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How To Do Yoga More Easily And Pleasurably

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Luke Ford

Joan Arnold is a New York-based teacher of yoga and of Alexander Technique. Joan tells interviewer Robert Rickover: “Alexander Technique is a way to move more easily. We can use it to refine our movements in daily life and in … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Do Celibate Pose!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Luke Ford

I began yoga in January 2009. I went all-out. And within two months, I’d done a lot of damage to myself, some of it permanent and irreparable. Once you stretch ligaments, they don’t unstretch. Some of the damage was repaired … Continue reading →

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Bad Use

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Luke Ford

After yoga class one evening, I was extolling the benefits of Alexander Technique. The woman talked about how yoga imparts similar benefits — it opens up the chakras. “Maybe,” I said. “I’m not so sure. I look around in yoga … Continue reading →

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Everyone Asks Me If I’m Jewish

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Luke Ford

I wear a yarmulke and tzitzit and a beard and people still ask me if I’m Jewish. I don’t get it. I’m the Jewiest Jew around. Is it my Aryan looks? Is there something off about my demeanor? Is my … Continue reading →

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‘Communism Wasn’t So Bad’

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Luke Ford

I sit after yoga class with a Ukrainian actress (about 36yo) who’s lived in America for the past 15 years. We sip yogi tea. Tisha B’Av finished minutes earlier. The actress wears a cap with the hammer and sickle of … Continue reading →

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