Friday, February 08, 2002


punk yoga -- does it exist?

i found out for myself yesterday at my regular thursday open class, when a subsitute teacher came in, doing an excellent henry rollins impersonation. lemme say it was different -- jason's an intense guy with a big agenda ready to take you on. call it confrontational relaxation. but his sanskrit was excellent and his goal was to slow you down. no jumpbacks allowed here. big change from the sweet, petite buddhist girl who normally taught that class.

what was he so intense about? flawless ujjayi pranayama, to give your yoga that flowing sense of effortless ease. if you feel like you're stuck in a yoga rut, track him down and let him kick your my-little-cuddly-yoga-routine butt.

and just to follow up on a topic i've already beaten to death here: abusive child labor in the chocolate industry. that mass-market candy bar you're eating may be made from cocoa grown and harvested by child slaves in the ivory coast. . .

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