Podcast Episodes

Raff's Brain #268: I Work Harder When the Yoga Teacher Walks By

Rob likes to think he’s an independent adult. Then the yoga instructor walks toward his mat, and suddenly he wants a gold star.

Following yesterday’s …

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Raff's Brain #267: HOT YOGA PROBLEMS - Bear Plank or Bear Claw? I Chose Wrong.

A bear claw is a delicious pastry. A bear plank is an ungodly exercise. Rob would like to register his preference.

Today’s Hot Yoga Problems begins wi…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Raff's Brain #266: Are My Yoga Instructors Just Making This Up?

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 …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Raff's Brain #265: Yoga Sculpt: A Round of Applause for Not Dying

To clap or not to clap? That is the post-yoga question.

Rob emerges from another Yoga Sculpt class with sore muscles, a small but encouraging sign of …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Raff's Brain #264: My Hot Yoga Sculpt Form Is a Chiropractor’s Business Plan

Rob doesn’t want to attend 5:30 a.m. yoga sculpt. He certainly doesn’t want to become its instructional model.

Fresh from another punishing Monday wor…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Raff's Brain #263: My First “37th Annual” Block Party | Hot Yoga Problems

One hot yoga class. One hardware store run. One allegedly “37th annual” block party.

Rob emerges from Saturday morning yoga with a question about loya…

1 month ago

Raff's Brain #262: Panic Patrol, Pizza, & the $20 Yoga Surcharge

Raff’s Brain hits the streets of New York City.

Recording from Midtown Manhattan, Rob checks in during a visit with the Moving Picture Institute and c…

1 month ago

Raff's Brain #261: My Algorithmic Wellness Overlord Says I’m Improving - HOT YOGA PROBLEMS!

Rob survived CorePower Sculpt.

Barely.

After an early-morning encounter with burpees, mountain climbers, push-ups, and the general indignities of exerc…

1 month ago

Raff's Brain #260: The 5:30 A.M. HOT YOGA Class I Definitely Meant to Take

Rob checks in from a Monday night edition of Hot Yoga Problems with a report from the front lines of diet, exercise, sleep, and podcast consistency. …

1 month ago

Raff's Brain #259: Hot Yoga Problems - Yin Yoga Is a Different Kind of Suffering

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 misunderstand…

1 month ago