About: Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi)
Posts by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi):
Resolve to Eat Healthy + Conscious + Skinny + Delicious…Even For One.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jan 1, 2013 Just because you are cooking for one does not mean you have to shovel frozen lasagna down your gullet while standing over the sink watching episodes of Mindy and New Girl. 253 views |
Dead Reckoning: an Inventory.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on May 6, 2012 Dead reckoning is a navigational term that basically means that you figure out where you are now based on where you just were. I’ve mistakenly been using dead reckoning to judge the worthiness of my 40-year-old body. 432 views |
I Don’t Get Lonely When I’m Alone.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Apr 21, 2012 I don’t get lonely when I’m alone. In fact, strangely, the only time feel lonely is when I’m surrounded by people. Perhaps all introverts are this way. 723 views |
Want to be a better person? Read novels.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Apr 8, 2012 I have never been much of a self-help reader. When I crawl into bed at night after a long day dealing with people and things, the last thing I want to do is work on myself. Give me a good novel and let’s call it a day. 3,714 views |
 Equanimity (kind of like Xanax)by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Oct 8, 2011 Of all the concepts talked about in the yoga and mindfulness communities, equanimity has always intrigued me the most. I didn’t get whatever gene inclines a person thusly. 1,366 views |
Read a freaking book.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Sep 9, 2011 What I learned from Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi: 1,431 views |
Yoga gurus—only human.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jul 14, 2011 I used to work for a yoga celebrity who was known for keeping it real. I think that’s what attracted me to studying and later working with him over the handfuls of other yoga “master teachers” I could have chosen at the time (this was about ten years ago). I appreciated his down-to-earth style and [...] 1,822 views |
Successful, ethical yoga studio owners versus crackpots.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jun 14, 2011 One of the biggest incorrect assumptions in the yoga world is the following: “I love yoga and/or teaching yoga. Therefore, I should open a yoga studio.” Cuz, being a good teacher and possessing a deep and abiding understanding of the timeless art of yoga — those things have anything to do with running a profitable [...] 3,627 views |
Not to sound like a b*tch, but your yoga class was totally lame.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jun 1, 2011 As co-founder of the irreverent community forum Recovering Yogi, I am so pleased to share one of our favorite stories by our June contributor of the month, Shawn Radcliffe. I think a lot of us can recognize a little piece of ourselves in this farcical look at the mind of a superficial yoga student, and [...] 4,393 views |
What it means to be a Recovering Yogi.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on May 25, 2011 Hint: it don’t mean I hate yoga. I used to be a skinny, flexible, popular yoga teacher. I was in a photo spread in Yoga Journal. I launched a successful Power Yoga program at a busy studio in the Bay Area. I worked for a superstar yoga teacher and traveled the western hemisphere helping spread [...] 3,188 views |
Collective Hearts brings yoga and cash to Haiti.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on May 4, 2011 Lisa Rueff is a humanitarian with a vision. Remember the earthquake in Haiti in early 2010? It’s hard to sort through our memory fragments of all the calamities that happen in the world on what seems like a relentless basis. Blame it on global warming, or Mercury in Retrograde, or bad karma… this planet is [...] 291 views |
Mercury in Retrograde is not a good excuse for you to be an asshole to me.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Apr 19, 2011 Drawing by Vanessa Fiola As one of the founders of Recovering Yogi, I think of myself as straddling the fine line between West Coast yogi and good old-fashioned liberal East Coast atheist. It’s funny, because I never thought of myself as an atheist until recently. I used to be one of those “I’m not religious, [...] 4,204 views |
What yoga means to Rusty Wells.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Mar 9, 2011 San Francisco’s prince of yoga breaks it down for us. As one of the founders of the irreverent community forum Recovering Yogi, people sometimes ask me why I think it’s okay to snark all over the yoga world like I do. I find it shocking when people call me a yoga-hater. I love yoga — [...] 4,044 views |
Spirituality and Technology: Best Frenemiesby Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Feb 14, 2011 Recently I went up to Spirit Rock Retreat Center for a daylong mindfulness workshop called “Wisdom 2.0.” It was hosted by Soren Gordhamer, founder of the annual conference of the same name, and Will Kabat-Zinn, son of Jon “Wherever You Go, There You Are” Kabat-Zinn. I was excited about this daylong because technology and spirituality [...] 1,153 views |
Master yasshole.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jan 19, 2011 Bryan Kest has a shtick and he’s working it (into the ground). In Massachusetts, where I’m from, we like to refer to ourselves as Massholes. It sounds mean, but we say it with a sort of love. I’d like to propose a new word: YASSHOLES. I’ve written a lot about my breakup with yoga after [...] 2,820 views |
Praying for babiesby Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jan 5, 2011 Sometimes, “putting it out to the universe” isn’t enough. One of my oldest and closest girlfriends wrote a story for Recovering Yogi —a creative side project I started with a few fellow collaborateurs — and I thought I would share it with y’all here as well. I’ve watched her struggle with trying to get pregnant [...] 639 views |
