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| Hocus Focus | I knew it was time for a change when I passed a neighbor in Brooklyn recently and was unable to answer the simple question “How ya doing?” Yoga relaxes me, but it doesn’t always slow my brain down long enough for me to notice how I am. A little guided meditation seemed to be in [...] | | 12/7/2007 12:17:00 PM |
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| Becoming One With the Toilet | Yoga means “union” in Sanskrit, and students are encouraged to take the peace they achieve in yoga class home with them. If you’re all Zen and become full of compassion when the world has been reduced to your little mat, hold on to that. Try not to, say, steal a subway seat from an elderly [...] | | 11/30/2007 9:41:00 AM |
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| Yoga Smackdown |
I was yoga-less all week. I’d already blown money on a seven-day Bikram yoga pass, but I didn’t want to go back after my first miserable class. Instead I seethed in resentment—pretty much the opposite of yogic behavior.
By Saturday I was a free agent again. So on Sunday evening, a sacred time usually reserved for [...] | | 11/23/2007 10:00:00 AM |
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| Bikram Stinks. And It’s Hot. |
Is suffering unavoidable for spiritual growth? Must the thermostat be set so high? Practitioners of Bikram yoga endure classrooms heated to 110—not quite sauna temperatures, but hotter than the hottest summer day hereabouts. After experiencing 90 minutes of Bikram recently, I needed a half-hour shower, a two-hour nap and a strong cup of coffee before [...] | | 11/16/2007 3:47:00 PM |
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