yoga

How Aerial Yoga Cured My Panic Attacks

This guy walked up to me and asked me what was wrong. He said, “When I’m freaking out, I hang upside down.” What?
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Issues, yoga, panic attacks, dealing with stress

Jun 14, 2013 at 3:00pm | 46 comments

protest

IHTM: I'm Practicing Yoga At Occupy Gezi In Turkey In A Protest Against Totalitarianism

What made me say "this is enough" was having two young people killed by the police.
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It Happened To Me, protest, Turkey, yoga, issues

Jun 6, 2013 at 12:00pm | 63 comments

mental health

I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING: My Problem With Dissociation, And How To Feel Again

Sometimes my body gets numb and I forget that I'm a human being.
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Healthy, mental health, yoga, feelings

Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00pm | 83 comments

exercise

That Time I Queefed During Hot Yoga: The Most Humiliating Things That Have Happened To Me In Workout Classes, Ever

Think you’ll look dumb? Then you forgot about bodily fluids.
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Healthy, exercise, group exercise, pilates, yoga, fitness

Feb 20, 2013 at 2:00pm | 124 comments

sex

I Have A Very Active Second Chakra (and Other Things I Learned by Sleeping with My Yoga Teacher)

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.
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New Agey, sex, yoga, chakras

Jan 10, 2013 at 12:00pm | 57 comments

yoga

Yep, I'm a Fat Yoga Teacher

On rare occasion, people slip out before class begins, hoping I won't notice they didn't want to practice with me.
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Healthy, yoga, fat

Oct 25, 2012 at 9:00am | 242 comments

leggings

Do This Don't: Wear Your $80 Sweatpants Everywhere

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.
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Clothes, leggings, pants, lululemon, yoga, healthy

Oct 4, 2012 at 11:00am | 235 comments

yoga

Doing Bikram Yoga While Fat

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.
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Healthy, yoga, fat, body issues, exercise

Sep 28, 2012 at 4:00pm | 103 comments

body image

Totally Tubal Adventures: Recovery, and Unexpected Body Image Crisis

You really have no idea how much you use your abdominal muscles until they’re angry at you, and mine were really, really angry.
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Healthy, body image, tubal ligation, yoga

Jun 18, 2012 at 6:00pm | 48 comments

sara benincasa

Is Yoga Bullsh*t?

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?
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Healthy, sara benincasa, yoga

Jun 8, 2012 at 2:30pm | 171 comments

disability

I Have Multiple Sclerosis and I Teach Yoga

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.
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Healthy, disability, yoga

Jan 9, 2012 at 2:00pm | 0 comments

how did this happen

I Appear To Have Become An (Ugh) Yoga Person

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.
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Healthy, how did this happen, yoga

Dec 28, 2011 at 3:00pm | 0 comments

spirituality

I'll Never Be Good At Yoga, But That Doesn't Make Me a Bad Person

Just because your body's a temple doesn't mean I have to worship you.
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Healthy, spirituality, travel, yoga

Aug 31, 2011 at 11:00am | 0 comments

hater

Yoga Teacher Training is a Joke & a Contradiction. There, I Said It.

Luann, our favorite countess once sang, "Money can't buy you class." But guess what it can buy you? The ability to teach yoga!
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Sports, hater, spin, trampoline, yoga, yogawear

Jul 14, 2011 at 10:02am | 0 comments

health

I Failed At My Self-Actualization Vacation

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.
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It Happened To Me, health, yoga

May 10, 2011 at 4:13pm | 0 comments