Category: Health
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Jack’s Breakfast Club of One
Breakfast! Jack has a very unhealthy attachment to food. As overweight as he is, Jack would be twice as big if he had the full breakfast he desires every morning–every single morning. Instead, he has roughly the same thing every weekday morning: a cup of coffee with cream. On the…
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Observations from the Mat #4: When the inevitable happened
I’m getting up there in age; things aren’t as tight down there as they used to be (Too much information? If so, the reader should go no further.). Too, while yoga has a way of working out the tight muscles it also has a way of working out other things–like…
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Not Quite the Yogi–Yet
Here are sixteen signs that tell the world you are into yoga from DoYouYoga.com. I’m well below the Seven mark, but some of the other signs appeal to me. Namaste!
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Some yoga postures for people like me
I like Downward Facing Dog and Child’s Pose because they address my rounded back–a product of a quarter of a century behind a desk, pounding on a keyboard. I found these postures on Peanut Butter Runner’s Pinterest page.
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Very Funny Yoga Mat for Sale Ad on Craigslist
I have always wondered if I would like hot yoga. Here’s a funny, now-deleted Craigslist entry from the Seattle area for a once-used mat. Priceless! Seattle Craigslist: Yoga Mat for sale used once – $1 (Bellevue) Yoga mat for sale. Used once at lunch hour class in December 2009. Usage timeline…
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I start MindSpace’s “14 Day Meditation Challenge” today
I have been meditating most days now for about six months, but I want to step up the practice to everyday. Currently, I am meditating every weekday afternoon in the the dressing room in my work’s bike room. It’s loud, but the fan noise and dripping shower faucet gives me…
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My Very Own Plank Challange
There are plenty of Plank challenges out there. Just check out YouTube.com. I can hold a plank posture like the one above for over a minute so perhaps my challenge illustrated below is a little on the conservative side–both in its daily duration and it’s length. Still, I’m going to…
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Yoga to fit your personality
This nifty chart come from Yoganonymous.com. I would like to say I am Vinyasa, but I am probably more Kundalini.
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Observations From the Mat #3: My Transformation
When looking back at how I became more in touch with my body and mind, which lead me to lose 20 pounds, as of this post, and begin meditating, there are certain watershed moments and critical people that have contributed. Without a doubt being diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease and…
