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Tough Yoga
The line between success and failure can be fine, but once we trip over it, we cannot always raise ourselves to the other side. I knew an evening class would be grueling, but I thought it doable. I had been … Continue reading
Front Row Challenge
Twice a year, March and November, Bikram Yoga Boston holds a thirty day challenge – thirty classes in thirty days – to raise money for Dana Farber Cancer Center and to entice people to do more yoga. Although the ultimate … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 day challenge, Bikram yoga, Bikram Yoga Boston, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, yoga
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Perfect Yoga
There is no such thing as perfect yoga; there is always room for improvement in any posture. All yoga is perfect; each pose reflects our mind and body at its moment of execution. These two dichotomies ripple through my mind … Continue reading
Winter Storm Warning – Make Mine a Double
The first wintry gusts are sweeping down my street. The weatherman’s frenzied exclamations prompted most businesses to close by noon today. The MBTA will stop running at 3:30 pm. The governor has declared a state of emergency; the National Guard … Continue reading
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Tagged Algiers Cafe, Bikram, Harvard Book Store, National Guard, non-essential employees, Quiet, Susan Cain, winter storm warning, yoga
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Winter Yoga
On clear, cold winter mornings the pre-dawn air is thin, the paving salts have turned the blacktop silver grey. I pedal deliberately, the only bicycle amid few automobiles. I coast over every bridge and through every turn, dangling my right … Continue reading
Deep Yoga
If there is one downside to all the travel during my past year, it is the frequent interruption to my daily yoga practice. Though I may stretch and strike some poses in Haiti or Kalamazoo, the full Bikram experience requires … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Babies Delivered
A few months ago I considered the different circumstances of my pregnant yoga teacher in Boston and the pregnant woman who lives at the bottom of the hill from Be Like Brit in Grand Goave, Haiti. I am happy to … Continue reading
Fire Burning Within
Bikram yoga is designed to upset our thermal regulation. When we spend ninety minutes in a 110 degree room, we invert our customary condition of internal body temperature. The outside world is actually hotter than our internal temperature. This allows … Continue reading
Hollow Reed Swaying in a Swamp
Every so often I remind myself that I started this blog in response to my experience in yoga, yet I have not posted a piece about yoga in months. Yes, I still go to class every day when I am … Continue reading
Cambridge Spring
I arrived back home at 2 am on Saturday morning, these days the bankrupt American Airlines serves up more delays than they do pretzels. The air was brisk but the same full moon that I woke to in Grand Goave … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti, United States, Yoga
Tagged Bikram, Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Easter, Haiti, Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio, library, Spring, yoga
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