Sunday, February 5, 2012

Morning Yoga Routine

Watch the following video for an example of a morning yoga routine.
What prepositions do you hear in this video?
What routines do you have in the morning? 
Type your answers in the comments below.


For more information on yoga, visit the National Institutes of Health web page.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Introduction


My name is John P. Oberlin, and I'm from Northeastern Ohio. I'm nearing 30 years old, married, and expecting our first child in August. I spend my days between Kent State University, where I am a graduate assistant in the English Department, and the University of Akron, where I recently began teaching English as a second language.

I like traveling, swimming, hiking, and learning new views and opinions about the human experience. I've been to Alaska, Germany, and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In the future, I hope to teach English while earning a degree in Arabic in Saudi. I also keep a blog about my English learning and teaching at englizia.blogspot.com.

I dislike closed-mindedness in myself and others. I believe one can retain certain values they believe in while still learning about "the other." Yet learning does forever change oneself...

Here is a video of my 2011 trip to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to visit my in-laws and the Holy Mosque.



This is me on the right teaching English in Dresden, Germany in 2009.