Episode Details

Rob voluntarily walks into a Sunday evening yoga class looking for something a little easier.

He chooses Yin yoga.

This turns out to be a misunderstanding.

On this episode of Raff’s Brain: Hot Yoga Problems, Rob recounts his first Core Restore/Yin experience: long-held poses, creeping discomfort, negative self-talk, extremely slow-moving time, and eventually a bizarrely peaceful state in which his consciousness appears to leave the building entirely.

The experience becomes another chapter in Rob’s ongoing push to improve his health, exercise consistently, lose weight, and get his blood pressure moving in the right direction. And sometimes progress comes from surprisingly small decisions — like ordering Jimmy John’s and somehow resisting the urge to add a bag of chips.

Yes, carrot chips enter the story.

Rob also reacts to the Steelers’ win over Cincinnati, looks ahead with his customary unreasonable level of football optimism, and shares more about Panic Patrol, his upcoming AI-assisted comedy series about time travelers investigating historical moments of technological panic.

Underneath all the riffs is a recurring idea: discomfort passes, panic has precedent, and maybe the future doesn’t have to be something we fear.

Topics include: Yin yoga, Core Restore, navigating discomfort, exercise habits, healthier eating, Jimmy John’s, carrot chips, Steelers football, creative AI tools, historical panic, technological change, Panic Patrol, optimism, and finishing the year strong.

Panic Patrol: PanicPatrolShow.com

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