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1 month ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Not to be dramatic or anything, but do you ever have those days when you feel like you’re slowly dying on the inside? Withering from the energetic weight that existence piles on you? Futilely attempting to climb yourself out of a rut but sinking into emotional numbness instead? Yep, same.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Laura Harold
8 hours agoDealing With Setbacks: A Modern Stoic Approach To Anger ManagementThis article may seem at odds with others I have written about the value of emotions and emotional expression—but hear me out.
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1 month ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold |Natalie Schriefer
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. When I was a grad student, I spent a lot of time slouching. Over my notebook at school and in front of computers at both of my part-time jobs. Slumping at my steering wheel in between, I fantasized about un-shrimping my spine. One day I’d learn to sit up straight, I told myself—that and reach my toes, a goal I’d dreamed about since my high school days as a competitive athlete.
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1 month ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. There’s no shortage of aesthetically packaged and divinely scented natural deodorants in the aisles of practically any grocery store, pharmacy, even Anthropologie (yes, really). Yet along with seemingly limitless options comes an inevitable and harsh reality: it doesn’t matter how promising *you thought* that pricy natural deodorant would be when you bought it.
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1 month ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Perhaps two of the most obvious—and maybe the most talked about—benefits of a physical yoga practice are greater flexibility and improved strength. However, there’s a less-discussed element that is just as crucial on the yoga mat as it is in everyday life—and that’s mobility.
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2 months ago | 
yogajournal.com | Amber HicksDave Burke |Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Tilting your head back can be a surprisingly controversial movement in yoga class. Some teachers cue it quickly with the vaguest phrasing. You may have heard, “Tip your head back…or don’t,” in poses such as Upward-Facing Dog or Camel.
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2 months ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. If you’re anything like me, you hate being busy. Or, I should say, hate feeling busy. Being busy means there’s a million and one things on your to-do list, including things you’ve unsuccessfully tried to get out of doing.
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2 months ago | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. To say the least, visiting the dentist is an uncomfortable experience for me. It’s as if whatever plaque builds up on my teeth is extra resistant to the metal scraper, (which, when inflicted against the porcelain of teeth, produces a noise I’m certain is the soundtrack used in hell).
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I have to get something off my chest: I hate yoga leggings. Rather, I hate most yoga leggings. More specifically, the ones that are made of synthetic materials like polyester, nylon, or lycra. And though I’m just as susceptible to pressing the buy button as anyone when it comes to the fun-colored, form-fitting leggings made by popular brands, a few things stop me every time.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
yogajournal.com | Laura Harold
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It’s a chaotic day completely jammed with to-dos, Slack pings, errands—and fantasies of putting everything on hold to take refuge on your couch and rewatch 20 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy. You heroically manage to spare five minutes with the intention of listening to a quick meditation and emerging on the other side a (somewhat) more balanced, energized version of yourself.
