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Big Gay Ice Cream Truck T-shirt

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck T-shirt

Miss Bite Size bought an awesome fun T-shirt to support her friend, Doug in his quest to spread much joy via his ice cream truck.


Stories of fun adventures aboard Big Gay Ice Cream Truck will follow soon. Meanwhile, check out www.biggayicecreamtruck.com!

Ashtanga (Definition, Please!)

By Bo Chang, aka Miss Bite Size


First, Miss Bite Size would like to clarify this: When folks talk about ashtanga yoga, they may not be talking about the same thing!


When you go to practice Ashtanga on a mat in a studio or a gym, you’re practicing Pattabhi Jois’s system of Ashtanga Yoga, a school of Vinyasa Yoga. It’s a specific school of physical practice (an awesome, challenging and beautiful one).


The ashtanga I’m talking about here translates as “eight limbs” and comes from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Read more »

Asana (Definition, Please!)

From Wiktionary

Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (“‘sitting down’”) < आस (“‘to sit down’”)


Noun

asana (plural asanas)

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. Read more »

Yoga (Definition, Please!)

From Merrian-Webster’s Online Dictionary

Main Entry: yo·ga

Pronunciation: \’yō-gə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, from yunakti he yokes; akin to Latin jungere to join Read more »

Ah!sana

From: Miss Bite Size

To: Our daaah-ling readers (as opposed to Our Dear Leader),


Super lovely Shelley Adelle shared her practice of Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with Bite Size. Yay! Thanks to Shelley!


Shelley’s Tadasana Read more »

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