May 27th, 2009 in Side Column | No Comments »

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!
May 27th, 2009 in Article, Glossary, Side Column | 2 Comments »
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 »
May 20th, 2009 in Glossary, Side Column | 1 Comment »
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 »
May 5th, 2009 in Glossary, Side Column | No Comments »
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 »
April 6th, 2009 in Side Column | 2 Comments »
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 »
March 31st, 2009 in Side Column | No Comments »
Yoga Travels: Because you can’t reach samadhi until you pay to practice it somewhere exotic and totally not where you live.
Our friend Jennie went to India on a yoga retreat and wrote all about it. If I were you, I’d read her stories.
I begin looking around the room to see a massage table (good sign), a king size floor mat (a little questionable) and a thick rope hanging from the ceiling (not so good!) She looks at me and barks, “Change!” So I wait expectantly for her to put the nice warm blankets on the massage table and leave so I could undress. Well, let me tell you, that was only the first of many surprises for me. [more...]