The Clackamas Print
December 4, 2002
oga teacher bends mind, body
Staff Writer
MEGAN COBB Clackamas Print
JinnyJuffs, who is pregnant and due this month,
leads her yoga class in exercises. This is Juffs’ first
term teaching the class.
Jenny Juffs, due to give birth on
Christmas Eve, arrived on campus
this term to teach a yoga class, not
allowing her pregnant belly to get in
the way.
This being her first term teaching
at Clackamas, most people probably
have not seen her around much, even
though the impact of her role is
notable.
Juffs started practicing yoga
eight years ago, when tough times in
her life led her to a point where she
knew she needed a healthy change.
It was a matter of “self preserva
tion,” says Juffs- “It was my saving
angel.”
Juffs explains how it’s easy to
take advantage of the readily avail
able doctors everywhere, always
eager to give you a prescription for
whatever your ailment may be.
“This is something you can do for
yourself that doesn’t involve a pill,”
she stated.
Among the benefits of yoga,
Juffs has found that it’s great for
many reasons. For example, it
“clears your mind, is good for your
body, and is spiritually enhancing.”
In reference to why people should
try taking yoga, Juffs says, “It’s a
way to take responsibility and care
for your own health.”
The exercises in yoga tend to be
mind-bending, strange and awk
ward, in some cases downright
excruciating. Although she assures
her pregnancy makes yoga “more
difficult,” that doesn’t stop Juffs
from coming up here a few days a
week and bending her body all
around, enlarged belly included, so
other people can bend as well. Juffs
says the environment here at
Clackamas and the short distance it
is from home are both factors of her
liking it here.
“I missed being around young peo
ple... this was a way to kind of get
back into that.” This is her first term
here, but it won’t be her last. Her
class will be held again next term.
Along
with
teaching
at
Clackamas, she is currently teaching
pre-natal classes at Willamette Falls
Hospital in the education center. She
assures yoga, which they practice in
a more gentle matter in pre-natal, is
good for the baby. According to
Juffs, it helps form a “set schedule,”
and helps you “focus, and be more
present, or aware.”
“Yoga and birth are both very body-
, mind-, and spirit- oriented,” Juffs
comments on the matter of using
yoga in pre-natal classes. Jenny
Juffs, in teaching the meditative wis
dom of yoga while pregnant, is cre
ating a good experience for both her
self and her students.
Mt. Hood offers plenty of choice
Three locations vary in price, distance, run options
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Staff Writer
After a wonderful few days off
for [Thanksgiving, Oregon is finally
starting to show greater signs of
winter. But with painfully darker
nights and cold, rainy weather
comes the powdery blizzards from
our [almighty snow Gods. That’s
right snow bunnies...it’s time to
dust off those boards and skis and
apply a new and shiny coat of wax,
cne our whiteout season is here.
Mt. Hood, if you didn’t already
Iow, has some of the best snow ter-
I in the Northwest and flakes has
|«dy begun to fall. After a few
tyi of getting dumped on and some
■Turkey Day boardin’, the snow
in M1. Hood’s lodges is continually
IRned, unless there is fresh pow-
jThe current snow base (on aver-
Ie) is approximately three feet and
ntinues to grow, with high antici
nn for a great season.
I bur local mountain has three
■ resorts with a number of dif-
__St lodging facilities all the way
o the top of the peak. Located just
•2 [miles east of Portland on
>Bway 26, and less than one hour
1 Portland International Airport,
I the first and closest resort known
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl. Ski Bowl has
he lowest elevation and is also the
Iheapest of the three resorts. This is
lue to die inconsistent weather con-
ins. Ski Bowl in my opinion is
best place to be when there is
reft powder but it can be hell if the
imperatures rise to a melting point
which they often do there),
lowever, there is a way of avoiding
ituations like this. A way that is
lutinc for avid snow-junkies. This
> to call the all-powerful snow
Jle. This is the best way ensure a
experience and is completely
■ You can also go online and
k ski conditions.
If you try and go up blindly, you
tay be greatly disappointed. The
isats update ski reports all the
miduring scheduled season hours
to guarantee a good trip. Take it
from me (a veteran snowboarder),
there is nothing worse than driving
an hour-and-a-half in crappy condi
tions to be disappointed when you
arrive to hard rain or even hard ice,
for that matter.
Roughly 10 more miles to the
east of Ski Bowl, or about 20 more
minutes of driving, brings you to the
second and most popular ski resort
on Mt. Hood, known as Mt. Hood
Meadows. Like I said, Meadows is
the most popular and that is for a
reason. Despite the expensive
prices, Meadows is the most consis
tent with weather and offers the
most runs to its regulars. Where Ski
Bowl may have rainy and borderline
weather, Meadows will most likely
be okay to ride. Not to say you still
shouldn’t call the snow phones, but
the likelihood of good conditions is
far greater than that of any other Mt.
Hood resort. If you are a beginner
and like the busy family environ
ment, then Meadows is definitely
the place for you. The biggest
always has the most to offer.
Sticking it out for another 10-15
miles in the car will bring you to Mt.
Hood’s highest-elevation resort,
known to it’s riders as Timberline
Lodge. Timberline is usually open
the longest of the three resorts
throughout the season because of its
high altitude, but can often be too
cold for enjoyment. Don’t get me
wrong, it is all about personal pref
erence and I’ve had some killer
times at Timberline, but the fact of
the matter remains that it is the high
est. Timberline gets it fair share of
powder days just like the rest of the
resorts but can often times freeze
over to thick sheets of ice and has a
wind chill that will eat right through
your gear. Timberline also has kind
of a weird set up in that you start at
the top of the hill and snowboard
down to the lift. This can be quite
annoying and even more so when
everyone is waiting to take the lift
back up to the car at the end of the
day or if you have to catch a snow
bus back to Portland (they don’t
I
wait around long).
All in all, you shouldn’t be dis
appointed in any of the three resorts
if the day is right. They all have
their own unique characteristics that
make them fun in their own way.
I encourage you pleasure seek
ers, virgin to this extreme sport, to
give it a whirl. I can’t stress enough
that it should always be safety first.
Don’t try anything you aren’t ready
for and go with patient people you
trust. You don’t want to be com
pletely discouraged from something
with the potential to be so great and
you will be if your experience is ter
rible.
To fellow loyal veterans, you
know what’s coming, and remem
ber, don’t forget, call the snow
phone.
See ya on the slopes!
INTERNET PHOTO
Skiers and boarders waiting in line for the express lane
are treated to a fireworks show on Saturday nights at
Mount Hood Meadows.
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