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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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Deep Yoga
On the morning after Christmas I found myself cheek flat on the pavement eyes straight up the yellow line of the road, the blacktop stretching out of focus beyond my peripheral view. A pick-up truck eased to a stop before … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged Bikram, cracked rib, The New Tork Times Magazine, Wiliam Broad, yoga
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