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The Washington Post, December 18, 2005
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Rock-and-Roll Yoga Instructor
BODY BLISS: If you read some of the ancient texts of yoga, the point is to reach a state of bliss. It's not about doing the perfect backbend or the perfect handstand. It's about getting your whole being to a state of oneness with the universe. Listening to great music is inspiring. For me, it's right in alignment with classical yoga even though it's not what you'd expect.
As told to Rachel Beckman
Daily Candy, September 21, 2005
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You used to be so rock and roll. Thrashing at Fugazi shows. Sneaking into the 9:30. Stealing smokes from Aunt Selma’s handbag.
Lo, how the mighty have fallen.
Nowadays, the closest you get to rocker cred is the Ramones T-shirt you wear to do your sun salutations. Unless, that is, you’re doing them at Alexandra Luzzatto’s spankin’-new rock and roll yoga classes at Hot Yoga. Luzzatto, a former D.C. punker and Xena action babe who teaches yoga at the White House and the CIA, has swapped Krishna Das and sanskrit mantras for A Tribe Called Quest, David Bowie, and The Clash.
The practice mixes standard yoga poses with dancey moves — to get you a little sweatier, a little faster. The constantly changing playlist — hard-core, the way you remember it, with the dial turned waaaay up — ensures you’ll never get bored. No matter how many times you take the class.
It’s best not to attempt any moshing during downward dog.
After all, you’re not as young as you used to be.