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Since I have started the Yoga Experiment, one of the things I have been most conscious of is my mood, and especially how it effects my body. If I come to class in a bad mood, my muscles are much, much less pliable than if I come to class and I'm already happy. It was hard for me to believe this when I first started realizing what was happening, that what I was thinking as I was doing yoga was …
| When sharing my journey of The Yoga Experiment, I had to have known that there would be a time where I wasn't going to be one hundred percent excited about it. But everyone has those things that they continue to do, to make sacrifices for, no matter what the challenge, just because they believe in them. My husband, Joel, rides his bike to work and around town through the rain and snow. My friend, Lisa, volunteers for the rape crisis …
OK, people. I have been skipping yoga class. I'm not proud of it. I wish I didn't have to tell you, but at the beginning of this, I made a commitment to honesty. Something else I'd rather not admit: I haven't been treating my body like the temple it is, and therefore, I have gained (back) about five-ish pounds. Aside from all of that, though, I've been feeling fidgety and restless and GROSS. Yoga, I miss you! It has been …
So, spring is officially in full swing, and I admit that I have been slacking, dear reader. I've been having a great time traveling around the country, and taking time off to visit my peeps and just relax. While I have been practicing yoga when in town, I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up with it when I am elsewhere. Such is life. In a couple of weeks, most of the fun will be over, and …
So, after many discussions about the prospect of going on tour with my friends, Nic and Heather (of You and Yourn) I have finally assumed my title of Director of Nomadic Operations and hit the road with them. Why? I have gypsy blood and crave the vagabond lifestyle. This is also a test run; in the near future, they might be requiring some extra assistance on their tours. After the spring training debacle, I wanted to make sure that I …
So, week eleven of The Yoga Experiment was tough. I was really grumpy and eating crap food all week, and I was beginning to see how heavily the mind and body influenced each other. I was achy and sore, and it seemed like the grouchier I got, the more my body rebelled against yoga. At the beginning of week twelve, I started to feel as thought I was getting sick. I had a headache and low energy for the first …
I could not have estimated the difficulty of getting back into my regular yoga routine after skipping a week; if I could have, I never would have broken my perfect nine week stretch. Week eleven of The Yoga Experiment felt like an epic battle. The newness of the project has worn off, and all that is left is the hard work. For the first time, getting to class every morning was a struggle. Several of the days, I considered skipping …
So far, this has been a great trip, The Yoga Experiment. I've been loving every minute of it. However, for the last two months, I have been sore and hurty pretty much every day, especially in my legs/hips/butt area. Monday is usually at a low level, maybe a one or two on a scale of ten. By Friday, though, I have worked up to about a 4 or 5. Then when I take the weekends off to regroup, my body …
As I write this, I am sitting in a Travelodge in Ft. Myers, Florida. We're down here for a little spring break vay-cay and to watch a few Minnesota Twins games at their training camp. Technically, week nine of The Yoga Experiment was last week, but it wasn't really too eventful, and it is hard to think back to that mind frame when I am sitting here in this completely different world.
So, even though I had a small setback last weekend with binging, this week I took seriously the prospect of getting back on ye olde wagon. My life is changing, and I feel like I am in the process of deciding which old parts to keep and which to throw out. I think that perhaps the binging is a sign that I am clinging to some old issues. Writing this column helps. It might have been a longer process towards …
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Mark, your first paragraph is mostly wrong. The second paragraph is true, though. Hulten has been a conflict of interest from Day One. The Champaign City Council made a big mistake in appointing him. The other two candidates were a lot better, a lot more intelligent, and far less biased.
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Timbo makes a smart, sound argument. Reread it.
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Curtis Orchard is always good for an hour or three, especially if you have rugrats.
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I’ll agree that Gordy tolerated a lot of crap, but his patience wasn’t infinite—hence the banning of the nutcase übertea Wayne Johnson, exactly the kind of guy who gives libertarians the reputation for droolin’ batshittery they have. Gordy was also unwilling to pretend that gaybaiting was a…