Category: yoga
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The MAGA Yogi: A Six Sentence Story
I was rolling out my mat at the local yoga studio when the woman next to me said, “Did you know they took down the Gay flag sign on the window of the coffee house across the parking lot? More of that anti-DEI crap, I guess.” It seems everybody in…
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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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