September 8, 2010

Book Review: The No Om Zone

Since it is Yoga Month, I’m going to review a few yoga books on the site!

The No Om ZoneThe No OM Zone: A No-Chanting, No-Granola, No-Sanskrit Practical Guide to Yoga
by Kimberly Fowler
ISBN-10: 1605296740
ISBN-13: 978-1605296746

A lot of people I know feel like yoga is too weird; a little too spiritual and chanty and off-the-wall for them.  Yoga doesn’t have to have all those things to be beneficial, and this book is a prime example of that.  The author, Kimberly Fowler, has a history with triathlons and is very familiar with the tightness that runners and cyclists can develop.   She has classes in LA that are a combination of spinning and yoga, apparently she has a pretty devoted following. read more »

September 6, 2010

Aaaaah…..

Yesterday the husband and I decided to drive to southern Utah to visit family members. I knew when I looked at the forecast on my iPhone that I was going to push my planned Sunday run to Monday, which I usually use as a rest day. Why?

The predicted overnight lows in Utah were so much cooler than we’ve had in Vegas for months and months, temperatures that we likely won’t see here in Vegas for another couple months.

I set my alarm for 6:45 AM (that’s 5:45 in my time zone) so it was kind of like sleeping in compared to normal life, but not a huge sleep-in. But I didn’t care about sleeping in on this holiday… I was ready to run.

According to my iPhone it was 44 degrees outside. YES! read more »