Savasana, for many, is the delightful chocolate mousse at the end of a substantial, nutritious meal of yoga. You lie on your back, listen to music or maybe even silence, and completely zone out in a state of delicious relaxation. Or, if you are like me, you contemplate some serious mortality. Let’s do that one,…
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Child’s Pose: It’s Bigger on the Inside
Have you ever craved your own personal TARDIS? As in, the Doctor’s Time and Relative Dimension in Space, his traveling blue box that is much bigger than it seems, strangely complicated and full of expanding potential? As it turns out, you can find your own in this pose. Child’s Pose is simple, a place of…
I am Doctor Strange: Keeping an Open Mind in an Closed World
Poor Doctor Strange. Of all the superheroes, Doctor Stephen Strange is much maligned as silly, insubstantial, and way too reliant on a ridiculous sling ring. Whooshing your hand around to make a glowing circle is one of the zanier things an Avenger might do, which is saying something (considering Thor’s big boomeranging hammer). He can…
Do androids malfunction after electric stress?
Stress saturates our lives: its omnipresent messy little tendrils so much a part of our life that we can hardly remember a time without it. It’s a bit of a bragging point these days, actually, we sigh but we believe it’s the price paid for a life lived to the fullest. And, we note with…
Being your own Bendu: getting off your butt after it’s been handed to you
Shoot for the moon, you may land among the stars. But in yoga, if you shoot for the moon, you may end up on your butt on the ground. Recently I was charged with ambition after seeing others in class accomplish the “crow” pose, in which you balance your knees on your elbows in a…
Breaking out of Barclay’s holodeck: the ensign yogis, the bridge yogis, & you
In yoga, you let go… of tension, of pride, and definitely of comparison with your fellow yoga students. Focusing deeply on your breath and the feel of each muscle should leave you with a serene contemplation of your own navel. That said…. you remember the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Lieutenant Barclay has…
Explore your own Enterprise with yoga… no bloody A, B, C, or D necessary
Using my body is not exactly my strong suit, I think it’s safe to say. Sure, I can type, text, and turn the pages of a book… but when we get into the non-finger parts of me, it’s anybody’s guess what might happen. Up until recently, at best I’ve just stubbed my toe as I…
Yoga with Animals: The Twinkie Wiener Sandwich of Physical Fun
To understand the “Yoga with Animals” fad, you need look no further than Weird Al Yankovic and the Twinkie Wiener Sandwich. If you’ve never seen his classic movie UHF, then you may have never actually heard of this amazing concoction of the modern culinary era. It is a Twinkie, sliced in two to admit a…
Why “Fandom” Yoga?!
This is the moment that launched it–my fascination with mind, body, spirit, and Fandom. Ok, ok, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace haters, I see you and I get it. There will be no Jar Jar Binks yoga poses here. And yeah, the less said about midichlorians, the better. That said, I say there’s still a…