Resolve to be yourself.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Dec 27, 2010 New Years resolutions — an opportunity to better yourself or a setup for failure and disappointment? I don’t know too many people who can manage to keep their New Year’s resolutions for a solid year. Most of us base our annual goals on a vision we have of the person we want to be, not [...] 1,878 views |
Parents: 1,000,000. Equanimity: 0.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Dec 12, 2010 A friend of mine recently said to me: “Parents. They sure know how to push your buttons. Which makes sense: they installed them.” Uh, amen and shout that one from the rooftops. I have four parents. They have nothing in common except a complete lack of boundaries and an innate inability to communicate in direct [...] 1,562 views |
 The Plague of Woo Woo.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Nov 19, 2010 Signs that your friends have chugged the yogi koo… 3,750 views |
Some of the Reasons I Don’t Do Halloween.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Oct 24, 2010 I have a personal October 31st tradition of hiding in a dark house praying the doorbell doesn’t ring. Like many people, the holidays depress me. It’s not the decline in the weather, or the waning light and how it affects my S.A.D. It’s not that I’m single and live 3,000 miles from my family and [...] 4,791 views |
My First Silent Retreat.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Oct 12, 2010 (Turns out it’s not a quiet contest.) When I was growing up, my single mom was fond of the riveting car game “let’s see who can be quiet the longest.” My brother and I were very competitive about this game, but because I was older and therefore had more patience, I usually won. That early training—along [...] 1,197 views |
Why I stopped teaching yoga.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Sep 30, 2010 (…so I could have my right brain back.) I got a marketing email today from the yoga cult company I used to work for, advertising what they call an “Art of Assisting” workshop. The headline encouraged me to “release my inner artist.” It got me thinking. Whenever I hear the words “art” and “yoga” mentioned [...] 3,411 views |
The Friend Divorce.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Sep 20, 2010 Mastering the Art of Moving On I have a good friend named “Dylan” who is my role model when it comes to managing friendships. Not just because he is an always excellent, kind, and fun friend, but because he has amazing boundaries that I myself aspire to. I have a lot of friends. I’m lucky [...] 1,639 views |
Why I Will Never Go To Burning Man.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Aug 26, 2010 (Yet I still dare to call myself an artist.) I respect the concept of Burning Man and think it’s a pretty cool idea. I say “concept” and “idea” because I’ve never actually been to Burning Man. I can’t remark with confidence on something I’ve never done. And as a rule, I don’t think you can [...] 19,913 views |
Yoga for the Peeps.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Aug 20, 2010 Rusty Wells is keeping it real in San Francisco. I met Rusty Wells many years ago when I was heavily involved in the yoga scene in San Francisco and beyond. At the time, I had just started working with a master yoga teacher who we’ll call “Walter,” who fashions himself a guru for the new [...] 1,070 views |
Mindfulness is Not Positivity.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Aug 13, 2010 Let’s just put it this way: The Secret was definitely not written by a Buddhist. Here in the spiritually capricious Bay Area, I hear this sort of empty self-help jargon all the time: “Manifest what you want with good intentions!” “Cultivate an attitude of abundance!” “Think positive and things will turn out great!” And one [...] 5,554 views |
Self-Righteous Vegans Just Make Me Want To Eat More Meat.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Aug 10, 2010 Not really, but that side of my personality that doesn’t like to be bossed around (and by “side,” I mean ALL OF IT) gets bent out of shape when other people try to gag me with their dogma. This, by the way, is an expanded version of a post I originally published on my own [...] 3,288 views |
I’m a Buddhist, but my cat is a serial killer.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Aug 4, 2010 I’m trying to come to terms with our conflicting dharmas. To say that one is a Buddhist implies that one is a pacifist. After all, one of the main tenets of Buddhism (and most religions, in theory—if not practice) is that you don’t kill. I’ve been studying Buddhism over the last few years and trying [...] 7,336 views |
The Difference Between Manifesting and Gardening.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jul 27, 2010 Way to kill a word that once meant something. The word “manifest” may once have had some actual meaning, but it has now hit its tipping point of overuse. It’s actually gotten to the point where every time I hear this word, my eyes roll involuntarily. My latest unfortunate run-in with the word “manifest” went [...] 1,221 views |
My Yoga Breakup.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jul 20, 2010 “It’s not you, yoga; it’s me.” Yoga and I had such a great relationship once. When we met, it was love at first sight. “Finally,” I thought, “something that really gets me.” I would have bet a million rupees that we would be together forever. But then we started fighting, and eventually I had to [...] 5,263 views |
Spiritwell Gets It.by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jul 9, 2010 Upscale Meditation Teachings without the Pretense. via twitter.com/elephantjournal: Finally, meditation for rich people! http://bit.ly/98DqQ3 Years in the wellness industry (and it is an industry indeed) have numbed me to the impact of many an aspiring self-help program. You really can’t throw a stick in the Bay Area without hitting the latest spiritual fad. So it [...] 584 views |
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