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“Bold” was not a word used to describe me when I was younger. Shy, sensitive, and cooperative were the top descriptors for my first decade or so of life. Boldness
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I would never have considered myself someone who had strong female friendships growing up. In fact, there was always something that left me feeling a bit of an outsider when
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“Is he yours?” I get this a lot when I’m walking @Gonzobulldog. “Well…” I hesitate – can you really own a living being?, “…we live together if that’s what you
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I’m not a very ‘good yogi’. (And here I use both ‘good’ and ‘yogi’ pretty damn liberally.) For instance… I’m a little too attached to worldly possessions – I’ve lost
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For most of my life, I have been a notoriously angry S.O.B. At age 27, I actually started fighting in the cage in order to have a healthier outlet for
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I saw my dad a few months ago for the first time in 11 years. Before that it had been 13 years. We spent most of our time silent, using
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I turned 35 last week, and I’m pretty sure I’m having a mid-life crisis… Only, so far as the first (presumed) half of my life was dominated by rascality, and
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Sexuality is an interesting topic to teach on, especially in a public yoga class. Sweat pouring down sculpted, scantily clad bodies—heat and humidity, breath and energy warming us “from the
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