Yoga is a great activity. It's physically beneficial; yoga increases muscle tone and flexibility, as well as building strength. Mentally and emotionally, yoga provides other benefits, such as increased ability to focus, calmness, and a sense of well-being. As more people come to recognize the benefits of yoga, more people are seeking to take classes, and mo...
Freshman year of college was over and I was so happy to be back home to see my family and sister. College was fun and I made so many friends but it was nice for everything to finally end and now I can relax. I realized that I needed to save up money for next year of college so I started looking for jobs and conveniently found one at a gym pretty close to my...
This is a sequel to my story "A Brief Affair" * My visit to her apartment was reflected in Liu and my relationship at the office. Our demeanor when we met was less jovial, and our previous banter was replaced by more serious conversation. A topic which came up with increasing frequency was Liu's devotion to yoga. I have never been a fan of new-age spiritua...
It all started on an unseasonably warm winter day in the town of Cleveland, Ohio. The sun was standing high in the sky and beaming down it's bright rays. It was only 10:30 in the morning and yet, it had already reached a rather warm 65 degrees. Outside the birds were chirping loudly, but inside the Mizanin household a different series of events and noises we...
I was working out in my home gym, doing some of my favorite workouts to lift my mood and also to de-stress. I like to do yoga, belly dancing, strip aerobics, Zumba, and walking for 30 minutes on my Treadclimber twice a day; sometimes I like to kickbox whenever I'm in a bad mood and/or have the urge to kick somebody's ass. I had just finished an hour-long wor...
"It was fun, see you again soon!" Nataly waved to her friends as she left the café. It had been a good time meeting up with her friends that she hadn't seen for a while. Nataly had been a bit intimidated. Most of them had serious jobs and were thinking of starting a family, Nataly was still working odd jobs and never seemed to be able too keep a boyfriend...
I just moved to a small town Washington. I joined the only gym in town before I even started unpacking! The gym had a 7 o'clock hot yoga class and I was so inclined to begin a new work out in my new town. In my move I lost my workout clothes. So I went to the gym's little sports shop. I was looking for some shorts and a good pair of work out underwear. The...
"Hey Amy, wanna go to this yoga class, called Hot Yoga? On Monday morning after we drop the kids off at school." Brianna said over the phone. "Yeah, sounds like a plan." Amy and Brianna are both married mothers in suburban Concord North Carolina, friends because of their kids, and they share much more personal memories together that even their husbands do...
My name is Christi Clark, a married mother of two who is getting back into the working world slowly by turning my dance background and yoga hobby into more than just my recovery from childbirth, but my new business opportunity. I had become certified as a yoga instructor, as I had been a dance instructor, but what I wanted to target was other young mothers l...
Chapter 3: Tessa Is In Hell August 23, 5:58PM Emerald City Hot Yoga, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA Meet "The Girl In Pink" I think I'm in hell. I mean, I don't even know if I believe in hell, exactly. I'm not sure. The whole idea of absolute evil and being forced to spend eternity in a really hot place burning and screaming and suffering and being punished be...