Category Archives: Off the Mat

Obstacles

By Abby | Published: August 9, 2011
Obstacles give us an opportunity to grow. Often the poses we dislike the most are the very ones we need the most. It’s easy to motivate yourself to do something you’re good at, harder to enjoy that which can be a challenge. But, it’s only by doing the difficult things — both on and off [...]
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Magic Number

By Abby | Published: April 4, 2011
As most of you already know, I love basketball and am passionate about my San Antonio Spurs. I love having us all stretch Tim Duncan Tall. Just as on and off the yoga mat, there’s lots of life to be learned on and off the basketball court. A spectacular slamdunk and an ordinary tip-in both [...]
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39 Years of Yoga

By Abby | Published: March 7, 2011
39 years ago today I became a mother for the first time. It also marks the beginning of my yoga practice. In 1972 I had never even heard of yoga, but there it was, offered as a part of the YMCA’s Mother’s Day Out program in Charleston, WVA. I instantly fell in love with yoga. [...]
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Expect the Unexpected

By Abby | Published: October 25, 2010
Before we left Austin for our Second Honeymoon trip to California we made plans. Not only where we were staying, but also where we were eating. Breakfast at MaMa’s — a café that was on everyone’s top 5 list. Fancy dinner at the Grand View Hyatt — boasting to be the last sky-view restaurant in [...]
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Iodine and Baby Oil

By Abby | Published: September 16, 2010
If you’re of the generation that remembers when an elixir of iodine and baby oil was your suntan lotion — then you should be thinking about skin cancer today. Before Coppertone labels had the letters SPF printed on them, before people thought about being out in the sun as something dangerous, mothers would send their [...]
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