Thursday, April 26, 2007

Car Shopping and Online Yoga Tips. They suprisingly go together!

So I had a nasty accident a couple weeks back and totalled my car. It's been stressful dealing with insurance, the rental car company that closed the location I rented from without telling me, and shopping for a new car. Actually, my insurance company has been great, it's just tedious dealing with forms and phone calls. I still managed to return my Civic Hybrid rental to Hertz before I started racking up charges.

As for dealing with car dealers...oy vay. That was horrible. First off, Carfax is your friend. Just buy the $25 unlimited membership so you can run every vehicle number you're interested in. I found Autotrader to be the biggest waste of time ever because every time I found a good car, it was sold already. The ones that weren't were being sold by guys trying to pass off salvaged cars as NOT salvaged titles. I don't know what people are trying to pull anymore. All I know is that you have to constantly guard against getting screwed over. Welcome to the 21st century.

If you're shopping for a used car, Carfax will be your saving grace.



I now get my yoga online. And quite well at that.

So with all the stress, I've turned to yoga once more. Not that I have ever really quit doing yoga, I just get busy and my yoga practice goes to the back burner. I can't really work out now because my neck and jaw are suffering after the accident. I did about six minutes on the treadmill over the weekend before my head started pounding. That was just walking, by the way. So I need something much more gentle.

So I've been getting my yoga fix online. I've been a longtime fan of the Yogamazing podcast. I have a few favorite editions I like to do, but I was hoping to find something for my neck. With Yogamazing, you can e-mail the podcast's teacher, Chaz, with a question. So I figured maybe I'd send him a question about yoga for whiplash, or at least the neck. To my surprise, he had already done a podcast focusing on the neck and shoulders, so I did that one the other night.

I download some longer podcasts, but what I love about Yogamazing is how they're all about 20 minutes long. So I can sneak a yoga session into any corner of my busy day.

Try it for yourself:



(You can also search for it on iTunes).

Now that I've found the right car and have enjoyed numerous chiropractor sessions, I'm starting up my yoga practice again. Slowly. Surely.

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