“I have a small ‘program’ for you today” Sonja smiles when I finally drag my tired, ruffled body out of bed. It’s 10:30 and I’m kicking myself for not getting up before 08:00 when the hot water was turned off in the apartment block for maintenance over the next 3 days. A vision of cold […]
Archives for June 2009
Global Bender record?
It was great news to hear from Ray Mathews on the Global Bender Facebook Group, “We have your back here in sunny Southern California… there are 45 people signed up for the June Global Bender Challenge at Bikram Yoga Kearny Mesa“. WOW, can you believe it, is this a record? Let’s find out! It would […]
Going for “magnum” in Luzern
I’m still finding my feet in this gorgeous little city of Luzern. For some reason my compass is not working at all and I keep turning left when I should be going right. I’m not sure if I’m suffering from the same affliction as Derek Zoolander but since I’m on the bike, I end up […]
Double Class: Day One, Global Bender!
Arriving in Switzerland was somewhat of a shock. I was feeling a little numb, not quite sure if I was ready (see Clean Slate) so what better way to throw myself into month five and the Global Bender by doing a double. Timo (teacher at Bikram Yoga Zurich) had emailed me several weeks before asking […]
Clean Slate
After yet another touching farewell I find myself alone again. Well, not quite as I’m locked with many in a cylindrical bubble, vibrating on the runway about to hurtle towards another location, another challenge, another.. home. We’re pushed back into our seats as the aircraft hungrily eats its way into the sky, sniffing an uncertain […]