Posts Tagged ‘night’

If You Could Do It Naked, Would You?

October 21st, 2009 wynona

In a recent interview with the NY Times, Law and Order actress Tamara Tunie shared a little insight into what her yoga practice is like:

“At 1 I’m at the Bikram yoga studio in the neighborhood. There we sweat and stretch and focus for 90
minutes. Bikram, for those who don’t know yoga, is also called the hot
yoga–because the room temperature is over 100 degrees. If you could
do it naked, you would, but with 30 people in the class, it wouldn’t be
pretty. It’s somewhat torturous, particularly if I’ve had a couple of
drinks at the clubs the night before. But of the 30 people, most of
them probably have hangovers.”

I want to hear from you Bikram (and heated vinyasa or Power Yoga) practitioners out there. If you could do it naked, would you? And how often do you go to yoga class hungover?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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Teaching: It’s Harder Than It Looks, Part 2

September 16th, 2009 kate

To accompany an article about the economic woes of yoga teachers, Slate created a video about all the other less-than-pleasant things that go along with teaching yoga. I think it’s a must-watch. Go ahead. I’ll wait. (Sorry, no way to embed this video here.)

Let’s review:

Yoga teachers get hit on–a lot–with really bad pick up lines? Check.
They find themselves a little too up-close-and-personal with their students? Check.
Students say really inappropriate and uncomfortable things? Oh yeah.
Sometimes teachers don’t really feel up to teaching, but power through it anyway? Sure.

Sometimes a teacher will be still hung over from the night before and showed up without bothering to shower or sleep (much less plan out a class) before they come into the studio

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