Author: yogamarathonmom
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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…
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Exercise and optimism
by Jay Hiller, August 31, 2023 Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash My week included a bunch of dumb worky-work stuff, a Tuesday night with only two hours of sleep and two days of sub-optimal amounts of exercise. When I got home this afternoon, I felt down and lethargic. I didn’t make my way toward…
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Old Lady In Tennis Shoes
by Jay Hiller, August 9, 2023 Photo by Joshua Hanks on Unsplash It’s scary hot and it’s also the first week back at worky work. I’ve been wearing dresses, which in many ways are practical for this weather, dresses with red basketball shoes. When I was 17 and quite overweight I wore a big skirt…
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Want a better life? Walk if you’re able.
by Jay Hiller, August 4, 2023 Photo by Arturo Castaneyra on Unsplash At noon yesterday in Austin it was over a hundred degrees and I had a lunch appointment at a restaurant half a mile from my office, a distance I would walk without thinking twice if the weather were better. I decided to walk,…