by Kara-Leah Grant The moment I was a chapter into Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain and the Search for Something like Transcendence in Bikram Yoga I knew I had to track down the author Benjamin Lorr and interview him for YLB. So I did. And he didn't disappoint. Benjamin was an overweight school teacher who'd graduated with a double degree in environmental biology in creative writing when he walked into his first Bikram Yoga class in 2008. Within three months he'd lost 45 pounds, met a yoga … [Read more...]
Yoga & Back Pain: Could Fear Sometimes be the Real Cause of Pain?
by Kara-Leah Grant I've had plenty of opportunities in my life to study pain, often on a daily basis. And now, based on this study and my experiences, I'm wondering: Can fear cause physical pain - like sciatic pain? Here's a rundown on why that might be: In May of 1991, when I was fifteen years old, I started experiencing sciatic pain down my left leg. Of course, I didn't know what it was, and put up with it for a few months. I noticed it was difficult to sit for extended periods of … [Read more...]