Feb 3, 2015
Every Day Love
Start Your Day Right Abhyanga is a daily, total body self-massage. This Ayurvedic healing ritual is the foundation of beauty, youth, strength and tone as well as mental and physical calm. In Sanskrit, the source language for Yoga and Ayurveda, sneha means both oil and love. When we massage with a caring heart and hands, […]
Sep 15, 2014
Are You Experienced?
Location, location, location. Or what I might call synchronicity, plain damn good luck or the Grace of the Guru. So my neighbor, who lives downstairs with his wife and his dog, is an awesome guy. He is a mentor for individuals with spinal cord injury and works with the city, as well as other public […]
Nov 3, 2013
Whole Foods are Already Delicious – 3 Recipes for Autumn and Winter
Once I pick up my weekly CSA farm share, I like to cook up as much of it as I can in the first day or two, and then cook the rest a few days later. I store the cooked food in glass dishes in the fridge. Having yummy food ready to eat gives me […]
Oct 27, 2013
Don’t Live a Disposable Life
In 2005 my guy and I left hectic Los Angeles for a simpler life in a sweet house near Hilo, Hawaii. Our new life was a blessing and, I believe, the blessing of our yoga teacher Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who assured us, “Don’t worry soon you will have a house.” And through a sequence […]
Aug 13, 2013
Kiki, Tell Us More About Yourself
Welcome to My Blog! Since 2011 I’ve developed my Youtube channel Kiki Says where I’ve shared a weekly short video on Natural Lifestyle that now totals 165 videos, 17,000 subscribers, and 80,000 monthly video views. I’m busy interacting with viewers via Youtube comments, emails, Facebook and Twitter. I happily thanked each of my first 1000 […]
Nov 19, 2012
Yoga For Athletes – Easy Tutorial – Downward Dog
I’ve been practicing Ashtanga Yoga for 20 years and teaching for many as well. I love helping students figure out how to practice with ease and focus, Removing obstacles from practice, helps remove obstacles from our minds. Athletes will get all the benefits when working this way. Juan Castano is a student of mine as […]
Jan 29, 2012
SH*T Ashtanga Yogis Say
You practice yoga. We practice Ashtanga. Like Madonna…used to. We still do. Ouch. We do our practice and all is coming. Om.Tat. Sat.
Jan 26, 2012
The Blunt Chronic (les) of Ashtanga Yoga
You ask. Kiki answers. Do I have to smoke Mary Jane to learn trikonanasana? Did Pattabhi Jois sell nickel bags and bhang lassi? Whaddya think? LOL. In service to my subscribers…listen up!
Dec 27, 2011
Forearm Balance
My favorite asana. Give it a try. In Sanskrit it’s called Pincha Mayurasana: the peacock’s tail. Pretty.
