Here’s a quiz for you.

Can you match the following quotes with their sources?

QUOTES:

1) “You can’t lose your power; you can only give it away.”
2) “Power is not created from staying safe; power comes from the willingness to leave the world of safety and move forward into the unknown.”
3) “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

SOURCES:

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Anodea Judith
c) RuPaul

I tell you, you can find Yoga wisdom everywhere – in scholars, in politicians, and even in television personalities.

I encourage you to seek out your own personal inspiration 3 times today, as often as you take your meals. Feed your spirit as much as you feed your body.

My personal inspirations from the above quiz regarding power came from these 3 sources:
the book “Eastern Body, Western Mind,” the television show, “Drag U,” and a general search on the internet for quotes about individual power.

Oh, and here’s the answers to the above quiz:

(1) c, (2) b, (3) a

Be well, and Namaste,

Michelle

7 Wacky New Yoga Styles: Worth a Try or Just too Weird?

Well we say Unnata Aerial Yoga is definitely “Worth a Try!”

More information and application form can be found on the Unnata Teacher Training Program page of this website.

Unnata Aerial Yoga is in some good company in the Frommer’s guide, being featured alongside such greats as Laughing Lotus Yoga, Dharma Yoga Center (Michelle takes classes at Dharma’s), Jivamukti Yoga, OM Yoga (Michelle received her Yoga training at OM), Kula Yoga Project, Integral Yoga Institute, and Virayoga.

Frommer’s’ Melinda Quintero says…

Unnata Aerial Yoga - one of NYC's Best Yoga Studios

Take the L train one stop into Brooklyn on a Tuesday night or a Saturday afternoon for Michelle Dortignac’s Aerial Yoga, a unique hybrid of yoga and aerial dance. Dortignac blends basic aerial acrobatics with yoga to give students a deeper stretch, powerful core exercises, and a weightless yet fully supported inversion.

The article also mentions that there are over 300 yoga studios in NYC, compared to only 170 Starbucks.

Grande Yogaccino anybody?

See the entire “New York City’s Best Yoga Studios” list here »

MSN has created The Practical Guide to Healthier Living as “a resource for inspiring videos, articles, recipes and more to help you live your best life.”

On a crazy-rainy day in late March, a small film crew came to Willamsburgh to film one of the Saturday Aerial Yoga classes for a short video feature on the Healthy Living website. Afterward, the studio was transformed into a small TV set, as they recorded a series of questions and answers with Michelle and a few of the Aerial Yoga students. (See pictures below.) To compliment the video feature, Michelle provided a written article for inclusion on the feature page.

The result is a fabulous short video about Unnata Aerial Yoga that can be seen over at the MSN Healthy Living website. While you’re there, make sure to read Michelle’s article, “The Opposite of Effort.”