What if we considered breathing to be a problem? Just for fun, let’s play it out. We would celebrate those at the top of their inhales, holding their breath. Five seconds into it, the breath holders might be teaching workshops … Continue reading →

Hi friends, As you may be aware, I began a “written word” section — i.e. a blog — on the page for my podcast, The Body Awake. As of this writing, all future posts will be only on there. So … Continue reading →

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— LB March 22, 2018

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As “yoga” and “stretching” are often used synonymously, let’s consider what’s happening in a yoga asana* beyond tissue lengthening, i.e. stretching. 💧 COMPRESSION: as one tissue group lengthens, there’s a corresponding compression, usually on the opposite side of the lengthening. … Continue reading →

Is alignment important or not? Here’s a 60-sec body-thought experiment to illustrate a proposition: it’s really not about the fist; it’s about the clenching. They’re just so often one and the same, it’s easy to mistake the finger pointing to … Continue reading →

Imagine you’re looking at a spectrum, a line representing two extremes. On one end, you have complete austerity, whatever that means to you. On the other, you have complete indulgence. Or, perhaps, on one end you have deeply blissful highs, … Continue reading →

For the new year, at least the next few months, I’ll be employing one personal experiment per month. Perhaps you’ll join me. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Only one experiment per month. You want to do other … Continue reading →