Twist and shout (Week 35)
"If God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees." I can see why Rod Stewart is down on yoga. In his rock 'n' roll autobiography, he talks about trying it once and falling into the fireplace. So I took that as a fair warning during my week of karmic exercise and stayed well away from Rod Stewart. Despite what you may have heard or imagined, I am not flexible. I am almost anti-flexible, if that's possible. The few times I've tried yoga, my body shouted out with pain as I tried to hold one pose after another. This from a guy who regularly tortures himself with endurance running and considers himself a bit of a fitness nut. So I knew this would not be easy, and it wasn't. Still, I soldiered on day after day, using a handy website to walk me through the various poses for beginners. I began by learning that yoga is not stretching . That was an insight all on its own. I tried to focus on the weird stuff I'd heard yoga i...