Once in a while I’m asked by a yogi about weight lifting… it blasts me back to my past in professional athletics, and reminds me of the 20,000 or so hours that I’ve spent in the weight room training myself and others. Here’s what I tell them – if you’re going to resistance train just
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Kind of a tame topic for me, but lots of people ask so I thought I’d chime in on some of the various styles and brands of yoga mats I’ve practiced on over the years. I’ve broken them down into two categories – at home and on the road. At home – My favorite, by
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I approached my birthday this year from a few thousand miles removed – taking some time off from a van-building project with my Granny in Michigan. Dear friends and record breaking temperatures have kept me company along the #outlawyogatour in some familiar haunts like Cedar Rapids and Kansas City; and some cool, new stops like
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As many of you know, my brother Kyle and I have been recently displaced, having successfully terminated our lease at the mold house…bouncing between the bed of the truck and a series of hotels I’ve really come to appreciate little things like hot showers and reliable places to sh!t. I was spreading a couple of
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Given the current trend in home and online-supported yoga practices I thought it apropos to offer a few simple steps to really making your home practice less of a temporary fix, and more of a long-term studio replacement… In a lot of ways I prefer the online practice…there I said it. Sure, I miss the
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I was teaching and practicing online the other night and a bit of wisdom seemed to slip out accidentally – bubbling out as a result of bending around, the way the best ideas seem to come…unbidden. That idea was this – We practice yoga on the mat, so that we can do it all day
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What’s up, Outlaws! This month’s Outlaw Yoga Club pose of the month is Big Toe Pose. Not sure what it’s all about? Read on… A challenging balancing pose that requires equal parts flexibility and concentration, the steps into its full expression (and a bonus up-level) are laid out below. If the word flexibility can sometimes
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If there can be said to be a ‘goal’ of the group yoga practice it might be the development of your own home practice… I know that sort of cuts the legs out of a lot of studios, but it’s true. Any real teacher has a single objective for you as a student – your
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I love being on camera – something in me turns on. Like Bob Ross before me, I treat the lens like the single person that will one day be behind it, trying to talk to them like they’re sitting right there with me instead of the camera that currently represents them. But it hasn’t always
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So you want to start to meditate? Great! It’s gonna suck to start – just thought I’d give you a heads up. Turns out there’s a lot of ‘stuff’ up there in your head – and by ‘stuff’ I mean shit. Memories. Experiences. Song lyrics. Sexual fantasies. Identities. Your grade-school best friend’s phone number…you name
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