by Amanda Drane | Sep 5, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Third Eye Roaming
Google yoga images and you’ll find a sea of thin, white women who look as if the road rises to greet them. Their bodies are ideologically perfect. Their yoga attire and accessories are meticulous. They are serene and smiling. Gee — if they’re so perfect, then do they...
by Amanda Drane | Jul 31, 2017 | Articles, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
Yoga may free you from your suffering, but sometimes you’re suffering too much to do yoga. That’s where the marijuana comes in. Knee aching too much for warrior pose? There’s a THC-infused lotion that works well. Stress of the day weighing you down too much for yogic...
by Amanda Drane | Jul 3, 2017 | Articles, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
Ah, farts. Can’t live with ’em and can’t live without passing ’em. When I started this column nearly two years ago, I knew that at some point I would have to broach the issue of passing gas in yoga class. It’s an endless point of fascination for folks who don’t do...
by Amanda Drane | May 30, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
My shoulders and arms stretched backward like wings, I couldn’t help feeling like Rose from Titanic, and a grin spread across my face as I said: “I’m flying!” On a recent Friday I gave acroyoga a shot and it was the most fun I’ve had in while. Live music played beside...
by Amanda Drane | Mar 20, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Leisure, Newsletter, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
Mary Kennedy of Northfield says she could barely move her neck before she began taking yoga with Pam Roberts at the YMCA in Greenfield about six years ago.Kennedy, a breast cancer survivor living with torticollis, a painfully twisted neck, says yoga has at times saved...
