Elliot Riis
18 posts
Downward Dog Style: Denver Gong(nam) style
According to the sleeping prophet Edgar Cayce: in the beginning, there was consciousness, then, it withdrew into itself…
November 12, 2012
Downward Dog Style: Heraclitus Personified
“Aesthetically pleasing” would be an apt descriptor for most yoga studios. Step inside, tranquillity slips around the shoulders…
October 21, 2012
We Now Join This Program Already in Progress: Aspen Film Festival
Everyone knows that Aspen is where the beer flows like wine, but for one week out of the…
October 5, 2012
Downward Dog Style: Only You Can Move Like You
How do you know when you’re doing it right? Is there some kind of internal crystalline chime that…
September 23, 2012
Communing with the Omnipresent: an Interview with Sai Maa
It has taken me nearly three weeks to come back to earth after interviewing Her Holiness Sai Maa.…
September 6, 2012
Downward Dog Style: Bike to yoga?…Bike IN Yoga
We all know Colorado is awesome. Just last night I got into a comically stupid argument about which…
August 25, 2012
Downward Dog Style: The Comfort Zone
Finding comfort. It’s something we strive for, something we aim to accomplish with our day to day wanderings,…
August 12, 2012
Downward Dog Style: Going Kino, YRP edition
Last Sunday amidst many beautiful yogis, I took part for the first time in YRP, and wondered how…
August 3, 2012
Downward Dog Style: Sun Splashed Red Rock Yoga
As a budding teacher myself, I’m the first to admit to preferring a controlled environment to teach in,…
July 15, 2012
Downward Dog Style: The One Constant
Change. In physics and mathematics it is represented by the symbol delta. Mystical aspects of certain cultures…
July 8, 2012
Snarf’s = Amazeballs Sandwiches
What can at once be the most simple of things and yet the most complex, something we all…
May 29, 2012
Downward Dog Style: the Water of life
Water…something most of us take either completely for granted or spend very little, if any, time thinking about.…
April 18, 2012