It’s a crazy stressful reality out there – we need every tool at our disposal to deal with it, including yoga as well as breathing and meditation. Sometimes that includes going mentally to a sort of “happy place,” or maybe better put, a mental environment where we feel safe and calm. For those of us…
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What Floats Your Boat Pose?
Ritual, Yoga, and Fandom
by Derek Wilson, Guest Blogger When last asked whether or not I liked Star Trek or Star Wars better, I was left dumbfounded. Questions arose like weeds in a particularly stoney garden. Do television-based series allow for better characterization and world building? Do movie-based series allow for better pageantry with more focused, concise story arcs? Are…
Wings of Fire Yoga Flow
Am I, a mature adult and mother, embarrassed to admit that I am a big fan of a dragon book series aimed at middle schoolers? Heck no, I am not. In fact, kids’ books are often the most free to play with weird ideas and spin them out as far as they can go. I…
Inspiring Writers in Fandom
Heroes don’t just save the day by punching bad guys. In both real life and fantasy, heroes save the day ultimately through art, through putting together ideas in a way that connects us all, that builds bridges of all kinds. My favorite medium is writing – so here’s an ode to my favorite writers in…
The Bad Ass Moms of Fandom
Why is it the word “motherhood” conjures up milquetoast, flowery, frilly images? It’s bonnets and aprons and saccharine adages. In reality, I find motherhood to be exactly the opposite. Sure, there’s joy and love, but in such terrifying concentrations that you can hardly conceive of them – they are awe-inspiring and fearful in their intensity….
A Handmaid’s Tale Flow
In honor of the infinitely powerful book and terrifyingly topical Hulu series… and the ever-amazing Elizabeth Moss! Nolite te bastardes carborundum!
If Yoga were an ice cream flavor, it would be…
I’ve always been an Extreme Candy BLAST kind of person. Upon surveying the vast frozen food section, I’ve always looked askance at anything else. Why, I’ve wondered, would you willingly purchase any ice cream that hasn’t been packed with chocolate chunks, a molten core of caramel, and at least two kinds of broken up pastry?…
Wizards, mutants, and witches agree: All you need is love
The answer is: Love!! Such a climax is bound to result in more than a few eyerolls. After all, we’ve seen it so many times. In Frozen, Elsa can control her powers through love! In Beauty and the Beast, Belle restores the Beast’s health and humanity through love! Even outside the cheesiness of Disney, in…
What’s in a Name? Defining people in the Handmaid’s Tale and Yoga
Defining new words is eminently satisfying: a new shared set of ideas and connotations is lodged in our brains. Defining scientific equations is likewise illuminating, providing a solid new stepping stone to understanding how the world works. Defining living creatures, however, that’s a bit more complex. Looking at my cat as…