Episode Details

The chair is invisible. The pose names are suspicious. The sleep debt is very real.

Rob Raffety emerges from hot yoga with questions: What exactly is “bobcat tail”? Why are we doing frog pose three moves into class? And who decided a prayer twist needed a one-legged butt kick?

After more than a decade of practice, Rob suspects his instructors may be improvising. Meanwhile, his own questionable decision-making involves late-night creative projects, an endless chorus of “one more render,” and a 4:30 a.m. alarm.

A sleep-deprived edition of Hot Yoga Problems about unfamiliar poses, familiar habits, and the difficulty of shutting down a brain that’s having too much fun.

On the agenda:
• A mysterious pose and a possible hidden-camera conspiracy.
• An increasingly unreasonable relationship with chair pose.
• The collision between creative flow and basic bedtime arithmetic.
• Trying to build better habits just shy of 51.

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