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I thought I hated yoga. Then I tried ‘stoned yoga’ in L.A.
I was indignant about yoga. Or, extra precisely, I used to hold a grudge towards yoga — for the higher a part of 20 years — due to the one, single time I attempted to broaden my thoughts, physique and soul and all three ended up in a tangled, awkward mess on a rubber mat in a room filled with strangers (and my mortified fiancée). That have, frozen in amber, got here to signify the end-all, be-all of yoga for me.
Whilst fashionable new takes with humorous names tried to introduce the traditional follow to new audiences, it was by no means sufficient to beat the reminiscence of my first failed try. Noga (bare yoga)? Onerous cross. Broga (yoga for bros)? An excessive amount of of a cliché. Hypno-yoga? I’m feeling very drowsy. Drunk yoga? No thanks, I’m driving. Doga (canine yoga)? I lean feline not canine. (OK, I admit that I felt a quick tickle someplace in my sacral chakra a couple of years again when a co-worker regaled me with tales of goat yoga, but it surely shortly subsided.)
That was earlier than I began internet hosting a brand new Los Angeles Instances video sequence known as “The Inexperienced Room,” which explores California’s hashish tradition and commerce. Launched final month, up to now it’s taken me to a hashish commerce present in Santa Rosa, a speakeasy-themed dispensary in Exposition Park and musician David Crosby’s yard, the place the Croz taught me the right way to roll a correct joint. Most just lately — and as a direct results of sharing my long-running yoga beef with my producers — it took me to a yard in Los Angeles for a second try on the yogic arts.
That’s the place native yoga teacher Jessy Chang, who organizes cannabis-enhanced yoga courses by way of her Native Excessive Society web site, graciously launched me to the follow of cannabis-enhanced yoga on a Saturday morning. The outcomes, that are showcased above as episode 4, just about converse for themselves.
Just a few issues to recollect for anybody enthusiastic about getting a bloodshot third eye: Periods, which final about an hour (not counting a preflight smoke session), often price $30, which doesn’t embrace the hashish so that you’ll must deliver your personal. Higher but, deliver sufficient for the entire class so that you’ll be increasing your circle of pals and your consciousness on the similar time. (Because of the pandemic, social smoking appears to be like loads completely different now. Passing a joint is out, one joint or pipe per individual is in, so plan accordingly.) Additionally deliver a water bottle, a mat and no matter else you should be comfy. And you’ll want to put on comfy clothes.
It ought to go with out saying — however I’ll say it anyway — don’t eat hashish and function a motorcar, observe all state and native guidelines referring to mask-wearing and social distancing, and don’t be anybody else’s buzzkill.
Presently, Chang is collaborating with a brand new yoga studio in downtown San Pedro known as the Holō Collective, the place cannabis-enhanced yoga classes ($25) are scheduled for each third Saturday of the month at 4:20 p.m.
Oh, and one very last thing: As ready for cannabis-enhanced yoga as you assume chances are you’ll be, the accompanying sound bathtub — wherein vibrating crystal bowls create a thrumming noise — will blow your crown chakra into one other dimension. In the very best attainable method.
The Inexperienced Room
A video sequence on hashish, commerce and tradition.
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Dominican Republic Man's Hand Cut Off in Machete Fight, Picks It Up After
Two men got into an old-school sword duel down in the Dominican Republic … and one poor guy lost a hand in the vicious fight, video taken by eyewitnesses shows.
The crazy battle went down Tuesday in San Pedro de Macorís — a small town on the southern part of the island — and the footage of this altercation is absolutely unbelievable … seriously looking like something straight out of a movie.
The two combatants face offer outside a gas station, with machetes and swinging — steel slashing against steel on the sidewalk. They exchange wild hacks, and, at first, it seems like one man may have the advantage as he forces his opponent to the ground.
Somehow, the man on the ground fends off his attacker with a series of kicks and slashes from his back, forcing his way to his knee … and cutting off his opponent’s hand at the wrist.
After his hand’s slashed off clean, the injured man runs away from his attacker … who walks in the other direction — with his shirt completely covered in blood. Despite being down a limb, the maimed man walks calmly to his severed hand, picks it up and heads off on his way.
Local reports cite eyewitnesses who say the men were actually friends … and this war was actually over a woman. The injured man was taken to a local hospital, but it’s unclear if doctors could salvage the hand and re-attach it.
We also don’t know if the other man involved in the altercation will face charges or not.
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Announcing the 2023 College Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions
The College Podcast Challenge, now in its third year, received nearly 500 entries from students in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Back in March, we announced our 10 finalists, and earlier this month, we shared the story of Michael Vargas Arango, grand prize winner of the 2023 competition.
Beyond these entries, though, we also received 22 podcasts that caught our ears and that our judges thought had a strong story to tell. Here are the honorable mentions.
650 Words by Audrey Auerbach Nelson
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
A Hairy Situation by Jane Teran
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
All I Want for Christmas is an Environmentally Friendly Tree by Amanda Maeglin
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Brown Sheep by Isaac Wetzel
Belmont University, Belmont, Tenn.
Bypassers by Aisha Wallace-Palomares
University of California, Berkeley
Cheese Chicanery by Jake Silva
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Colorism in the Pilipinx Community by Malaya Mosqueda
San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif.
Experiencing Freedom Again by Ngan Siu Mei
University of Texas at Austin
How We Live: The Student Athlete Edition by Atavya Fowler
Miami Dade College
It’s Time To BeReal by Pari Goel
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Juan’s Upon A Time by Juan Miguel Manalo
Miami Dade College
Love Beyond Belief by Jack Lindner
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
Palm Leaves by Suraj Singareddy
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Puzzles: Are they still playing with our minds? by Yasha Mikolajczak
University of Missouri-Columbia
Rolling Against Hate with the Homos by Audreyanah McAfee
University of California, Berkeley
Sidelined by Jack Ottomano
Pennsylvania State University
SOS 204 Parking by Juanita Hurtado Huerfano
University of Colorado, Boulder
The History of the Silent Disco by Sam Kohn, Rachel Kupfer-Weinstein and Jacob Sarmiento
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
The Sleep Study by Morgan Barela
California State University, Long Beach
The Yellow Wallpaper: An Audio Adaptation by Diego Vazquez, Avery Meurer and Timo Nelson
University of Texas at Austin
Two Ranchers from Mining for the Climate by Juan Manuel Rubio, Nate Otjen, Alex Norbrook, Grace Wang, and Max Widmann. Featuring Rebecca Buck and Lisa Stroup
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
UT’s Tower Bells: A Musical Tradition by Shaunak Sathe
University of Texas at Austin
Congratulations everyone! Thanks again for sharing your stories with us. We loved listening to every minute of them. We hope to hear from you again this fall.
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