Yoga 101: What to Wear
When I was growing up, about 90 percent of the people I went to school with were obsessed with Calvin Klein jeans. I remember teenage Brooke Shields asking us , “Do you want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”
In a yoga class, it’s no different. The lovely models who grace Yoga Journal and other magazines in the highest-end athletic wear are nice to look at, but the clothing is not always practical or affordable. Since starting my yoga practice, I have been on a continuous search for not only clothes that fit me and my unique body and frame, but also items that are worth my hard-earned money.
In one of my first vinyasa yoga classes, I wore an old concert T-shirt, and during my first downward facing dog, my shirt went flying up and exposed me in ways I was not ready for. I was wearing baggy sweatpants that wouldn’t hold my baggy T-shirt in place, and I was very distracted and uncomfortable.
The type of yoga class you attend should be a deciding factor in what you wear. For a yoga nidra class (yogic sleep), I wouldn't recommend wearing hot yoga shorts or a bra top. For a hot yoga class, I wouldn’t wear a heavy long-sleeved top or sweatpants. No matter which class you choose, I recommend trying out a few poses while you're trying on clothes to see how your body feels.
Epicenter Festival lives up to the hype in Irvine
If you host it, they will come...and come they did. Young and old alike gathered in mass on Saturday at Irvine’s 15,000-plus capacity Verizon Wireless Amphitheater ...to cheer, mosh, sing, dance and bang their heads to the sound and fury of hard rock, rap and heavy metal. The occasion was the third annual Epicenter music festival, sponsored by the legendary SoCal radio station 106.7 KROQ FM. As an angry, but wise singer told the crowd that evening...”This isn’t an Air Supply concert motherf*#kers!”
The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater has always been a great place for a festival, having played host to several Lollapalooza fests in the past, as well as at least one Lilith Fair. To get to the amphitheater, one must walk through lush, open, green pastures before arriving at the large vendor section out front. Unlike other venues, this vender section functions more as a flea market than as a traditional food, drink and souvenir showcase. There’s a variety of food to choose from, as well as clothing, jewelry, CDs, kettle corn, and more. “I (red heart symbol) Vagina”...is not something you see on a t-shirt everyday, yet one of the vendors had an entire stand dedicated to the bold slogan. There were “I (red heart symbol) Vagina” shits, hats, bumper stickers, and more...
MMA may cause cauliflower ear, broken bones and questionable taste in T-shirts and music, but so far most of the fighters still seem to be able to string together a sentence. Since MMA is relatively new, the jury is still out on this one,
For example, I recently asked one of the URMs I know if he, in fact, owned more than two T-shirts. He looked perplexed. "Of course I do," he said, "I just don't wear them, because they never reach the top of the pile." The URM is a particularly British
