Gravity and Exercise: Going Upside Down

Our language is filled with gravity-related idioms. We fall down drunk, we are head over heels in love, we fall on our sword, we give up, we are over the moon. These idioms express the mishaps we experience in terms of being out of balance with gravity – as if gravity was some kind of…

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Gravity and Exercise: Pranayama, Yogic Breathing

In yoga, the breath is called pranayama; and it is a practice. Pranayama is a composite of two Sanskrit words: “Prana,” meaning life force, and “Yama,” control. Control your life force. It is a terrific concept we don’t often take seriously. Certainly, your life force is subject to the force of gravity. Why not harness…

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Falling with style

I wish I knew who this guy was—it’s not posted on the imgur post. But it’s a pretty spectacular display of slack line mastery! View post on imgur.com

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