I'd get used to it. But I still remain amazed at how long it takes me to recover every time. Maybe next time will be easier.