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About Me

50 years old lives in the mountians of northern VA and is a proficient yoga practitioner and an ever present yoga teacher. Loves to kayak, hike, bike (need to do that more), read, love, grow, succumb to temtation, resist the resistent urgings of my senses and just be.Former high school teacher, computer salesman, computer programmer, and bean counter. Worked at IBM, MCI, Sprint, US West (before it was quest communications) America Online and Roadstar Internet (my last corporate gig)My Twitter Feed...
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My Interests

Kayaking, Hiking, Biking, Internet and tech (esp. my Ipod, mac and treo), growing and loving as much as I can.

I'd like to meet:

The physical expression of the happiness within you.

Music:

I like classical, Jazz rock am not too familiar with RAP but I do like what I have heard of go-go music. I also like Kirtan chanting. Especially Deva Premal, Donna De Lory, and Krishna Das

Movies:

I really like Clint Eastwood esp. dark rider. I liked sideways, the sleeping dictioary, y tu mama tambien, a year of living dangerously, and others.

Television:

I quit direc TV about 3 years ago. Reinstated it about 2 years ago and am about to suspend it again. I may re-order in the fall when the leaves come off the trees.

Books:

Any John Grisham novel, Just listened to A New Earthby Eckhart Tolle and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (audiobooks)

Heroes:

Martin Luther King, Jesus, John McCain, Desmund Tutu, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Buddah, Lao Tzu, My Dad

My Blog

First Day of my new yoga blog

So tonight I was at downdog yoga in Georgetown and I participated in a "masters" yoga class. Gregor Singleton was teaching. Right now I feel happy because I could feel the good energy from all the pe...
Posted by Rick on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:03:00 PST

Taught First Yoga Class in 7 months

Taught the first yoga class in 7 months tonight and it felt good. I'm sure I'll get the good feedback I need from some in the studio but I covered all the poses in the Baptiste flow. I wonder why peo...
Posted by Rick on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:56:00 PST

Lets Get this Party Going.....

Wow - I finally have enough energy and health to teach yoga. My fist class in quite a while (since 10/06) is going on in Federick, MD at SOL yoga. on wed evening 4/11. I'm excited about it. I have ...
Posted by Rick on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:42:00 PST