Category: yoga
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The World’s Most Expensive Yoga Mat
I have written many posts about my bumpy yoga journey. A few have been on yoga mats: Are Yoga Mats Really Necessary?, My New Folding Mat From Hell, and a reposting of someone else’s post: Very Funny Yoga Mat for Sale Ad on Craigslist, but I have never really made…
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Getting Up & Down: A Six Sentence Story
The ground seems farther away these days. No, I haven’t suddenly become tall; I am still the same five feet six inches shorty I was in high school. It’s a perspective thing now that I am 68, continuing my losing (or is it gaining?) battle with obesity and stiffness. The…
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Observations for the Mat #11: The Singing Yoga Teacher
Keisha, the singing yoga teacher Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a yoga workshop titled “Sacred Sound + Flow,” led by LaKeisha at YogaSix Land Park. As one of her students, I felt fortunate to attend this unique 90-minute session that featured a slow Vinyasa flow accompanied by…
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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…
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Observations From the Mat #9: Yoga and Physical Therapy
One morning, about two months ago, I walked out to my driveway to try to find the newspaper. I couldn’t see it from my kitchen window and my live-at-home adult son didn’t leave it on the front porch or opened it on the kitchen table and (much to my consternation)…
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Observations from the Mat #8: Y6 & Vinyasa
About a month ago, I signed up as a member of Yoga Six. As the company’s name implies Yoga Six offers 6 different types of yoga classes, but it comes out to about eight (if you include the least scheduled Y6 TRX (yoga with the popular suspension weight training) and…
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Observations From the Reformer (the first and probably the last): Crash & Burn & Embarrassment
Besides left-wing politics, writing, reading, and the two original subjects of this blog: scooters and Sacramento area hamburgers, this blog has sometimes seemed more like a blog on yoga than anything else. My interest in yoga lasted about seven and a half years. This blog has featured about 80 posts…
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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…
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Zen and the Mud Puddle
I took my dog, Vivian, out for her morning walk yesterday. Halfway through, she lunged towards another canine across the street. I lost my balance and stepped into a deep mud puddle. I got angry at Vivian, but it’s on me; I trained her poorly. As the walk continued, I…
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Yoga Teacher from Hell
My wife just sent me this. Very funny. I hope Robert, my yoga teacher, and the subject of my upcoming post doesn’t take this the wrong way! Delaney Rowe(@delaneysayshello) has created a short video on TikTok with music Yoga Music. May or may not have taken a yoga class this…
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