Dig Deep and Finish Strong
We have a saying in our teaching at Outlaw Yoga, “Dig Deep and Finish Strong.” It’s become a favorite refrain of our teachers, a hallmark of our style – productively pushing through fatigue and the voice in your head that says, ‘quit’. There will always be more reasons to quit than to continue regardless of
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Fungi with a Fun Guy
“What do you know about micro-dosing?” A friend recently asked me out of the blue… “Quite a bit, actually,” I responded cautiously. Anytime someone asks you about ‘drugs’ it is important to respond noncommittally, sort of like if they ask you if you can help them move this weekend. “Why? You tryin’ to get into
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Generating Momentum
I was talking with my brother the other day and we realized that it had been a while since I’d finished a painting…we actually had to consult my Instagram feed (follow @outlawyogi if you like) to find out that it had been since May. May!? I felt a mixture of emotions…shame, defeat, hopelessness…all mixing in
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Water – The Ultimate Adult Beverage
I’ve been trying on a pretty radical practice lately…I’ve been drinking more water. Most days anyways – why is it so fucking hard to drink water? For whatever reason I don’t particularly like the stuff… Sure, if it’s super hot and I’ve been working hard and haven’t had anything to drink for a while, and
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Go-Bag or Go Home!
With the more ever present potential of shelter-in-place orders, civil unrest, and flat out disaster I found it apropos to share what I know about packing a “go-bag”… I’m not trying to paint myself as a survival expert here – too much responsibility – but, what’s a “survival expert” if not someone who has gone
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Successful Fall Cleansing – Be Still and Know
Happy end-of-summer – the blog is back! I’ve been going pretty hard lately… In some ways I’m teaching and working more now that the studio’s closed…getting our groundbreaking online teacher training released and open to ongoing enrollment…also, the sky seems to be falling? And the coming months promise to be even fuckier. Anyone with me?
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Granny Camp!
I spent the last ten days sweating and being gently coaxed to overeat at a place I affectionately call, “Granny camp” (video below). A master of self-reliance, my Granny, has lived on her own on the family farm in Northern Michigan for the last ten+ years. Before that she’s been a mother to 4, a
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Cultivating Your Love of the Herb
Join Justin as he gives us an inside look at his victory garden. Whether you want to grow cannabis, or tomatoes there’s some great information here! Right now, becoming more self-reliant seems to be one of the best ways we can serve ourselves – and our families. Check out Justin’s previous blog – On Self-Reliance for
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On Self-Reliance
I was listening to my dear friend and amazing Outlaw Yoga Teacher, musician, and human Seth Larson speak and play live the other night on his band’s Facebook page /somethingunderground…in between belting out some of my favorites – and even one that I’m immensely proud to have co-written – he was talking about wanting to
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