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amy priya

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About Me

I am an ashtanga yoga teacher and a professional dancer. I am a pretty happy person, and I find life very educational. Ultimately, what I am most interested in is living each day with purpose and joy, hopefully experiencing a few little glimmers of enlightenment when we are perfectly in tune with the universe... be that through spiritual practice, creating art, or just surrounding ourselves with people we love. You can also check out: www.amypriyayoga.com.


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My Interests

yoga, dance, meditation, travel, music, art, sunshine, steve, a really good meal, inspiration, enlightenment, being madly in love for eternity

I'd like to meet:

people who would rather act than react, accept rather than assume, be grateful rather than be grumpy, open their hearts rather than close their minds.

Music:

Steve Ferrara, Jeff Buckley, Gomez, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Radiohead, Bjork, Elliot Smith, Beck, The Strokes, Soul Coughing, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Liquid Liquid, Belle and Sebastian, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, David Bowie, VU, Gang of Four, Big Black, Led Zeppelin, T. Rex, the Beatles ... i also have this weird fondness for French hip hop and MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira).

Movies:

The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Cabaret, The Red Shoes, American Beauty, Diva, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Amelie, Delicatessen, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The Sweet Hereafter, Waiting for Guffman, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, anything from Bollywood

Television:

i hope to throw mine in the trash, someday.

Books:

Autobiography of a Yogi, Be Here Now, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Siddhartha, The God of Small Things, Alice in Wonderland

Heroes:

my Gurus Mata Amritanandamayi and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., the XIV Dalai Lama, George Harrison

My Blog

maxed

in case anyone out there has been wondering where the heck i've been, i have been so incredibly busy this fall that i don't even know a word to describe the feeling.my family has finally moved into ou...
Posted by amy priya on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:39:00 PST

my growing family

ain't they sweet....?
Posted by amy priya on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:15:00 PST

"don't try too hard"

this is something that i overheard my yoga teacher telling another student in class a couple of days ago, and uncannily, something i find myself telling my own.at a point, it seems like all the effort...
Posted by amy priya on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:18:00 PST

ceci n'est pas une pipe!

my mind is just reeling over the week that just passed.  i just took a Yoga Sutra course on the First Cornerstone: Samadhi Pada at the Three Jewels, a great little Tibetan Buddhist Center in the ...
Posted by amy priya on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:23:00 PST

betrothed

well we did it.  steve and i are officially hitched.  many people have asked if i feel any different now, and it's been a surprisingly difficult question to answer.  in some ways, nothi...
Posted by amy priya on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 05:35:00 PST

here comes the sun

i'm starting to feel like spring is on the horizon, and i'm coming out of the winter funk that always seems to pervade my mood this time of the year.i'm obligated to leave out details, but yesterday i...
Posted by amy priya on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:10:00 PST

shanti

because we are just so in love with her, i wanted to make sure everyone saw our new puppy, shanti. :)
Posted by amy priya on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:26:00 PST

steve

steve can only write stuff like that and get away with it because he's my husband.
Posted by amy priya on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:56:00 PST

more shows in june

hey friends, i am performing again on June 29 and 30 at The Kitchen in NYC. The piece is brand-new, created by David Quinn and Ede Thurell, and is more of a fashion/performance art number rather than ...
Posted by amy priya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

performances next weekend!!!

hello friends, i'm performing next weekend may 20-22 in the west village with C. Eule Dance. come check out our show!!! it's funny, sad, weird, sexy, and a great time. cheers, amy...
Posted by amy priya on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST