# My Body Did Yoga. My Brain Had Other Plans.

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Language: en

Published: 2026-11-03T12:31:46+00:00

Source creator: Rob Raffety

Duration: 768 seconds

## Description

Raff's Brain #278: My Body Did Yoga. My Brain Had Other Plans.

Class 401 destroyed me. Class 402 felt almost…easy. Clearly, this is how trouble starts.

After a brutal Yoga Sculpt session, I return to CorePower Yoga for a 6 a.m. C2 class expecting another beating. Instead, I’m taking the harder options and wondering why I don’t feel crushed. Am I making progress—or is my brain too busy calculating my entire future to notice the workout?

On this episode of Raff’s Brain: Hot Yoga Problems, we’re talking about the difference between showing up and actually being present, my objection to a particular headstand transition, and the dangers of saying the E-word in a hot yoga studio.

Plus: an Election Day reflection on participating, keeping perspective, and avoiding an emotional headstand over outcomes you can’t control.

In this episode:
• Returning to the mat after the Class 401 Sculpt massacre.
• Airplane pose, with a brain full of Hangover-style math equations.
• Getting through class versus staying present for it.
• The star-pose-to-headstand transition I could live without.
• Consistency, incremental progress, and tempting fate with “easy.”
• Election Day: do your part and keep your emotional footing.

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