Email to My Yoga Teacher

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  • 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…

  • A Little Yoga Help Never hurts, right?

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    Tammy, In class recently I saw that one of the other students has a mat with diagrams of the poses on it.  Do you think I should get one of these cheat-sheet mats?  I was thinking about looking over at the teenage girl’s mat during class to see the pictures.  Then I realized this may…

  • Yoga Goes Big Time?

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    Tammy, I know something is different when I’m at the airport newsstand and I see the word Yogi on the front of Sports Illustrated.  I think to myself, what mainstream sport realizes that opening the hips may be good for player productivity?  Not so fast Raja.  The sports world isn’t openly that progressive.  It’s an…

  • Why I go to Yoga Class

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    Tammy, I think I know why I go to your yoga class. Your classes remind me of being in preschool. We arrive with our own blankets, or in yoga terms, a mat. You greet us with a warm smile and some encouraging words.   We know that you will take care of us. You then ask us to…

  • Yoga Laugh

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    Tammy, So I was in the shower and it was time for me to wash my legs. Usually I raise a leg to the side wall of the shower and put the soap on.  You know, like most people do, I think.  Tonight however, you wouldn’t believe what happened. The crown of my head somehow…