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 | Now that the yoga memoir is a bona fide trend (as declared by me), I've put together a list of the best offerings in this genre from the past few years, including the hot-off-the presses Bikram memoir, Hell-Bent. | |
Hell-Bent by Benjamin Lorr
If you want to look into the world of Bikram yoga without having to sweat it out, Benjamin Lorr's new book is your ticket. Lorr does a wonderful job keeping us interesting in his own journey into competitive yoga while also reporting on all the salient details around Bikram and his yoga.
| More Yoga Memoirs
In addition to Hell-Bent, I found five other recent yoga memoirs worth recommending (and possibly even gifting).
| Your Turn!
Can you tell your yoga story in 50-1000 characters? Tell us how you got into yoga (or did yoga get into you?).
| Pose of the Week - Headstand Prep
 My daughter is on a gymnastics kick right now and seems to spend about half her waking hours standing on her head. I've watched her come in and out of this pose every which way, including flipping all the way over, something that would alarm most adults but she seems to enjoy. In trying to keep her alignment safe, I've come up with a few ideas about headstand preparation. If headstands make you nervous or you don't feel ready to come all the way up, don't push it. It's fine to stay in the prep position illustrated here. Work on getting your hips over your shoulders as this is the alignment that will allow you to balance if you choose to come up eventually. Many people learn to do headstand at the wall, and that's fine, but you should still try to come up with as much control as possible. Don't just fling yourself at the wall as that is a good way to tweak your neck. Even when you are using the wall, don't forget to press strongly into your arms.` Some teachers advise that you only come up with both legs simultaneously, either with the knees bent or the legs straight. I think it's find to come up one leg at a time if you can do so with control, avoiding the above mentioned flinging.
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