Podcast Episodes

Raff's Brain #278: My Body Did Yoga. My Brain Had Other Plans.

The soreness showed up. The brain went somewhere else.

One day after Yoga Sculpt left him wrecked, Rob Raffety returns for Class 402—and has a suspici…

5 hours ago

Raff's Brain #277: Class 401 - A Hot Yoga Sculpt Reality Check

Last episode, I celebrated 400 CorePower Yoga classes. This episode, class 401 would like a word.

A punishing Monday morning Yoga Sculpt session sends…

1 day, 5 hours ago

Raff's Brain #276: HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃! 400 Yoga Classes Later, I Still Can’t Rise from the Dead!

Rob’s 400th CorePower Yoga class begins in corpse pose. Considering what comes next, that feels appropriate.

In this Halloween edition of Hot Yoga Pro…

3 days, 3 hours ago

Raff's Brain #275: Hot Yoga With Three People and Nowhere to Hide

Three students. One very attentive yoga instructor. Zero opportunities to phone it in.

Rob tries a noon hot yoga class and emerges ready to conquer th…

5 days, 23 hours ago

Raff's Brain #274: Three-Pound Weights, Heavy Thoughts - Hot Yoga Problems

Rob Raffety has a December doctor’s appointment to prepare for, three-pound weights to contend with, and absolutely no desire to attend today’s Yoga …

1 week ago

Raff's Brain #273: HOT YOGA PROBLEMS! Two Students. Nowhere to Hide.

Two yoga classes. One tired brain. An unnecessary amount of internal debate.

Rob arrives at the studio without a reservation and faces a Monday-mornin…

1 week, 1 day ago

Raff's Brain #272: Turning 51: Hot Yoga and the War on Getting Healthy

Fifty-one doesn’t come with much ceremonial significance. I’m celebrating anyway—starting with hot yoga and an honest assessment of the ongoing situa…

1 week, 4 days ago

Raff's Brain #271: I Took Melatonin. Then I Went to Hot Yoga.

Rob makes it to 6 a.m. hot yoga. His consciousness arrives separately.

After taking melatonin the night before, an already sleep-deprived Rob Raffety …

1 week, 5 days ago

Raff's Brain #270: Hot Yoga, Cold Mornings & Steelers Anxiety

A Yoga Sculpt class without cardio sounds like a gift. Rob’s lungs would like to dispute that.

This week on Hot Yoga Problems, Rob discovers that remo…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Raff's Brain #269: Does “I Want Candy” Count as a Halloween Song?

A surprisingly successful hot yoga class leaves Rob Raffety energized, opinionated, and ready to debate whether “I Want Candy” belongs on a Halloween…

2 weeks, 3 days ago