What to wear and bring to your first yoga class
Beginners should bring compassion and an open mind to their first class. But what actual stuff? If you’re looking for a checklist: Yoga mat. If you’re brand new, a $20 mat from a sporting-goods [...]
What to bring to hot yoga class
Yoga in a heated, humid room requires advance planning and specialized gear. Depending on the studio, “hot” can mean anything from 80 degrees to over 100 degrees. Come prepared to sweat a lot. [...]
In praise of gym yoga
The yoga world can be snobby about “gym yoga”—that is, yoga taught at a health club instead of a studio. Gym yoga isn’t real yoga, some hardliners insist, because it’s only about fitness. Devoid [...]
A by no means comprehensive list of people to whom and concepts to which I have dedicated a yoga practice*
*At the beginning of a yoga class, some teachers will suggest that each student silently dedicate that day’s practice to an “intention” or to a person who could use some extra luck. Anastasia’s [...]