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I’ve started doing yoga again.  For all my good intentions to keep going till the end of pregnancy and to start back right after, every time I’d try to meditate or center myself I’d just fall asleep. When I start a practice, all I want to do is backbend to counterpose all the forward bending I [...]

yoga, pregnancy, excuses and committment issues

As a yoga teacher, lots of people try to explain to me why they’ve never tried yoga.  Why the unprompted justification, I’m not sure – it isn’t like I stalk around the gym throwing accusing looks at the weight lifters. Someone asked me the other day why so many women try yoga for the first [...]

a new strategy to be a better person

Did you gag a little when you read that title?  Me too, even as I wrote it.  On with the post! I despise April Fools Day. That’s right.  Bah humbug.  I hate stupid jokes.  I hate clowns and mimes even more.  I don’t think you’re funny.  Get a life. I have a sense of humor, I [...]

Advice From Your Yoga Instructor – A Cranky Fitness Guest Post

I know you think you should try yoga. You need to relax. Lower your blood pressure. Maybe your doctor told you so. Maybe to lose a few pounds. I know you’re not flexible. I understand you can’t touch your toes. I’ll tell you what though – I like you a hell of a lot better [...]