Know the self as a rider in a chariot, and the body as simply the chariot.  Know the intellect as the charioteer, and the mind, as simply the reins.  The senses are the horses, and the sense objects are the paths around them. 

When a man has understanding and his mind is ever controlled; His senses do obey him, as good horses, a charioteer.

-Katha Upanishad  

Greetings All, 

Just back from my retreat with Patricia Walden in New Hampshire where we did four and a half hours of yoga each day and two hours with a yoga philosophy scholar, Edwin Bryant from Rutgers University teaching on the Upanisads.  I feel inspired and fortunate to have participated.   

I am also excited and humbled to be included in the amazing new documentary, YOGA WOMAN.  I am in the film along with Patricia Walden, Judith Lasater and a host of world changing yoginis.  There are premieres in all the major cities but we need help hosting screenings.  Let your local yoga studio know.  www.yogawoman.tv    

In the "girl talk" section this month, i have a clip from a documentary that shows how girls at younger and younger ages are encouraged to dress and act "sexy".  Followed by an article from the Huffington Post about a police officers suggestion to avoid getting raped, "don't dress like a slut"  and how his comment spurred a movement!!  And we wonder why women have conflicting feelings  tucked inside their pelvis?   

Keep in mind, February 2012, i will be teaching a FIVE day training to train others to teach women about the pelvic floor at Yoga View in Chicago.  And another in NYC at Om Yoga in May 2012. 

Below is my schedule for the rest of the year!   

Be well, Leslie         

Pelvic Floor Workshops 2011/2012     

September 17 - Yoga Source, Los Gatos, CA  

Sept 30/Oct 1 - Dancing Dogs Yoga, Beaufort, SC

Oct 1/2 - Holy Cow Yoga, Charleston, SC  

Oct 22 - Mountain Yoga, Oakland, CA

Oct 28 - Sunshine Yoga, Orland Park IL   

Oct 30 - Yoga Circle, Chicago, IL

November 5/6 - Yoga Source, Santa Fe, New Mexico  

November 20 - East Yoga, NYC 

Dec 3 - Yoga Tree, San Francisco, CA  

January 12-16 - Yoga Journal Conference, San Francisco

January 21 - Yogala, Echo Park, CA

February 4/5 - Yoga and Movement, Walnut Creek, CA

February 11-15 - Yoga View, Chicago, IL