Yoga - xoJane

I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING: My Problem with Dissociation, And How I’m Trying to Feel Again

Caitlin Thornton — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Sometimes my body gets numb and I forget that I'm a human being.

To Encourage You To Do Group Fitness: The Most Humiliating Things That Have Happened To Me In Workout Classes, Ever

Caitlin Thornton — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0500

Think you’ll look dumb? Then you forgot about bodily fluids.

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

Zoe — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0500

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.

Yep, I'm a Fat Yoga Teacher

Anna Guest-Jelley — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0400

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

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

Sarah Brown — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

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.

Doing Bikram Yoga While Fat

Catherine Lafuente — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:00:00 -0400

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.

Totally Tubal Adventures: Recovery, and Unexpected Body Image Crisis

s.e. smith — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:00:22 -0400

You really have no idea how much you use your abdominal muscles until they’re angry at you, and mine were really, really angry.

Is Yoga Bullsh*t?

Sara Benincasa — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:30:23 -0400

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?

I Have Multiple Sclerosis and I Teach Yoga

Sarah Eyre — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:12 -0500

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.

I Appear To Have Become An (Ugh) Yoga Person

s.e. smith — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:14 -0500

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.

What Should I Wear To Yoga?

Jane — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:03:38 -0500

Beets Are Awesome/No Worries/I Can Relate

Jane — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:20:17 -0400

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

Jessica — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:00:09 -0400

Just because your body's a temple doesn't mean I have to worship you.

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

Daisy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:02:08 -0400

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

I Failed At My Self-Actualization Vacation

Jessica — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:13:36 -0400

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.

After My First-Ever Yoga Class

Jane — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:58:48 -0400