Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on “I am not too sure.” -H.L. Mencken

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. -Bertrand Russell

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. -Spanish proverb

No man (or woman), for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. -Nathaniel Hawthorne

In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs. -Daniel J Boorstin

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. -Virginia Woolf

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. -Elie Wiesel

What: Retreat Yourself with Story and yogawithbrian

When: Every Saturday in January & February, 9:30-10:30am

Where: Story: Wellness, 144 10^th Avenue at 19^th Street, NYC

How much: Free

How: walk-in or RSVP online here: hello@thisisstory.com Classes are limited to 25 yogis and yoginis!

Why: “Calling all posers, Saturdays in January & February STORY becomes a place to retreat yourself. Join Brian Liem of yogawithbrian for a series of hour-long classes.  A practitioner of yoga and mediation for over 20-years and formerly a senior teacher and faculty member at one of NYCs oldest vinyasa-yoga centers, this is a special chance to break a sweat, stretch your limits, and connect to body and mind.”

For more info and press:

http://thisisstory.com/our-story/

http://thisisstory.com/category/blog/

http://www.psfk.com/2013/01/story-wellness-store.html

http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2013/01/15/a-shop-whose-story-is-wellness-at-least-for-the-next-six-weeks/

AND

What: Weekly benefit class for Doctors without Borders

When: Every Friday at 7:30-8:55pm

Where: The Shala, 816 Broadway, 2^nd flr, between 11^th & 12^th Streets, NYC

How much: Pay-what-you-wish donation class; $5-$10-$15-$20…more or less  

Why: After teaching a Doctors without Borders benefit class for Hurricane Sandy I thought it would be a good thing to continue.  In collaboration with the Shala, I’m donating my time and I hope you will donate too through yoga.  ALL proceeds go to Doctors without Borders.  Afterwards, let’s share dinner at a local restaurant; hope you’ll join in.  

Also, check out this mention in Yoga Journal magazine about the Doctors without Borders benefit class I taught for Hurricane Sandy:

http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/2012/12/passionate-about-a-cause-hold-a-yoga-fundraiser.html

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Hope to see you in class!
Love,

Brian

Brian Liem

917-734-4719

For a complete yogawithbrian class schedule visit: www.yogawithbrian.com

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair. Despair is for those who expect to live forever. I no longer do. -Erica Jong