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Category: COVID-19

  • Observations From the Mat #10: Are Yoga Mats Really Necessary?

    Observations From the Mat #10: Are Yoga Mats Really Necessary?

    In my practice, this question has been raised occasionally, mostly in books I have read: Are yoga mats essential? Below is a combination of the old question and new information with a possible answer for me. When I became interested in yoga nearly twenty years ago, I recall attempting and…

  • Interview with Yogi Bob

    Interview with Yogi Bob

    I met Robert Hallworth in a Power Yoga class at the Capital Athletic Club in Sacramento about seven years ago. I was both impressed and intimidated by his level of practice. I was new to yoga and only took “gentle” yoga classes. After that initial exposure, I never attended that particular class…

  • Christopher and the Ergonomic Chairs

    Christopher parked his Nissan Sentra in the company’s CFO spot—walked into the empty building, and took his place at the Information Desk of the vacant building. He checked and routed yesterday’s mail, checked and routed yesterday’s email and voicemails, and checked his email and schedule–nothing was for him. It was…

  • Returning to the Movie Theater

    Godzilla vs. Kong — ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES As everyone knows by now, movie theaters are opening up with limited seating. There are two BIG films I want to see on the big screen: Jon M. Chu‘s In the Heights, which will be released sometime this summer, and Godzilla vs. Kong,…

  • COVID-19 Shots

    First Shot I thought I had longer to wait. I wasn’t in the tier to receive my COVID-19 vaccination. But my wife persisted because I suffer from complex partial seizures–that are completely surprised by meds (still knocking on wood for over 50 years) and, I guess, becomes I’m almost 65.…

  • Observations From the Mat #7: My New Folding Yoga Mat From Hell

    This post is the source for a Six Sentence Stories creative writing challenge. The following, however, is all the painful truth. A little over a year ago, before COVID-19 shut down my gym, I bought a folding mat. I needed a mat that could fit in my cramped locker. The…

  • ShoeShining Optimism

    ShoeShining Optimism

    Looking through the Pennysaver, Jack found the shop where he used to have his shoes repaired before COVID-19 turned his city into a ghost town had reopened. Besides shoe repairs, Ben, the owner, was back to shining shoes! Wouldn’t it be nice to step up on the shoeshine stand and…

  • The Best Books I Read in 2020

    What a horrible year! While I’d like to be optimistic about 2021, I don’tsee things getting any better soon. Before the first week of the new year wasbehind us, we had our nation’s capitol attacked by terrorists egged on by the sittingpresident. The failing rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines and…

  • Observations From the Mat #6: Returning to Yoga Classes During COVID-19

    After a three-month-long order from Governor Gavin Newsom to close all gyms in California, the governor lifted the closure order on June 15. Though I only practiced yoga once at home during that time, I still felt wary about going to any place where there might be a lot of…