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Dec 6th 2025

Orange County Workshop

Dec 6th - Dec 8th 2025

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Orange County
CA
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kinoyoga

Author, Yoga Teacher, YouTuber
🚀Next Workshops: Salento, London, Tampa
🌟Online @omstarsofficial
📚 Accessible Ashtanga
🌴Shala @miamilifecenter

I got on my mat today feeling tired and unmotivate

I got on my mat today feeling tired and unmotivated, but I showed up anyway. Some days I am honestly just grateful I made it through. There is no perfect, there is only practice.

Some days āsana feels like a lifeline. Other days it feels heavy, clumsy, even a struggle. And then there are moments when practice becomes something mysterious and filled with grace, offering hope right when I need it most.

If I need humility, I stumble. If I need to slow down, the body feels heavy. If I need to be lifted up, small sparks of curiosity open doors to inner discovery. If I need to listen, a still small voice calls me to tune into the frequency of Grace.

Patañjali writes that the state of yoga is reached through a balance of practice and non-attachment, abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṁ tan-nirodhaḥ (Yoga Sūtra I.12). We have to learn how to live this teaching in real time on the mat (and then maybe it also shows up off the mat!). Some days through struggle, some days through surrender, always persistent and patient.

This is the gift of practice. Not always easy, not always beautiful, but always real.

Practice with me on @omstarsofficial online and join our community from everywhere in the world! My next Yoga Drills live will be from Salento a week from next Wednesday at 1 pm EST. Become a member today!

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Join us for a full month of practice in our Mysore Season @miamilifecenter
January and June 2026. Join our one month API program for a full 200 hour immersion.

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Next workshops:

London @mission.e1

Tampa @bellapranayoga

Kansas City @mayayogakc

Asheville @ashevilleyogacenter

Boston @downunderyoga

Chicago @yogaview

Birmingham @birminghamyoga

Merida @sadhakyoga

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Retreats

Salento @yogainsalento

Bali @radiantlyalive.ubud
March 2026

Norway @nosenyoga
August 2026

Greece @soulsparkretreats

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#kinoyoga #yogalife #yogateacher #ashtanga #ashtangi #ashtangayoga #omstars #mysore #cph #kbh #ashtangayoga #yogateacher #copenhagenyoga #yogacopenhagen #yogakøbenhavn #natarajasana #dancerpose
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As teachers, we rely on the trust of students to s

As teachers, we rely on the trust of students to share the practice. When that bond is manipulated or abused—even by one teacher—it brings shame on us all. The actions of Taylor Hunt have poisoned Ashtanga yoga and broken the sacredness of the Mysore practice space. To the students who have been harmed: your pain, your voices, and your courage must remain at the heart of our attention. There is deep damage that must be healed, both in our community and in each of the survivors of his actions. This is no small task, and it will take time, compassion, and accountability.

I first learned of Taylor’s abusive pattern of initiating sexual relationships with students within the past ten days. Prior to that, no one had shared such accounts with me. I had heard whispers of hard adjustments and knew of students who left his community on uncertain terms. Two years ago, I was approached with a story of an affair between Taylor and a colleague, a fellow authorized teacher. Because she was not his student, I mistakenly considered it outside my concern. At the time I did contact Taylor and told him that if there was inappropriate behavior, he should come clean. I left it there. In hindsight, I should have asked deeper questions. I regret not investigating further, and I see now that perhaps I would have understood sooner the scale of harm that is only now being revealed. Hindsight cannot change the present. What matters now is that we acknowledge the harm clearly and without excuses.

Since these stories have come forward, I and others in the community have been:

-Sitting with and listening to the survivors’ stories.

-Amplifying their voices and showing our support.

-Meeting with colleagues to discuss a unified statement that centers the victims while repudiating Taylor’s actions.

-Working to establish a path forward that safeguards the lineage, the practice, and the safety of students.

As a survivor of sexual assault by a yoga teacher myself, I know the pain and betrayal of being failed by the very systems of power that should have offered protection. That makes me regret even more that it took me this long to see clearly. I am listening now.

The Mysore room is quiet magic A living temple of

The Mysore room is quiet magic
A living temple of practice,
asking respect from teacher and student alike.

The privilege of teaching here
is not ours to claim,
but granted by the students who walk this path.
It must never be taken for granted,
never abused — only honored with humility.

In this space of self-paced devotion,
each breath becomes a prayer,
each practice a transformation.

The Mysore room is not just where we practice.
It is where the lineage lives.
And I am humbled and grateful each time I teach.

Yoga Day @astangastudio in Copenhagen was really special! Should we do it again next year?

Practice with me on @omstarsofficial online and join our community from everywhere in the world! My next Yoga Drills live will be from Salento a week from next Wednesday at 1 pm EST. Become a member today!

⚡️

Join us for a full month of practice in our Mysore Season @miamilifecenter
January and June 2026. Join our one month API program for a full 200 hour immersion.

⚡️
Next workshops:

London @mission.e1

Tampa @bellapranayoga

Kansas City @mayayogakc

Asheville @ashevilleyogacenter

Boston @downunderyoga

Chicago @yogaview

Birmingham @birminghamyoga

Merida @sadhakyoga

🌸

Retreats

Salento @yogainsalento

Bali @radiantlyalive.ubud
March 2026

Norway @nosenyoga
August 2026

Greece @soulsparkretreats

⚡️

#kinoyoga #yogalife #yogateacher #ashtanga #ashtangi #ashtangayoga #omstars #mysore #cph #kbh #ashtangayoga #yogateacher #copenhagenyoga #yogacopenhagen #yogakøbenhavn
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Try these drills to improve the strength and flexi

Try these drills to improve the strength and flexibility needed to get the leg behind the head.

Step one: use a seated pigeon to hold the shin bone closer to the chest. Stabilize the core and then slide the foot behind the head, getting the feeling of how to articulate that range of motion. This drill is primarily activated and controlled with the strength of the arms, the torso and the hips.

Step two: build strength and mobility and the dynamic range of motion by only using the leg to facilitate external hip rotation. Roll through the hip joint and bring the foot as close to the ear as possible from a seated position. When you reach the end range of motion without your hands, hold it there for a few breath, so you can really strengthen the external hip rotator.

Step three: now actually try to put the leg behind the head. The most important action is sliding the shoulder around the calf muscle and the calf muscle down behind the shoulder. Once that positioning is in place, stabilize the torso and push up with the head. This will create strength to support the external hip rotation. Finally, engaged the external hip rotators and find the support for the hip from within the hip.

Practice with me on @omstarsofficial online and join our community from everywhere in the world! My next Yoga Drills live will be from Salento a week from next Wednesday at 1 pm EST. Become a member today!

⚡️

Mysore Season @miamilifecenter
January and June 2026. Join our one month API program for a full 200 hour immersion.

⚡️
Next workshops:

London @mission.e1

Tampa @bellapranayoga

Kansas City @mayayogakc

Asheville @ashevilleyogacenter

Boston @downunderyoga

Chicago @yogaview

Birmingham @birminghamyoga

Merida @sadhakyoga

🌸

Retreats

Salento @yogainsalento

Bali @radiantlyalive.ubud
March 2026

Norway @nosenyoga
August 2026

Greece @soulsparkretreats
⚡️

#kinoyoga #yogalife #yogateacher #ashtanga #ashtangi #ashtangayoga #omstars #legbehindhead #ekapadasirsasana #flexibility #yogadrills #ashtangayoga #yogateacher
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