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yogini tobini

hold me closer tony danza

About Me

yogini, vegetarian, arts educator and wife! i am married to my best friend in the whole world, nick, aka knox. we have two perfect dogs who are the most adorable creatures on the planet, sophie and leili. life is perfect, even in it's moments of imperfection. life is about defying gravity!knox and tobs as cabbage patch kids

My Interests

CLOUD NINE YOGA, WEST O.C. BRANCH! teacher trainings for the huntington beach Cloud Nine Yoga hub start June 6th!! this is for the 200 hour registered yoga teacher certificate. it's an amazing program. i also am teaching vinyasa flow classes on thursdays at 6:30 pm and saturdays at 9am. PLEASE come enjoy some Cloud Nine Yoga LOVE...www.cloudnineyoga.com. i also have a class on monday nights at 6:000pm at the orange county performing artscenter (where i work) that's open to the public...only $10 a class and that is CHEAP! let me know if you want to come. i'm available for private yoga lessons and have a couple of weekly appointments, so i'm pretty busy with that. i also teach an all-level class on tuesday nights at the huntington beach 24-hour fitness (warner and springdale) at 6:30pm...it's usually way too packed to even move...but crowded yoga is better than NO yoga! come challenge your mind, body and spirit! Ahimsa!Dance!Art!Mark Ryden (www.markryden.com)David Ho (www.davidho.com)Lori Earley (www.loriearley.com)www.pixyland.org (because it's just too damn funny!)Edward Gorey oh yeah, and i am totally revolted by our president ps-go raiders!

I'd like to meet:

i heart david bromstad...well any hot gay boy with tattoos that can decorate a house~V~ martha graham & judith jamison ganesha & saraswati!

Music:

my husband, songs:ohia, the magnolia electric co., radiohead, the mars volta, bad religion, bobby darin, sigur ros, a perfect circle, tool, rush, leonard cohen, lynard skynard, cat stevens, lift to experience, fiest, the cult, pj harvey, abba, sublime, the white stripes, the black keys, outkast, tenacious d, skinny puppy, stevie nicks, hope sandaval, cat power, ani defranco, the yeah yeah yeahs, HIM, the doors, primus, the sex pistols, siouxsie and the banshees, patti smith, joan jet, joni mitchell, INXS, the ramones, new york dolls, t-rex, david bowie/ziggy stardust, elton john, iggy pop, motorhead, janis joplin, elvis, stevie wonder, jimi hendrix, the steve miller band, jethro tull nirvana, neil young, guns n' roses, queen, cream, the beatles, tom waits, john coltrane, billie holliday, bob marley, RUSH, AC/DC, motley crue, the allman brothers, rage against the machine, led zeppelin, pink floyd, tom petty, thin lizzy, the who, peter paul and mary, good fortune band, kern richards and of course JOHNNY CASH! the list goes on and on...forgive me if i've forgetten anyone crucial!

Movies:

wizard of oz (the best movie ever)singin' in the rain (gene kelly is my past life husband)casablanca, apocalypse now, the graduate, little miss sunshine, there will be blood, no country for old men, clueless, the dark crystal, strange brew, don't look now, billy elliot, anything by the brothers quay, fear and loathing in los vegas, the new willie wonka, and so many others its not worth it!

Television:

football...RAIDER football, the office (best show on tv), it's always sunny in philadelphia (f-ing hilarious!), top chef, californication, weeds, color splash on HGTV, so you think you can dance?, dexter, little people big world, la ink, HGTV, the family guy, friends (yeah i know it's lame, but it's a guilty pleasure), the daily show with jon stewart, emeril lagasse (not kidding), home movies (don't even think it's on anymore), southpark (trite, but still amazingly funny to me), dancing with the stars, house, grey's anatomy...so many more, if only i had the time to actually watch television!

Books:

"the poisonwood bible", "the bell jar" and "go west young fucked-up chick" are the only three books that ever evoked a physical response of emotions out of me....and of course, "The Yoga Sutra Of Patanjali."

Heroes:

Dancing Ry-Ry
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Add to My Profile | More Videos my sisters...they always have me surrounded in LOVE, just like in this picture! wonder woman... frida kahlo... will peterson, for being THE cutest thing on earth

My Blog

Apocalyptic Love Shit

the weary message never came,and the time decided to take up ticking once more.the jezebel ran off to join a holidayand the pansies peeked out like mellow observers of everything beyond.playthings lea...
Posted by yogini tobini on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:17:00 PST

natural disaster

tears dry up in the desertrunning wild under the cracked earth searching for a broken body to drench.the most intense emotions released through tearsare the earthquakes, monsoons and tornados.my tears...
Posted by yogini tobini on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:46:00 PST

my next quest, thanks to my AMAZING husband!!

yesterday i had the surprise of my life. i was waiting for my yoga class to start...i was actually student, not teacher and erika (my teacher) walks in, gives me a hug and tells me that a very  h...
Posted by yogini tobini on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:57:00 PST

it’s almost over

i get so sad when summer starts to wind down...there's not much time left...not enough time to get all the vitamin d i'll need to last me all year.
Posted by yogini tobini on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:15:00 PST

princess vodka, con't. (don't read too much into it)

Princess Vodka poured her blood from the bottle.   "Never underestimate me," and it's too late. Tearing her clothes off to find room to breathe, she wasted it time after time. She threw out the o...
Posted by yogini tobini on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

princess vodka

"princess vodka poured her blood from the bottle." that line came to me in a dream and i've spent the last 4 days trying to remember it...
Posted by yogini tobini on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:37:00 PST

~tabula rasa~

i try to dive into a new place...nothing would be so heavy, like the blanket of blandness laying on top of the world. it would be like gazing into the sky on a night when the pollution didn't ruin the...
Posted by yogini tobini on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:30:00 PST

my hubaloo!

my husband is absolutely the best husband in the whole wide world. i've worked a lot lately and he always makes sure i have dinner waiting for me when i come home from teaching or working. he finds al...
Posted by yogini tobini on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:25:00 PST

My Passion Party Websites!

http://www.myspace.com/tobystoyspassionparties   http://tobystoys.yourpassionconsultant.com/ Check out my Passion Party websites! ...
Posted by yogini tobini on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:46:00 PST

yogic thought for the day -duality of energy

i am always telling my yoga classes about the "duality of energy" as i like to call it...it's that feeling of being grounded into the earth, all the while allowing energy from the universe in from abo...
Posted by yogini tobini on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:55:00 PST