Yoga
Poetry in motion: Sofia Boutella
Let’s talk about beauty in motion. This has nothing to do with endurance multisports, yet everything to do with balance, both in the figurative and literal sense. Today’s subject is the incredible Sofia Boutella. I first saw Sofia on the Nike Women promotional DVD in 2006 and was blown away by her moves. Here’s your bit of Sunday eye candy from an amazing athlete:
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Best damned quote of the week
In Direct Lines , Steve Ilg, coach, yoga & meditation instructor, tells a masterful tale of his return to the Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathalon as a soloist. After writing about the various mountain spirits and the near-religious experience of racing up and down the mountain, comes this gem on the final leg of the […]
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My Secret Yoga Asana
Yesterday I spent my second Sunday afternoon in a row deep in sweat and breath as I return to the formal study of yoga. The class was called PowerFlow and our lovely instructor Jules of the Yoga Sanctuary took us through 90-minutes of asanas that had me sweating profusely and my tight hips creaking […]
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My Not-So-Triumphant Return to Yoga
Yoga and I are back together once again…and it hurts.
In Sanskrit, yoga means “union,” as in uniting yourself with the divine…however you choose to define the latter. In my language of Hakskrit, it is a union with sweat, pain, and the occasional “how come flabby arms over there can hold that pose (asana) while […]
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