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Author: Robert de Nies

A Yoga Card in the Tarot Deck

October 21, 2022Robert de Nies 2 Comments

To say that life has shifted over the last few years is undoubtedly an understatement. Not just for me personally, everyone of us has quite a story to tell. I met many of you originally at the gym, yoga center… Continue Reading →

Taking the (yoga) show on the road

June 16, 2022Robert de Nies 1 Comment

As you may remember, last April the yoga classes were live streamed from Hawaii. One of the longtime students and personal friend, Rochelle, made her parents house generously available to me. I jumped at the opportunity to spend some extended… Continue Reading →

Chocolate Buddhas and yogic Barbies on the great Highway

April 4, 2022Robert de Nies 1 Comment

In my bodywork practice I usually ask new clients how they move their bodies. For lack of another term: what do you do for “exercise”? Often they tell me that they are practicing yoga. Frankly I don’t have the faintest idea what… Continue Reading →

End of year yogic inventory

December 3, 2021Robert de Nies Leave a Comment

Recently on an impromptu visit to Oakland, I discovered  a coffee shop on Broadway Avenue called “The Crown”. It is one of those places that takes coffee quite seriously, yet without a snobby vibe. I was charmed by a painting of… Continue Reading →

Coffee and Yoga?!

October 25, 2021Robert de Nies 1 Comment

It seems like yesterday (actually about a year and a half ago) that Carrie, from Enso, asked me somewhat incredulously on the phone:”You want to call it Coffee and yoga with Robert?!” She may have repeated the question. I understood her hesitation.… Continue Reading →

Waiting to Exhale

January 14, 2021Robert de Nies 2 Comments

On January 6 my day began quite ordinary. I had a cup of warm lemon water, later some coffee as well. Subsequently I taught my on- line yoga class in the mid morning. Afterwards I was leisurely putzing around in… Continue Reading →

A Deep Dive

December 19, 2020Robert de Nies 4 Comments

On January 26, now almost a year ago, I celebrated my 65 birthday in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I had arrived a week earlier to get my bearings. I’ve been visiting Chiang Mai for well over twenty years now, consider it… Continue Reading →

Yoga in the Time of the Pandemic

November 26, 2020Robert de Nies 3 Comments

As the planet and all of us on it is going through enormous changes and adjustments, the yoga world has also been turned upside down. When I began exploring yoga in the mid-70s it was a mystical art and we… Continue Reading →

The Importance of the Legs and Feet in Thai Massage

August 30, 2019Robert de Nies 2 Comments

I arrived back in Chiang Mai, Thailand about a week ago and almost immediately started receiving massage treatments. It is after all one of my main reasons to visit. Chai, one of my favorite to go practitioners, inquired what needed… Continue Reading →

iNeck: is there an app for that?

July 21, 2019Robert de Nies 2 Comments

When clients come to me with neck and shoulder issues, I can relate. A few decades ago I had three whip lash injuries in a row. The proverbial icing on the cake happened when I took a plane trip to… Continue Reading →

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Recent Posts

  • A Yoga Card in the Tarot Deck October 21, 2022
  • Taking the (yoga) show on the road June 16, 2022
  • Chocolate Buddhas and yogic Barbies on the great Highway April 4, 2022
  • End of year yogic inventory December 3, 2021
  • Coffee and Yoga?! October 25, 2021
  • Waiting to Exhale January 14, 2021
  • A Deep Dive December 19, 2020
  • Yoga in the Time of the Pandemic November 26, 2020
  • The Importance of the Legs and Feet in Thai Massage August 30, 2019
  • iNeck: is there an app for that? July 21, 2019
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