This originally appeared on my email list, but so many people wrote me about it (and shared their own big yoga failures), I thought maybe more people needed to hear it. There is no shame in that failure game. When I got my first yoga teaching gig, the studio owner emailed me every week to … Continue reading Big Fat Yoga Failures
"Well, there's a rose in a fisted glove..." - Stephen Stills From the age 19 until about 27, I lived alone, and I liked it. I didn't particularly like being around people for long periods of time, and I was perfectly okay with that. Around 2011, when my then-boyfriend, now-husband and I decided we should try … Continue reading Love the One You’re With
After my Friday morning run I was shocked and elated to hear my running app announce: "Congratulations!..." I had just run my fastest mile EVER. We didn't have fitness apps in the 80's, but I know I couldn't run as fast as I do now. During the elementary gym class one mile run, I would be … Continue reading Keep Coming Back
Remember when motivational posters were just pictures of kittens holding onto limbs under the caption, "Hang in there?" If you've spent any amount of time on Instagram and Pinterest, you have seen the emotional dysfunction minefield that is often labeled as #motivational. Sadly, many of these graphics use the same tactics as pro-ana (pro-anorexia) websites: selling … Continue reading Take the Shame out of “Fitspiration”
