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Prop up in half-moon and learn to fly
How is it we fly so well in our dreams? The first time I lifted off in half-moon I was in a setup just like the one in the picture below, but without the belt. At that moment, after months of mid-room...
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Five-Minute Yoga Challenge: stretch your arms in a doorway
One of the yogic uses for a doorway The most yogic use for a doorway, real or metaphorical, would surely be to come and go mindfully, knowing when you’re on one side, when you’re in the middle, and...
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Savasana: a new use for an eye bag
Savasana, no props needed. (Need more sleeping cat pictures?) Relaxation pose is the name we give Savasana (shah-VAH-sah-nah) in English. In Sanskrit, it means corpse – a pose that mimics death. But if...
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What’s the most exotic place you’ve ever struck a pose? Tell me and you could...
Okay, fireworks would be overkill. But massage balls? Nice. Have you ever let a benchmark slip by unnoticed? If so, I think you’ll know how I feel. Some time late in August, I noticed that we were...
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Congratulations: exotic yoga locations revealed, massage balls won
Gaileee in tree pose in Mongolia Two weeks ago, in honor of reaching a milestone of 1,000 Five-Minute Yoga apps sold everywhere from Peru to Saudi Arabia, I proposed a contest: tell me the most exotic...
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Bathtub yoga for tight, sore hips
Yoga props: they're everywhere. I’d hate to suggest that there’s really such a thing as bathtub yoga. We already have Broga, Doga, paddleboard yoga, karaoke yoga and Star Wars yoga; the last thing we...
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Forget about the Borg: resistance is utile
Yes, those triceps could be even more assimilated. Give me time. The Borg is quite possibly the most thought-provoking alien species ever to populate science fiction. “Born into a collective...
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Let two chairs be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day
When you come back up, even a dark, gray day looks brighter. Here on the wet West Coast, where winter closes in with endless clouds, rain, and steadily diminishing daylight, we take seasonal...
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Supta Virasana: sometimes even super heroes need to lie down
Don't tell me they're always this energetic. A yoga practice is a friend for life, and like any lifelong friend, it’s bound to change. In some ways, that can look like doing less. I’d like to argue...
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Lift your fingers to work your upper arms in downward dog pose
Yes, you get marks on your hands, but the work in your arms is worth it. How do you walk your downward dog? I’m tempted to say, “let me count the ways,” but there are so many. Let’s just look at one...
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