Author: yogamarathonmom
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What does forever mean?
by Jay Hiller, December 3, 2023 Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash When you search for an image for forever on a stock photo site, you get a lot of pictures related to weddings. But right now, I’m thinking about how my great-aunt used to tell me about time going by fast. I didn’t listen…
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The gift of curiosity
by Jay Hiller, November 4, 2023 Photo by Josh Mills on Unsplash Right now there are a couple of mid-level stressors that make me anxious. Just by accident, on my way to work I heard a recommendation by a psychiatrist that a good thing to do when you’re feeling anxious is to be curious about…
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Cold swim
By Jay Hiller, October 16, 2023 Photo by Susan Wilkinson on Unsplash The shift from crazy hot to moderately cool temperatures in Central Texas seems fast to me. Take me swimmin’ anyway. I can handle it, I thought. A few weeks ago, when I got under the outdoor shower at the neighborhood pool the water…
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Our purpose in a troubled world
By Jay Hiller, October 13, 2023 Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash The world has been going to hell in a handbasket for a very long time, I read in the Austin paper over 30 years ago. The speaker was a veteran of World War II. He meant that we can get through whatever’s troubling…
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My only regret about the 2023 Paddlejam is that I didn’t try harder to get my friends to join me
By Jay Hiller, October 1, 2023 Rise Up & Shine, Seas the Day, Be In-Ten-tional–The Operation Get Out (OGO) Surf & Paddlejam bracelets are awesome. The 2023 Operation Get Out Paddlejam was worth getting up early on a Sunday for. It’s a yearly event that honors female first responders and raises money to provide them…
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Impossible Pool Vibes
By Jay Hiller, September 24, 2023 Photo by john labelette on Unsplash Our neighborhood pool is nice. I don’t think of it as a good place to lap swim. And I had reservations yesterday when my husband suggested going there to swim in the late afternoon. ‘Full of kids, warm as bath water,” I thought.…
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Something beautiful, Wild Asana
By Jay Hiller, September 16, 2023 The writing in the book Wild Asana: Animals, Yoga and Connecting Our Practice to the Natural World is absolutely beautiful. In each chapter the author, Alison Zak, focuses on one yoga pose and connects it to the animal it’s named after. Ms. Zak is an author, yoga teacher, anthropologist…
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Book Review: Fiber Fueled
by Jay Hiller, September 8, 2023 As I read, Fiber Fueled, I kept thinking of people I know who I think should read it. The author, Will Bulsiewicz, a gastroenterologist and clinical researcher, does a good job of presenting health information in a way that makes you want to follow through on it. He explains…
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Physical confidence
By Jay Hiller, September 2, 2023 Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash When I’d only be doing yoga a few years, I went to a class where I was given this instruction for Warrior I: “You know, mmmmmmmm.” I didn’t know what that was supposed to mean, and when I thought about that instruction, I…