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As far as youtubes go, I really like Sarah Beth Yoga. She has a nice speaking voice and I think most of her videos are beginner appropriate and not super boring - sun salutation, warrrior II flow that most end up being.

I personally think yoga changes you from the inside. So instead of trying to stay under a limit and feeling deprived like with most diets, yoga can change your "True North". So instead of being like, "Oh, I cant eat this cookie because I only have 200 calories left for the day and the cookie is 260 calories", a yogi might…

I'm a huge fan of group fitness classes. If you can find a gym with decent classes, then stay there! There are options of going to a more specific type workout. You could try kickboxing gyms, yoga studios or CrossFit boxes. I've done all of them and, for the social reasons, I'm a huge fan of CrossFit and yoga studios! With…

omg my back is going to feel this one.

I know there's this "trend" with the chiropractor people of just adjusting the top two vertebrae of the spine (C1, C2 - the axial and the other one). And the rest of the spine will follow? So I wonder if being in an inversion with the head hanging ... like gravity could relieve pressure from the C1, C2 and thus *magic*…

Doing yoga on an empty stomach is a lot better than a full stomach! Down dog ...

I don't understand why people are flabbergasted that Americans want whole foods and fruits and veggies!

Looking at the contents of The End of Diabetes, it looks like Dr. Fuhrman devotes chapters to SAD (Standard American Diet), the "high protein/low carb" discussion, and "Nutritarian Diet in Action" so looks like it's a well-rounded book and stands on its own. Run on sentence.

You might have kind of tight hamstrings. So I tell people to bend their knees a little bit and then sit the hips up on the ceiling. Move your weight back/press chest towards thighs/all that jazz. Then, as you loosen up your hamstrings, start lowering the heels to the mat (straightening the legs again) throughout the…

I think hot yoga is fine! Be sure to bring a towel for your mat (or see if the studio has one you can rent). A hand towel. A water bottle. And clothes you don't mind getting sopping wet with sweat! You will slip on your mat if you don't cover it with a yoga towel (or even one from home that covers your mat). I also suggest…

Faves: half moon, triangle, and handstand attempts (ALMOST got it) Least Faves: camel and, god, bow pose.

I have kept up with a few friends from my old gym (that I met in that gym's yoga class). The gym closed down but about 2 or 3 of them I've kept in touch with and they still do yoga/pilates type stuff and not really anymore lifting (bc they dont have a gym they like to go to). They're actually in great shape. One guy has…

Wow! That's awesome!

I just got a Vitamix and here's a fun smoothie! Tropic Tango Smoothie (its in the VItamix recipe book) 1/2 cup water 1/2 lime, peeled 1 banana, peeled 1 cup fresh spinach, washed 2 apples, quartered, seeded 1 cup ice cubes BLEND AND ENJOY

I'm more of a night person when I practice yoga. On Saturdays I teach an 11am class and I think that's reasonable. But 6am yoga? Haha! Not me. I have a hard time getting out of bed. I WISH I was a morning person but I just dont have the drive right now to become a morning person. Plus, I prefer taking classes in a studio,…

Dr. Joel Fuhrman's! http://www.diseaseproof.com/ He is closely tied with Whole Foods and helped develop some of their menu and employee health program. Definitely check him out if he has some speaking engagement near you!

I go to classes. I hardly ever do my own personal practice. I did do that free 15 day trial of yogavibes. I am waiting to see how easy that will be to cancel.... When I teach, I typically follow this framework: breathing/centering - 5 min cat/cow (mild stretching, forward folds) - 5-10 8-10 plain sun salutations or 4-5 sun…

A really good book about chakras from a Western viewpoint is Eastern Body Western Mind. I had to read this for my yoga teacher training. And its been awhile since Ive read it but the woman is basically a psychologist and she talks about the chakras from a psychologists viewpoint. So it's not too "spiritual" for the casual…

I think a lot of beginner and gym classes seem to really like pigeon and triangle. And, from pigeon, I like to ask them to push back into down dog to 3 legged dog to stack their hips and bring that knee to the sky and foot behind them to "flipping their dog" where they can go into wild thing or the more experienced people…

I'm going to say that you don't burn that many calories during (hatha) yoga. I certainly wouldnt say you burn like 300 calories or anything. I personally don't trust most of those calorie counters anyways. My friend had a Body Bug. And she MIGHT have burned 357 calories during a spin class. Depending on which calorie…

I like Hot Yoga but not Bikram so much (bc I dont like doing the same class every time). I like doing yoga in the heat because you are just more limber and all that! I'm taking a workshop with John Friend next weekend who founded Anusara yoga which, if I'm not mistaken, focuses on alignment. I really like that kind of…

Black Bean Brownies ½ cup dark cocoa powder 2 t. vanilla 1 t. baking soda 1 (15 oz.) can of salt-free black beans (drain liquid) 1 large handful of sunflower seeds or 1 T. ground flaxseed 1 ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce 2 cups pitted dates (chopped) ¾ cup whole wheat flour 1 cup walnuts Put the first six ingredients in a…

I crossfit. But that can be expensive. When I was going to a gym, I mainly did the group fitness classes 3-5 times a week (cardio and a treadmill running class and a bootcamp - I had an awesome gym that offered classes beyond step). And then I would do yoga maybe 2 times a week. And I would definitely do weight training;…

I would say most people cant get their heels all the way to the mat in downward facing dog. And, I think, if your body isnt prepared for it, you'll do more harm than benefit trying to get them there! You should feel the stretch in the "belly" of the muscle ... not in the knees or hips or anything like that. So I generally…

I'm Christian (well, according to some people - Mormon specifically). I'm not a completely practicing Mormon but Im not ex-Mormon either (ie, I dont hold any ill will towards the Mormon church). I even still go to church every now and then. I've always have been given the impression that people think they are *nothing*…

Do you feel supported? Sometimes I cant sleep in corpse pose because my bed doesnt really support me in the same way the ground does. Anyways, the unintended consequences are kind of funny! I love when people doze off during savasana. Sometimes during savasana I go FAR FAR AWAY but Im not asleep, but people are already…

My old box was BTB Fitness. And the owner guy was Charles Mayfield. He just wrote a Paleo cookbook with his wife! "Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen" COOLER to me is that his dad is the Mayfield in Mayfield Dairy. Scottie? I dont know. His dad did a WOD with us. Now I belong to Crossfit on…

I think Food Rules by Michael Pollan is a great, intuitive start to clean eating. It's usually less than 10 bucks and has simple advice, like "if it comes through the window it's not food." (edit: it's also pretty short :D) Transitioning from a SAD (standard american diet) to clean eating is a LIFESTYLE change. And Dr.…

Awww! I need to drop 20 lbs too! When I went through 200 hour yoga training I was the heaviest I've ever been! Honestly, what I notice the most with the extra weight are the twists! My gut gets in the way and I cant bind anymore!