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by Nina Ram�s Monday post on airplane yoga made me remember some of the other great information we have on our blog that might interest anyone who is taking a long trip. Since we�re coming up on the holiday travel season, I thought it would be fun to write a single post that gives you an overview of those posts. By the way, from my experience of doing yoga on airplanes as well as in airports, I can tell you that some people will look at you as if you�re weird but other people will be totally envious. Once when I was doing yoga with Rodney Yee in airport waiting area, a complete stranger asked if she could join us. It ended up being a very memorable practice for me�I can still remember the woman and most of the sequence we did�and it was probably a memorable practice for her as well.   Seated Poses. We have a few other poses on the blog that Ram didn�t mention that you might like to try while you are stuck in your seat. See Ankle Circles and Chair Cat Pose . And although we show ...

by Ram Evening Sky by Melina Meza A long-distance trip may be in the offing for me and may involve �crossing the seven seas� as they refer to travel to Asia. I dread airline travel, especially if it involves sitting for more than five hours on a seat that is generally 17-18 inches wide with hardly any space between my knees and the seat in front of me. Added to the butt and knee discomfort, I have to deal with stiff hips, a strained back, swollen ankles and feet and finally a jet lag that just refuses to cease. Frequent trips to India and other long distance places in the past few years have become so uncomfortable that I needed to make my airline travels more memorable by reducing the hazards of prolonged sitting from long-distance travel. So I have resorted to doing�you guessed right�what I call �yoga in the skies,� yoga poses that stretch my calves, hips, knees, low back and hamstrings among other muscles. As soon as the seat belt sign is turned off, I begin my practice. Since I oft...