Email to My Yoga Teacher

Tag: Power Yoga

  • How Much Yoga is Too Much?

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    Tammy, This week I took three yoga classes.  Is that too much? I’m afraid if I practice yoga too much I may become severely depressed if I can’t get the poses right.  I wonder what kind of side effects the yoga Prozac presents. I might start dreaming about doing yoga outdoors and end up severely…

  • The Yoga Wall

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    Tammy, In class yesterday, you asked us to get into the downward dog position with the soles of our feet up against the wall.  I’m trying to figure out why.  I know one reason is for the students to work with this sensation and feel what it is supposed to be like if there is…

  • Yoga Challenges Masculinity

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    Tammy, You may recall that in yoga class today we were doing the pose called Warrior I.  You came over to make sure my hips were straight forward.  Before yoga I didn’t even know I had hips.  Women’s measurements always have a hip number.  Nobody’s ever measured my hips and there aren’t any guy jeans…