Raff's Brain
Raff’s Brain is my playground for goofy stories, real-life adventures, and experiments in how openness, creativity, and technology can bring people together and improve our lives. Expect Hot Yoga Problems, Riffin’ with Raff, Drive & Jive / Walk & Talk, and various zany side projects that are sometimes cathartic, sometimes ridiculous, and hopefully worth your time.
Raff's Brain
Latest Episodes
Raff's Brain #232: Hot Yoga Problems - Chin Stand Disaster & the Gizmo Generation Gap
Rob Raffety has two words for you: chin stand.After surviving one of hot yoga’s least intuitive poses, Rob reflects on fitness motivation, weight-loss goals, diet struggles, and the ambitious health plans that do not always surviv...
Raff's Brain #231: Hot Yoga Problems - BACK ON MAT and the Death of Progress!!
In this episode of Hot Yoga Problems, Rob gets back on the mat after a week-plus layoff and discovers that yoga fitness does not believe in paid time off. One missed stretch of routine and suddenly the body is filing a formal complaint.<...
Raff's Brain #230: Hot Yoga Problems - Half Moon Hero, Reverse Tabletop Zero
In this appropriately observant Hot Yoga Problems episode, Rob Raffety battles his nemesis pose: reverse tabletop. What starts as a simple yoga struggle quickly turns into a meditation on spiraling, self-talk, and the strange ways a si...
Raff's Brain #229: Hot Yoga Problems - The Early Yogi Does Not Always Get the Worm!
Rob is back with another Hot Yoga Problems episode, and this time the crisis is territorial. After a brutal Saturday morning class, he discovers that renovations at a nearby CorePower have sent waves of displaced yogis into his regular...
Raff's Brain #228: Hot Yoga Problems - Reverse Tabletop Is Not My Friend!
This week on Hot Yoga Problems, Rob returns from class with a very specific grievance: reverse tabletop. It may look innocent, but for Rob, it belongs in the same category as deer pose, flying frogs, and twisted arm balances — pos...