Today’s post was written by David Kirshenbaum. David sent this as part of his New Year’s letter. I never really thought of David as a “yoga” kind of guy. He is one now! And goes three days a week. You can reach David at dknj18@comcast.net
Bikram Yoga in the UK
My wife, Marcy and I took up Bikram Yoga about four months ago at Bikram Yoga Evanston. In Bikram, the participants perform a series of set poses over the course of 90 minutes. Bikram is also known as “hot yoga” as the poses are performed in a room heated to 105 degrees.
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My friend is a psychotherapist. I asked him for advice when we began to develop Ageless-NorthShore.com. Particularly, I wanted his expertise regarding those of us over 50 who have to change jobs, change careers, or even un-retire.
He was very generous with his time and with his insights. He helped shape our going forward.
What I didn’t know about him was that he too had made a significant career change later in life. He began his professional life as a banker. When I asked to interview him, he agreed but asked that his real name not be used.
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You might be old enough to remember being a kid and riding in car untethered, free to climb from back seat to front and back again, or perhaps enjoying the ride sitting on the car floor, or my favorite, stretching out on the back dash (well, I was small and cars were large).
Those were great times, we didn’t even know from seat belts. There was that problem with the passengers flying through the windshield and splattering on the pavement during collisions, but moms and dads were too busy smoking and trying to tune in their crappy AM car radios to be worrying-warting about car accidents back then.
Then came Ralph Nader and the whole consumer buzz-kill movement, and by the time I was a parent, free-range children were a thing of the past. I have to admit, I bought into it. I had my 5-year old so psyched about the importance of seat belts, he almost caused an accident by screeching in terror when he realized the car was in motion and I had forgotten to fasten his seat belt.
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