Vinyasa Uprising!

Om My God! Where have I been? What's up with that! I've become the world's laziest blogger. Sorry kids! I have been really slacking. Let me update you since I last blogged. I started my new job. It's a great office, with nice people, but it has been a slow start. My patient load has been minimal and I've been working at getting referrals. Anyway, my life doesn't revolve around that completely. I've been doing a lot of surfing, yoga, and a little travel. Akemi and I attended a yoga conference called "Vinyasa Uprising" in Miami Beach from 10-14 September. It was my first, and not to make it too cliche, but it was "enlightening". I had a great time, as well as a couple ass-kicking sessions. I've driven through Miami a couple times on my way to Key West, but this was my first time to actually visit the city. I was pleasantly surprised. I actually really, really enjoyed it. I don't why, but I had these preconceived notions of the whole city being like one big scene from "Scarface". It wasn't like that at all. Yes, it was very ethnic (filled with great restaurants), but I didn't fear being shot and I didn't witness any drug deals going down. (OK, now that's just being racist, you bastard). As far as the conference goes, I'm a very open-minded person (dare I say liberal? deep-down, yes, but don't tell anybody I told you!), and this event challenged my perceptions to the max. Yes, there was the physical aspect of the yoga classes, but there was something deeper going on there too, complete with lots of yogi spiritualists, meditation, and sanskrit chants. No, there was no Kool-Aid drinking involved, but I think something snapped in the spiritual recesses of my mind. Suddenly I have this insatiable urge to drop out of society, travel to India, and become a Vedic monk in the middle of freakin' nowhere for a few years. For a moment, my third eye opened and all became lucid.

And then I went back to work on Monday.

But anyway, check out a few photos. Also, I've been posting boatloads of photos on my Facebook page. Just look me up under "Bernard Hofmann". More posts to come, I promise.