After four days of excruciating back pain I went to the doctor. She sent me to the hospital. Yesterday afternoon I had my appendix taken out.

When I was riding my bike to yoga I was thinking to myself I don’t want to do this — it’s such hard work and I’m not getting any results. Of course I forgot about my shoulder, my skin, my digestion, and my improved sleep.

I didn’t want to go to yoga yesterday. I almost didn’t. But as always, I’m glad I did. I was a bit exhausted to tell the truth, and my spine felt like it had been bent over backwards. Hang on — it had! I asked the owner of the studio about electrolytes. Yogis say that… Read More

A woman came up to me after her second Bikram Yoga class this afternoon and asked ‘How did you do nine classes in ten days?’ This was my reply: I never put any expectations on myself. If all I do is show up and stay in the room for ninety minutes I’m still getting the… Read More

I went to Bikram yesterday afternoon and found it tougher than the first class. My hands were so sweaty I couldn’t grab hold of my body. I did less poses than I did in the first class.