September 2008
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In India, Lessons on Yoga and on Life -... →
Nobody Home
I went to class yesterday after taking about 4 days off. The 4 days were not intentional. I’ve just been so busy rustling up work that it’s been hard to make it to class.
Yesterday was good though. Taking the time off seems to not have had any real noticeable affect. My left knee and hip are still kind of messed up from who-knows-what (probably some old injuy from high school...
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No Coffee!?
Today was the 4th or 5th time now that I’ve consciously avoided coffee during the day before practice, and I think I’m on to something. I really do think that I suffer more if I’ve had any coffee. More sweat, more dizziness, more nausea.
Maybe it’s a sign I should not be drinking it. Ohhh, but I love it so!
But it really is remarkable the difference when I’ve had...
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Coffee and the Hip
This week I’ve done my Bikram practice on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Tuesday I did Shala’s “Dynamic Flow” class at AYC.
I definitely feel like I was working through something last month when I was so incredibly hot and felt like I was going to barf in every class. Things are better now. I think there are a lot of reasons for it, but one of the most...
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“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
– Wayne Dyer
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Flow and Change
Yesterday I took a “Flow Yoga” class at Asheville Yoga Center. I branch out about once a month if I’m not feeling up for a full-on Bikram class. My stomach was bothering me and I just didn’t feel prepared for 90 minutes of heat.
Shala’s class at AYC was still quite challenging, the heat was around 85 degrees - nothing like Bikram’s classes, but still warm. I...
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You practice yoga. You don’t DO yoga.