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Namaste
Every so often, a new trend takes Hollywood by storm, and of course every person must follow suit. I will not deny being impervious to trend-following. Actually, my greatest flaw is not that I follow trends, it’s that I follow them to late, once a new trend has already arrived. At this stage when people are raving about krav maga and cronuts, I am barely beginning yoga and devouring cupcakes. In honour of my newfound love of yoga, here is a list of my favourite poses: 1. Child’s Pose: this one has rescued me numerous times. Whenever poses become too difficult for me, I just child-pose it out. 2. Pigeon:…
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Midlife-Crisis
Nicht einmal die Wechseljahre sind den Männern als rein weibliches Phänomen heilig. Die Midlife-Crisis, mittlerweile auch in Studien belegt, ist das männliche Pendant zu den Wechseljahren und der Menopause. Zwischen dem 40. und 55. Lebensjahr kann es passieren, dass er den sicheren Job an den Nagel hängt, um sich noch einmal selbst zu verwirklichen. Yogakurse und die jüngere Geliebte gehören ebenso zum neuen Alltag wie das Motorrad in der Garage, die neue Lederjacke oder die Haartönung. Auch geht er jetzt wieder drei Mal die Woche joggen, trifft sich neuerdings auch unter der Woche wieder mit Freunden und versucht am Wochenende die Nacht zum Tag zu machen. Alles nur, um sein…
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Don’t just do something – sit there.
In theory yoga is this beautiful, wonderful, spiritual experience that is meant to cleanse mind, body, and soul. In practice yoga causes a slew of frowned upon words to come flying out of my mouth at record speeds. It is a deep, dark torture which we, as masochists, inflict upon ourselves day after day of shaking cores, trembling arms, and ready-to-collapse legs. We stretch ourselves in ways we never thought possible, only to discover they are possible, but will we be stuck this way forever? The idea of sitting still long enough to have my portrait painted makes my muscles ache in a way that I’ve only known through Downward-Facing…
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