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• Ashtanga (Definition, Please!)
  May 27, 2009 | 12:32 pm

  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.

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• Asana (Definition, Please!)
  May 20, 2009 | 12:02 pm

  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.

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• Fun Stuff
  May 27, 2009 | 1:01 pm
  

  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!

• Yoga (Definition, Please!)
  May 5, 2009 | 10:35 am

  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

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• Ah!sana
  April 6, 2009 | 1:00 pm

  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

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