Yoga Inversions for Chronic Fatigue and Anemia?

My chronic fatigue was acting up earlier this week. I had been exercising heavily (a lot of swimming, etc.) and had not been eating well. Tuesday night I went to a green networking event that included the worst tofu “sushi” ever created in the history of man. But since they had promised lots of yummy [...]

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Yoga Groove Night at Your Neighborhood Studio

I went to the Yoga Groove Night at Your Neighborhood Studio (YNS) in Culver City (Los Angeles) Saturday night. It consisted of a one-hour yoga class, one hour of getting your groove on (dancing), and a cool down/meditation. Denise, owner of YNS, ran the yoga class…she was a little tough there on the lengthy downward [...]

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Getting Better With No Practice. Strange.

I haven’t been practicing yoga consistently at all lately (bad girl!). In the least, I was doing seated forward bend every night before going to bed almost every night for a while…I have very tight hamstrings. But I stopped that about a month ago, at least. So last night I decided to do just a [...]

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Lazy, Lazy Yoga Gal

Darnit, I keep saying I am going to get back to practicing yoga daily but then something comes up…it gets too cold out…or it’s a new guy taking up my free time…or it’s that time of month…or I’m busy…and then it just seems like a huge chore to get going again. Tomorrow. I’ll get going [...]

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Pilates Fusion at Your Neighborhood Studio

I checked out Leslie’s Pilates Fusion class at Your Neighborhood Studio today. This class incorporates mat Pilates with some yoga thrown in (lots of downward facing dog as an arm strengthener – ouch!). Once again, this was a terrific class that no-one else showed up to – lucky for me. I have taken some Pilates [...]

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Back to Daily Practice…

OK…attempting to go back to a routine of daily practice. Parents had come into town in mid-March, that was my excuse. Now, no more excuses. I went to lunchtime yoga at Your Neighborhood Studio today and got a good workout. Body feels good. Pledging to do more tomorrow! Share on Facebook

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Your Neighborhood Studio, Culver City, California

I was posting something to Craigslist a few days ago and found out there was a yoga studio within walking distance of my home! Actually, it’s a yoga/dance/fitness studio, and even better, it’s cheap! The fees are extremely reasonable for Los Angeles. As of this writing, $12 for an hour and a half class, and [...]

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Headstand!

Hurrah! Finally, I did a headstand this evening at home without anyone spotting me. (I did have the safety of a comfy futon behind me in case I fell over.) Once you are up there, it is not so bad, except I worry about what they say about people with eye problems. I am very [...]

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Ah, VHS…

Going through my old yoga videos. Found Ali MacGraw’s Yoga Mind and Body, from 1994. I was wondering why I rarely used this video, even though it gets great reviews on Amazon. I think it was just too strenuous for my chronic fatigue syndrome back then. I guess it says a lot that I was [...]

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This is What Happens When You Live in Los Angeles…

I was trying out Inhale Yoga today, which is on the Oxygen television network. In the middle of a pose I glance up at the screen and see my friend David way in the back, participating as one of the class members! I called him later and apparently they recorded this years ago, and it [...]

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