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Incredibly uncomfortable India?
I have been to India numerous times, travelling mostly by myself. Recently a friend was planning to go but got worried by what she was reading in the news. ‘Do you think it’s still safe?’ she wanted to...
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Yoga for really large bodies –“just move your butt flesh out of the way”!
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but hardly anyone ever showed up for yoga to lose weight. Ironically, to be accepted in the yoga room (or at least to feel that way), you had to be slim already. Maybe...
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Yoga in the West Bank
What would you do, living in an unstable country, your daily routine marked by either lack of food and resources, lack of security, an ongoing conflict about control of land – or even all of the above?...
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“Coffee? No. Not for you.”
With a wagging finger, a thin one, covered with brown leathery Indian skin, he told me off. I must have looked devastated because he added: “OK. Maybe with milk, can take. But lot of milk. Little...
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“Idiot Compassion”
This is a conversation the little mouse living in our basement scribbled down: “Darling, did I gain any weight?” “Yes, I think so.” Well, I had asked. But still. Gasp. One of yoga’s catchphrases is...
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Yogis weren’t peaceful at all – proof here
Of course I (kind of) suspected that 2.000 years ago the average yogi didn’t wear Lululemons and OM-t-shirts. And probably they weren’t unrolling their sticky mats with a loud ‘bang’ on the rocky...
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The black woman in yoga upset me…
By now you may have come across this, shall we say – interesting article by Jen Polachek (she received such a virtual bashing that she has changed her byline to Jen Caron). Here’s a taste of it (my...
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Physical therapist explains ‘safe yoga practice’
When we talk about yoga, we inevitably at one point talk about injuries. There’s almost no seasoned yogi who hasn’t had the one or other nagging pain in the body. Usually it’s just a matter of time...
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The “yoga” class has died out
Imagine you want to start yoga. You’re full of good intentions, but you’re also nervous and you have no clue how to do this. Naturally, you Google search – and you’re horrified and confused. You...
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The best part of your life is over
This humbling article made me rethink my approach to yoga. You see, I’m really good at finding excuses (of course I don’t call them excuses, I call them reasons – after all, I’m just being reasonable...
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