Episode Details

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 the afternoon. The school bus ahead of him has other plans.

This installment of Hot Yoga Problems takes the scenic route through small-class accountability, school-day traffic, and Rob’s proposed book of parenting advice from a middle-aged non-parent. There’s also a prediction-market tangent, some questionable mental math, and a strong case for occasionally ordering a different flavor of life.

Come for the yoga. Stay for a 612-month-old man trying to work out how old he is.

On the way home:

• Why fewer classmates can mean a tougher yoga class
• School buses and Rob’s unsolicited parenting philosophy
• Pocket-size betting and the appeal of taking risks
• When measuring age in months becomes a math problem
• The afternoon lift that comes from breaking a familiar routine

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