Yoga for Recovery! During the time it took to get from here to our little home away from home in Compiegne, we missed an entire night’s sleep (thanks, time zones!) and pushed our bodies beyond their capacity. While I consider myself fairly resilient (and I wore sturdy shoes), the countless miles of steps we walked — […]
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In-flight yoga: Making the best of a bad situation Let’s face facts: The human body was not designed for what passes for airline travel these days. Our physical selves are most fit when we get adequate rest, frequent gentle to moderate movement, and challenging physical work on a regular basis. But for the next eight hours, I […]
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Fear of flying I have a number of overwhelming fears that might keep me from things I love, if not for some amazing yogic tools that allow me to go on and do it anyway. I feel lucky to have this resource to fall back on when one of these little buggers threatens to keep […]
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The Road Trip Car to plane to bus to train to plane — and so on and so forth. Getting from the U.S. to Europe can be grueling, as spinal immobility is the body’s worst enemy. I am a practitioner and sometimes teacher of yoga for a number of reasons, first and foremost being self-realization. […]
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