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Iyengar Yoga, Yoga9 Comments

Yoga with Abhijata and a thousand classmates

June 7, 2016August 15, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

I try to avoid formal gatherings, red-eye flights, checked baggage, and yoga classes too large to allow eye contact with the teacher. But I was curious about the 2016 Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States convention in Boca Raton. I wanted to experience … Continue reading Yoga with Abhijata and a thousand classmates

Life6 Comments

Hard or easy?

December 3, 2015September 6, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

I once read about Ryojun Shionuma, a Shugendo Buddhist priest who achieved two grueling feats of physical endurance. First, for nine years during the May-September trekking season, he hiked 30 miles daily, navigating an elevation change of 4,000 feet with an … Continue reading Hard or easy?

Health, Practice, Yoga7 Comments

Case study: hamstring strain (or something)

April 21, 2015February 13, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

In early 2014, I strained a left hamstring muscle near the origin. Or an external rotator in the left hip. Or something.  It snuck up on me. There was no acute injury. I simply noticed less range of motion (ROM) in straight-legged, forward-bending poses, marked … Continue reading Case study: hamstring strain (or something)

Iyengar Yoga, Life, Yoga31 Comments

Farewell, Mr Iyengar

August 20, 2014February 13, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

Walking toward RIMYI just after noon, I saw a crowd blocking the street. Just outside the gate, an ambulance was parked. Soon I heard chanting, and five or six men, draped in white cloth, came carrying the body of BKS Iyengar, adorned with flowers, … Continue reading Farewell, Mr Iyengar

Iyengar Yoga, Yoga9 Comments

Crossing the street

August 4, 2014February 13, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

Traffic is insane in Pune. Cars, auto-rickshaws, motorcycles swarm nonstop all around, honking, honking, honking. No crosswalks or stoplights for pedestrians, no designated safety zone. If you’re not careful, you’ll get hit. If you’re too careful, you’ll be stuck. One day, still new here, … Continue reading Crossing the street

Health, Practice, Yoga18 Comments

Yoga injuries: who’s at fault?

March 31, 2014August 15, 2017 Luci Yamamoto

Ever been injured in a yoga class? Chances are, we’ve all felt a twinge in one class or another. So, who’s at fault? The teacher? The student? Or are occasional tweaks simply part of being active and exploring our limits? Since William Broad began … Continue reading Yoga injuries: who’s at fault?

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