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Yoga Class: A Tale of Mats, Mindfulness, and a Community Built by Accident (and on Purpose)
People are wild. They never cease to crack me up (and often find a way to drive me crazy). “Everything I Know About Animal Behavior, I Learned in Lohman’s Department Store,” written by one of America’s great humorists, Irma Bombeck, is a collection of essays that was super informative and totally perfect for the last few weeks of room arrangement. Bombeck had a way of taking the poison out of life’s realities, seeing the funny and poignent in the most mundane of human experiences… you’ll forgive me for finding mat arrangement blasé, I’m sure. But, hey, if there’s one thing Irma Bombeck taught me, it’s that ordinary moments often hold extraordinary lessons—if you just look at them right. If you’re new to Ashtanga Yoga, you’d…
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if I could tho lbr
Sep 26, 2024
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Text in image: The Commercialization of Yoga: Challenges, Ethics, and Competition
to understand ms darlett’s joy is to understand my passion
to understand ms darlett’s joy is to understand my passion
Transitions tomorrow at @theyoga.club Newsletter went out today Sunrise Yoga …
Transitions tomorrow at @theyoga.club Newsletter went out today Sunrise Yoga starts on Tuesday
Getting Great: Adaptive Resistance and Isokinetic Training: Optimizing Muscle Growth and Fat Loss
Ever wonder how that gym buddy of yours keeps sculpting their physique while juggling a dozen other life commitments? For this Ashtanga yoga practitioner, the secret sauce often lies in mixing the right ingredients of training modalities and intensities. I‘ve been particularly partial to adaptive resistance and isokinetic training as part of my routine. Adaptive resistance is like that diligent spotter who helps carry some weight when you’re battling through injuries, ensuring you keep making gains even when life throws curveballs—like a car sending me tumbling through the air. After injuries to my wrist, shoulder, ribs, and ankle, and a good amount of warrior poses on my mat, I am delighted to say that both weight training and Ashtanga yoga continued. Adaptive resistance was a…