Category Archives: COLUMN: THE YOGI NEXT TO YOU

The Yogi Next to You

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Meet ANA STIEGLITZ! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? Yoga has been a journey that keeps unfolding for me. It started in my early teens when my aunt introduced me to Gurumai Chidvilasananda at the Siddha Yoga Center in … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Meet ALICE GRIFFITHS! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? After a few years of enjoying a moderate yoga practice (sometimes I could do crow pose, but headstand was out of reach), I developed tendonitis in my right wrist … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Meet ELLEN HARAGAN! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? I practiced yoga a little after college and then let it drop until in 2001 a friend who had been talking about her yoga class made me realize I … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Meet STEPH CREATURO! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? I started yoga after graduating from my Master’s Program, around 1998.  I was running across the Williamsburg Bridge with my then-fiance-now-husband and had trouble breathing. It then happened … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Meet VICTORIA PETRO-CONROY! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? I first started my practice when I was having foot problems and the podiatrist recommended I get expensive shoe inserts or start stretching.  Having no insurance at the … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Meet SASHA HYNES! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? How did I come to yoga/Mala?  A friend of mine started going to Christina’s Monday evening class and wouldn’t stop pestering me to join her.  Finally I relented, and we … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Meet CARI FRISCH! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? My fiance got me a gift certificate for my birthday because I was frustrated with the yoga class at my gym. It felt like a splurge to pay for … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Meet KATRINE VAN WYK! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? The first time I ever practiced yoga was when I was 15 in a movement class at my performance arts school. Our teacher started talking about the root … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Meet EVELYN TROESTER! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? “It’s so YOU! You will love it.”, said my friend Mary right before schlepping me to my first Yoga class on the Upper West Side exactly three years … Continue reading →

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The Yogi Next to You

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

Meet LAURA DUNCAN! What’s your yoga story? How did you find Mala? I fell into yoga while looking for a complement to the dancing I was doing in college, so I followed (reluctantly at first, I’ll admit) my roommates to … Continue reading →

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