In a short demo session, body-loving yoga master Jessamyn Stanley undid my shame about not being perfect AND set me straight why we NEED yoga. She is a force of nature, who is making yoga accessible.
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Effective Workouts WAY More Fun Than a Gym
These two quick, compelling videos (and recent research) make the case for “functional fitness “workouts that are pleasurable AND integrated into your life, rather than having to take place in the confines of a gym.
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Quick 4 —The 4 Minute Workout for Lazy Dogs
We downloaded Quick 4 to our iphone and find that a 4-minute workout (based on high intensity interval training) allows for no excuses and won’t let us off the hook, despite the fact that we are naturally lazy dogs (exercise-wise).
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The Art of Snow (Snow as Art Material, Fashion Inspiration, Gym)…
Our friend Holton Rower sent us some screenshots of very imaginative snow creations that remind us just what a splendid, ephemeral FREE material snow is for spontaneous making, fashion inspiration, exercise equipment.
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Daily Exercise Routine: Dancing, Leaping, Frolicking, Joy
What if, instead of going to the gym, dancing, leaping, frolicking and joy became our exercise routine? We can’t help think it would have a big liberating impact on our daily life and work.
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strategy: the 4-minute workout + the mio alpha
Along with our strategy of exercising outdoors with whatever is at hand, we’ve found this heartening report in the New York Times really useful for getting ourselves to work out regularly: In a study, published last month in the journal PLoS One, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, and other institutions attempted to delineate…
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grace jones hula hoops to the rhythm (one cool workout)
(Video link here.) We’ve written in the past about the virtues of hula-hooping as exercise. But we’ve never seen SUCH an inspiring example as Grace Jones, age 65-ish, performing Slave to the Rhythm at Roseland. Amazing body, energy, joy… If you crank the music up and have a hula hoop on hand (or just feel like…
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