On Buying The Bottom Shelf: An Adventure In Cheap Liquor
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On Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga Article
Or they could have just said "OVERTRAINING IN ANY SORT OF ATHLETIC ENDEAVOR CAUSES INJURY."
They should have put this better, but the impression I got from the article is that the most serious practitioners of yoga think that it's not possible to do too much yoga. If that's untrue and they are like "oh hey don't overdo it" - then good! Keep on keepin on, yogis. But I do hear a lot of "oh you don't understand, yoga is the MOST HEALTHY THING IN THE WORLD. And if you can't touch your toes it's because your EGO is in the way."
Sidenote: most of us don't admit this, but the serious pursuit of ANY sport is spiritual. Yoga is just more upfront about it (and also spiritual for beginners, too). I mean, distance running is basically meditation for some people, but they don't think that if they run 75 miles at a time they'll achieve some sort of inner peace.
It seems like the guys who practice yoga all day every day and twist themselves into overly difficult positions regardless of their joint health are like ultramarathoners who don't realize their knees are going to go to shit by 60 (depending on genes of course).
/yoga rant from a former college athlete who can't touch her toes but is quite well-adjusted thank you very much.
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On A Survey Of The Funny, Haunted Dreams People Have About Their Jobs
Ha - I'm a journalist covering financial markets and one time, when I had just started my job, I had THREE nightmares that I overslept, came in 4 hours late, and got fired. Each time it scared me so badly I woke myself up.