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    <itunes:summary>Elena Brower, Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, is the founder of Virayoga in NYC (SoHo). In her classes, you will experience Anusara Yoga and Rajanaka Yoga through the lens of Self-Mastery, a precise practice aimed at reclaiming your most precious asset: your attention. </itunes:summary>
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In her classes, you will experience Anusara Yoga and Rajanaka Yoga through the lens of Self-Mastery, a precise practice aimed at reclaiming your most precious asset: your attention. Through her studies with Hugo Cory she endeavors to communicate the experience of refining your attention within the offerings of asana and meditation. She is currently at work on her first book. </description>
    
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      <title>003 - Elena Brower: YoGA at the MoMA | Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out</title>
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<p><em>"...Say that each of you tries to keep busy, learning to lean down close and hear the careless breathing of earth and feel its available languor come over you, wave after wave, sending small tremors of love through your brief, undeniable selves, into your days, and beyond."</em><br/><br/>

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      <title>002 - An Interview with Elena Brower after YoGA at the MoMA | Pipilotti Rist event with DharmaBuilt.com</title>
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      <title>001 - Elena Brower of Virayoga in NYC: YoGA at the MoMA | Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<br/><img src="http://www.dharmabuilt.com/images/virayoga_podcast.jpg"/> <p><em>&quot;The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.&quot;</em> <br/><strong>- Wassily Kandinsky<br/></strong><strong><br/>YoGA&nbsp;at the MoMA:<br/>Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)</strong></p>
<p>A yoga class amid Pipilotti Rist's installation in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, taught by <strong>Elena Brower</strong> of <a href="http://www.virayoga.com/" target="_blank">virayoga.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Sunday, February 1, 2009</strong></p>
<p><strong>Thanks to everyone for showing-up!<br/><br/></strong></p>
<p>Sascha Lewis, <a href="http://www.flavorpill.com/" target="_blank">flavorpill.com</a><br/>Paola Zanzo, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a><br/>Bic Leu, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a><br/>Angela Goding, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a><br/>Cara Starke, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a><br/>Arnold Brower, still photography <a href="http://www.arnoldbrower.com/" target="_blank">arnoldbrower.com</a><br/>Michael Rothman, video, <a href="http://www.mudbutter.com/" target="_blank">mudbutter.com</a><br/>Carlos Barbot, video<br/>Michael Hewett, Post-Event Interview music, <a href="http://www.michaelhewett.com/" target="_blank">michaelhewett.com</a><br/>Cinematic Orchestra, Class music, <a href="http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/" target="_blank">cinematicorchestra.com</a><br/>Schuyler Brown, <a href="http://www.skyelab-ny.com/vivid" target="_blank">skyelab-ny.com</a><br/>Barry Fleming, <a href="http://www.dharmapodcast.net/" target="_blank">dharmapodcast.net</a> and <a href="http://www.dharmabuilt.com/" target="_blank">dharmabuilt.com</a><br/>Pranayama offering from Scott Schwenk, <a href="http://www.trustthebreath.com/" target="_blank">trustthebreath.com</a></p>
<p><br/><strong>Assistants to Elena: <br/></strong>Jordan Mallah, <a href="http://www.steadfastfreedomyoga.com/" target="_blank">steadfastfreedomyoga.com</a><br/>Susanna Harwood-Rubin, <a href="http://www.susannaharwoodrubin.com/" target="_blank">susannaharwoodrubin.com</a><br/>Ola Widera, <a href="http://www.virayoga.com/" target="_blank">virayoga.com</a><br/>Lizanne Hinkle<br/>Jorja Rivero, <a href="http://www.mindbodyexpansion.com/" target="_blank">mindbodyexpansion.com</a></p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.&quot;</em> <strong>- Wassily Kandinsky</strong><strong>YoGA&nbsp;at the MoMA:Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)</strong></p> <p>A yoga class amid Pipilotti Rist's installation in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, taught by <strong>Elena Brower</strong> of <a href="http://www.virayoga.com/" target="_blank">virayoga.com</a></p> <p><strong>Sunday, February 1, 2009</strong></p> <p><strong>Thanks to everyone for showing-up!</strong></p> <p>Sascha Lewis, <a href="http://www.flavorpill.com/" target="_blank">flavorpill.com</a>Paola Zanzo, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a>Bic Leu, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a>Angela Goding, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a>Cara Starke, <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a>Arnold Brower, still photography <a href="http://www.arnoldbrower.com/" target="_blank">arnoldbrower.com</a>Michael Rothman, video, <a href="http://www.mudbutter.com/" target="_blank">mudbutter.com</a>Carlos Barbot, videoMichael Hewett, Post-Event Interview music, <a href="http://www.michaelhewett.com/" target="_blank">michaelhewett.com</a>Cinematic Orchestra, Class music, <a href="http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/" target="_blank">cinematicorchestra.com</a>Schuyler Brown, <a href="http://www.skyelab-ny.com/vivid" target="_blank">skyelab-ny.com</a>Barry Fleming, <a href="http://www.dharmapodcast.net/" target="_blank">dharmapodcast.net</a> and <a href="http://www.dharmabuilt.com/" target="_blank">dharmabuilt.com</a>Pranayama offering from Scott Schwenk, <a href="http://www.trustthebreath.com/" target="_blank">trustthebreath.com</a></p> <p><strong>Assistants to Elena: </strong>Jordan Mallah, <a href="http://www.steadfastfreedomyoga.com/" target="_blank">steadfastfreedomyoga.com</a>Susanna Harwood-Rubin, <a href="http://www.susannaharwoodrubin.com/" target="_blank">susannaharwoodrubin.com</a>Ola Widera, <a href="http://www.virayoga.com/" target="_blank">virayoga.com</a>Lizanne HinkleJorja Rivero, <a href="http://www.mindbodyexpansion.com/" target="_blank">mindbodyexpansion.com</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      
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    <author>info@dharmabuilt.com (Elena Brower | DharmaBuilt.com)</author><itunes:author>Elena Brower | DharmaBuilt.com</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;quot;The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.&amp;quot; - Wassily Kandinsky YoGA&amp;nbsp;at the MoMA: Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters) A yoga class amid Pipilotti Rist's installation in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, taught by Elena Brower of virayoga.com Sunday, February 1, 2009 Thanks to everyone for showing-up! Sascha Lewis, flavorpill.com Paola Zanzo, MoMA Bic Leu, MoMA Angela Goding, MoMA Cara Starke, MoMA Arnold Brower, still photography arnoldbrower.com Michael Rothman, video, mudbutter.com Carlos Barbot, video Michael Hewett, Post-Event Interview music, michaelhewett.com Cinematic Orchestra, Class music, cinematicorchestra.com Schuyler Brown, skyelab-ny.com Barry Fleming, dharmapodcast.net and dharmabuilt.com Pranayama offering from Scott Schwenk, trustthebreath.com Assistants to Elena: Jordan Mallah, steadfastfreedomyoga.com Susanna Harwood-Rubin, susannaharwoodrubin.com Ola Widera, virayoga.com Lizanne Hinkle Jorja Rivero, mindbodyexpansion.com</itunes:summary></item>
    
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