Sometimes my body gets numb and I forget that I'm a human being.
mental health
exercise
Think you’ll look dumb? Then you forgot about bodily fluids.
sex
I'm about to get pretty new-agey on you. But don't worry, I will ease you into it with a fun story about me sleeping with my yoga teacher during a period of intense personal demolition.
yoga
On rare occasion, people slip out before class begins, hoping I won't notice they didn't want to practice with me.
leggings
I mocked the shit out of the rich bitches that wore super fancy yoga gear: technical fabrics, racer-back-built-in everything, SKORTS. Then I bought a pair of super-fancy yoga pants.
yoga
If I try to stand with my toes and heels touching, then I can't lock my knees. I suspect it is because my bone structure has been altered by a lifetime of obesity.
body image
You really have no idea how much you use your abdominal muscles until they’re angry at you, and mine were really, really angry.
sara benincasa
Yoga freaks will tell you yoga can slim you down, make your heart healthy, give you the perfect ass, improve your sex life and make you happy. Are they right?
disability
There is still too little room for the disabled or less-than-perfect in the yoga community. We talk about bodies and acceptance, but what we are usually talking about is healthy bodies -- or bodies that can be turned into healthy bodies.
how did this happen
The appropriation of yoga in the US grosses me out. Yet somehow I have become a yoga person, one of those annoying people in short-shorts and a sports bra toting a mat around and talking about energy.
spirituality
Just because your body's a temple doesn't mean I have to worship you.
hater
Luann, our favorite countess once sang, "Money can't buy you class." But guess what it can buy you? The ability to teach yoga!
health
When I found a pair of panties in my boyfriend's sheets, I took it to Thailand "Eat, Pray, Love" style. Turns out I'm not a good pray-er.
