Making a yoga habit, commitment
The promotional rates you see at yoga studios like San Francisco’s Funky Door, 30 days for $29, or Sacramento’s My Yoga Lounge, 10 days for $10, are a way for yoga studios to get new customers and cop ...
If You're New to Yoga, Take it Easy at the Start
In San Francisco, it's literally hard to drive down a city block and not see a sign for a yoga studio. Bikram, Ashtanga, power yoga - they're all available and not just in yoga studios. Yoga has i ...
A Sucker for "Cool" Yoga
Look up "gullible" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of lil' ol' me, the one who just had to find out about a new yoga franchise. On a trip out of town, I picked up a local weekly that ran a ...
Two Meditation Centers to Clear Your Mind
It's no surprise that San Francisco is a meditation cloud nine of sorts. Since the mid-sixties, when Buddhist meditation became popularized in the Bay Area, the practice of sitting with oneself and e ...
Naked Gym
A gym called Fitworld in the Netherlands recently instilled "Naked Sundays" after requests from some of its nudist members. The inaugural launch was, um, flabby, with only a smattering of middle-aged ...
Like to Dance? Give Nia a try
Several friends of mine who know that ballet is one of my favorite workouts have suggested I try a Nia class. It isn’t offered at my gym, but there are other facilities in San Francisco, such as the ...
Berkeley residents eat healthy diet, exercise, live longer
Berkeley residents live longer and have healthier lives than anyone else in the Bay Area, according to a new public health study. On average, Berkeleyans live three longer than San Franscians, four ye ...
Getting Kids to Get Fit
My son, like his dad, is a serial team sports player. Since he started tee-ball in preschool and moved on to basketball, baseball, soccer, and golf, and lacrosse, it's never been hard to get him to ...
Quan Yin Healing Arts Center
In Buddhism, Quan Yin is the goddess of compassion and mercy. In San Francisco, she has been responsible for healing wellness seekers for more than two decades. The Quan Yin Healing Arts Center dispen ...
Bike advocates become political force in San Francisco
Bikers enthusiasts around the country who still have a hard time getting city officials to return their calls can take a lesson from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. The group has more than 6,000 ...
