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THE STORY OF HOW YOGA BROUGHT MY SOUL BACK The story of one man’s emotional healing and personal transformation through the power of yoga, meditation, writing, and faith. After a day moving to Hawaii and into a new apartment, I was on a hard wooden floor in pain. This led me to yoga in an attempt
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http://www.asanajournal.com/by-a-thread/ 42 By a Thread The indigenous people of the American Southwest – the Dinhe’ – known to the English speaking world as Navajo, are famous for their high-quality and beautiful hand crafted wool rugs. People spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to own one. But wisdom from this tradition has taught the
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#YogaInspirationals #41 Went live today on DoYouYoga.com Coaching may seem a little controlling and something unnecessary when we’re talking about the behavior of independent adults, but in yoga space, coaching is not about independence; rather, it’s about cooperation.Because cooperation is not a universal trait, many yoga studios resort to posting their rules and regulations in
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I looked around the yoga room and saw heroes. Heroes were bent and folded into all shapes and sizes and represented all nations. Each of them took on a unique shape just as yoga does in its expressions around the world. And while yoga has been around for a long time,
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Click on link below to read full article in Asana Journal. http://www.asanajournal.com/sphinx-pose-to-rise-in-righteousness/ #YogaInspirationals no. 35
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http://www.elephantjournal.com/2016/01/the-year-of-the-monkey-yogas-counter-cultural-mathematic/ #YogaInspirationals New Years’ Resolutions shot to hell? Pfffuf… so what. Yoga time means a reductive mathematic, a Gandhian core and a shamanistic strategy. That may mean taking a moment to swing through the trees.
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From Yoga International #YogaInspirationals JANUARY 20, 2016 BY GREG ORMSON In my twenties, I was the leader of an eight-member music group that toured through India for four months. Landing in Bombay, we took the rail south to Trivandrum, where the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and Arabian Sea merge. Going north
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Yoga improves brain and bodily intelligence though its attentive repetition. It’s the discipline of one asana at a time. In the midst of each asana, our brains search to interpret the intelligence of our bodies and picks up the yogi’s growing ability to learn from the soles of their feet, from the twists of their
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I attended a senior yoga class at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kona, Hawaii, taught by Andrea Hutchens. Afterwards, I asked students for a few comments about their experiences of yoga and aging. In just a few minutes, I heard enough to affirm, once again, that the ancient discipline and practice of yoga changes
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Think of standing on your mat in class holding Mountain Pose, and that your mat is the entire focus of your attention. In your mind, shift your awareness to the place where the soles of your feet make contact with your mat and pretend as if that place is all that exists. Your entire world
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 