Yogi Beer
On the ground floor is The Back Pages - which I always thought was called - My Back Pages (being a Dylan freak) - but no, it’s The Back Pages and is a popular sports bar. Above it is the Hot Yoga school. What do they have in common other than the obvious - let’s relax for a while and forget about our problems.
What they have in common is that I’ve been injured at both activities - drinking, and stretching. But when I was drinking I didn’t know I was hurt. When I pulled several muscles doing Yoga a few years ago, I was sentenced to a few days in bed, where somehow I caught a bad cold, which turned into walking pneumonia (although I wasn’t walking much).
On the other hand, in the days when I did drink - I never had much more than a hangover the next day. And I was able to be acrobatic and stretch in ways you wouldn’t have thought possible.
My own solution is to take a flask with me to yoga practice. When everyone has their eyes closed (quite often during yoga) I can take a quick sip and loosen up. If you haven’t tried Hot Yoga after a couple of snorts - I recommend it. My yoga teacher has praised me recently on my newfound flexibility, and now I’m one of the most advanced Yogi in the class.
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Comment from Lester
Time: March 19, 2008, 7:52 pm
The most revered Yogi of all time, Yogi Berra, was once asked what he considered the best exercise. He said, “Getting a triple on a bunt.” In layman’s terms, he meant that exercise for the self-indulgent purpose of attaining a worldly goal will never succeed. Only when we know our true goal, ie. extra bases, will the predestined path to that goal will bring us there, ie. first base, second base, third base. Neither yoga nor sports bars will bring us nirvana. Ask another great yogi, Eli Manning.