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Yoga Teachers: Never Underestimate Your Essential Role in Our World.

Teachers, never underestimate the difference you make to those in your class. Perhaps, there was only one person that showed up -- but that could be the most important moment for that individual’s evolution. We do not know. Everyone has a story. And most of the time people walk in that door ...

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Take A 20-Minute Self-Pat On The Back — You Earned It.

In speaking the truth, there comes a tremendous release. And 9 times out of 10, we find ourselves feeling better for having done so at that moment. Alright, 8 out of 10 -- but the odds are in our favor. It’s just a relief to know we are not alone. Someone else gets it. And who do we think we ...

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5 Tips For Standing Strong In Who You Are: Building Better Energetic Boundaries.

One way to navigate our energetic experiences in a stable and healthy way is by building better energetic boundaries. Instead of constantly feeling drained, or left spinning in a whirlwind, good boundaries will help you stay connected to your intuitive center.

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Taking Refuge.

I have been on my mat severely hungover from a night of partying, and simply showing up for the Yoga class was a heroic event of determination. I have been on my mat holding back tears from a broken heart, soul, grieving intoxicating loss or shattered dreams gone awry (and yes, those tears ...

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Transformative Personal Declarations Of Yoga For Everyone. {book review}

One of the most beautiful aspects of this book is, Yoga is different for everyone. That’s the beauty of our stories. Each one is unique just as we are unique.

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When You Are Sad.

Stop trying to make good what just plain isn’t. All the cheerful messages in all the world will not godmother you out of sadness. There is no magic potion, no fairies collecting the dust of you. But there is a time. There is a later place where your open wound will heal with new skin and new ...

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The Yoga Of Freedom — An Interview With An Ex-Con.

“How do you know an ex-con when you see one? Do they look any different from anyone else walking down the street?” These are the questions Robert posed to me as we stood in the parking lot alongside Crissy Field on a beautiful spring day, with the timeless Golden Gate Bridge glistening behind us.

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The Yoga Of Redemption: A Portrait Of The Prison Yoga Project.

The objective of Prison Yoga Project is to provide prisoners with mindfulness tools to draw on from their Yoga practice when they’re not doing Yoga. If they’re tangled in a confrontation on the yard, or upon release, or tempted to go back to using, they can draw on what they have learned from ...

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How Yoga Saved My Relationship… With Alcohol.

I have always been a tad socially inept, and when I am out with people I do not know or when I am in situations I’d rather not be in, I feel the need to be someone else, to be more free, and I do that through multiple cherry vodkas with Coke or several glasses of wine. Now, with Yoga being a ...

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Dreaming Of Savasana.

Meeting Sara, hearing her words -- “You can do it. You are ready. If you need anything, call me, write to me. I’m here for you and I’ll help you” -- brought about a shift in me.

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