Tag Archives: Bikram yoga

Winter Yoga

Posted on 01/27/2013 by paulefallon

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 →

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Deep Yoga

Posted on 11/19/2012 by paulefallon

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 →

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Fire Burning Within

Posted on 09/09/2012 by paulefallon

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 →

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Hollow Reed Swaying in a Swamp

Posted on 08/13/2012 by paulefallon

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 →

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A Tale of Two Babies To-Be

Posted on 04/11/2012 by paulefallon

Tomo and Brad are having a baby.  That is the correct terminology among liberal, upper middle class couples in the United States, where having a baby is a scrupulously planned, much anticipated, and widely shared event.  Tomo and Brad are … Continue reading →

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