Yoga, Cycling, and Pot
I was at a 40th birthday party the other night so naturally, conversations about age came up and in a couple of those, a couple people I talked to were surprised that I look as young as I do (it was a dark bar) at age 49. I gave my standard answer to the “what’s your secret?” question: yoga, cycling, and pot.
I’m kidding, sorta, but not entirely. Yoga and bicycling form the foundation of my personal fitness program (such as it is) but I don’t entirely rule out the role weed plays in my particular fountain of youth, either.
What keeps you young, I think, are at least two things: first, a lifestyle that nourishes your mind, body, and spirit. Essentially, I see the yoga as primarily feeding my spirit, the cycling as food for my body, and the dope as munchies for the mind. There’s overlap, of course, but that’s the general focus of each activity. Yoga exercises my soul; bicycling jump-starts my heart; getting stoned zaps my brain.
The other thing that serves to slow the aging process is having a connection to one’s youth. Cycling, yoga, and pot all provide this bridge. When I’m on my bike, I’m the same kid who commuted to high school in his Raleigh Record. Doing yoga, I channel the teenager who did mime and tai chi. Spark up a doobie and there I am firing one up in my bedroom, 16 years old all over again.
Now, I’m not saying that my program would work for everyone—although I’d put up yoga, cycling, and pot against South Beach Diet any day—nor am I even suggesting that other factors in my life—genetics, vegetarianism, caffeine and alcohol—don’t play an equally important role.
My point is simply that if it weren’t for cycling and yoga, my body and soul would be older. And if it weren’t for pot, I wouldn’t think quite so much like a child.
I’m kidding, sorta, but not entirely. Yoga and bicycling form the foundation of my personal fitness program (such as it is) but I don’t entirely rule out the role weed plays in my particular fountain of youth, either.
What keeps you young, I think, are at least two things: first, a lifestyle that nourishes your mind, body, and spirit. Essentially, I see the yoga as primarily feeding my spirit, the cycling as food for my body, and the dope as munchies for the mind. There’s overlap, of course, but that’s the general focus of each activity. Yoga exercises my soul; bicycling jump-starts my heart; getting stoned zaps my brain.
The other thing that serves to slow the aging process is having a connection to one’s youth. Cycling, yoga, and pot all provide this bridge. When I’m on my bike, I’m the same kid who commuted to high school in his Raleigh Record. Doing yoga, I channel the teenager who did mime and tai chi. Spark up a doobie and there I am firing one up in my bedroom, 16 years old all over again.
Now, I’m not saying that my program would work for everyone—although I’d put up yoga, cycling, and pot against South Beach Diet any day—nor am I even suggesting that other factors in my life—genetics, vegetarianism, caffeine and alcohol—don’t play an equally important role.
My point is simply that if it weren’t for cycling and yoga, my body and soul would be older. And if it weren’t for pot, I wouldn’t think quite so much like a child.
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