fire spinner on west cliff. i guess burning man is happening, so there weren’t a lot of people spinning last night. double click on the photo to see the larger version and read about the first ever surfing safari on u.s. shores.

how did you spend labor day? i took the day off from bikram and went to the beach. i prolly sound like a broken record, but i don’t care. if you live this close to the beach, you should see it at least once a day. alright heartbreakers, i’ll be back in the hot room tomorrow. xo,m

fire spinning on west cliff.

good class today. tough night. whenever i get totally dissed by a girl, i imagine myself in the hot room, smile and remember all the awful dates i put wonderful women through. “i’m crying but my tears are faraway…” ~m

“what’s next to the moon?” mmmmmm, one of the best songs on ac/dc’s best record, powerage. there isn’t a lot of detail in this moon shot, but it’s not bad for just being my camera, unassisted.

crack. pop. my right shoulder is making so many sound effects this past week. my right shoulder is learning to relax a little more into proper alignment. this has been going on since i started practising bikram. little adjustments that feel so major. my insides realigning themselves. bikram yoga will change your body and mind. i’m feeling that change in my body big time right now. if you practise with regularity and with intensity & precision, you will see results. xo,m

bonfire on the beach. figured i might as well share one with you. the only thing about bonfires is you end up smelling like smoke. i don’t mind smelling like marijuana smoke, but wood smoke is gross. there’s a boat light at the top of the fire, not some trick of the flame.

one of my tweeps had over 50 people in class today. quite a difference between toronto and santa cruz, we only had 9 benders. despite the small numbers, i swear that was the hottest class of the year! oh my god, i thought i was gonna die a couple of times. definitely one of those days where i switch to auto-pilot, no thoughts in my head at all, only focus on the words and doing that. i hate to say it, but thank god for coconut water after class! oh, tasty goodness. see you tomorrow ~m

hbd to this west cliff fire-hula hooper! i love night photography. tonight i was trying to photograph the moon shimmering off the ocean, but my results say i’ve got a lot to learn about shooting at night.

it was 40 years ago today, iggy and ron taught the punks how to play. how did you celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of fun house? i’ve been listening to this record for 25 years and it still sounds amazing to me. god loves the stooges. you know this is true because he let ron asheton live long enough to enjoy the stooges reunion.

fun house was prolly the only thing that got me through class today—oh my god, i was struggling! kim said something about fake it til you make it and i smiled because that’s exactly what i was doing. i may have looked strong and confident, but i wanted to collapse on my mat so bad. i heard iggy singing part of a lyric “i came to play.” yeah, that’s how i found my focus today, i came to play and i’m not gonna rest. make it look easy on the outside even if you’re dying on the inside. xo,m

west cliff fire-hula hooper. this picture is so cool, with the fire right in front of her face. love.

i wonder if we’ll feel the effects of a new bikram yoga studio in the area. today’s noon wasn’t empty, we prolly had 20 people in class, even some first-timers. i’ve been in noon classes with a *lot* less than that. yesterday’s noon wasn’t mat-to-mat, but there were still a lot of baked benders. with only two days to compare, it seems like things might stay the same at the studio. i’m sure we’ll lose some regulars, but i think there’s always someone ready to take their place. maximum love,m

more night photography yumminess from yesterday.

well, after two days off from bikram, i was back in the studio today. can’t say i noticed too much of a difference in my outward appearance, but maybe i feel a little more “solid.” hmmmm, i don’t know about the difference between one day or two, but it definitely felt good to be back in the hot room. even more than the stretching, it felt nice to sweat again. that’s not the best thing about bikram yoga, but it’s a pretty great feeling to cleanse yourself from the inside out. see you tomorrow ~m