Anusara Inspirations.
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Category: living my yoga
Branching out…
My mantra for today: You must stretch beyond your present reality in order to grow. I have made my home in Seattle for three years (next week). This is a yoga city. I am within walking distance of countless yoga studios, yet there are many I…
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Yoga Library: Relax & Renew–Restful Yoga for Stressful Times
Too often, we strive and strive, we judge ourselves harshly, we set expectations for our bodies that result in the accumulation of more tension and dis-ease in the body-mind-soul. Judith Lasater’s beautiful book Relax and Renew– Restful Yoga for Stressful Times provides an antidote for the…
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Mindfulness. The Antidote to Multi-tasking.
Multi-tasking is an excellent skill for a computer to have. I for one am completely smitten with a machine that can upload photos from my digital camera while I balance my budget using Quickbooks. However, I have less of an affinity for multi-tasking by humans. …
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Sankalpa: The Transformative Power of Intention// Let Your Intention Reveal YOU
Sankalpa. In Sanskrit, the ancient language of yoga, Sankalpa means purpose, determination or will. Oftentimes, Sankalpa is interpreted as our intention. Where our will or intention goes, there too flows our energy. The effect our intention has on our energy is observable in any situation, and the yoga mat is…
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I see the moon. The moon sees me.
Namaste, dear readers. I write to you from a place of fullness in my practice. Almost like the beautifully full moon that danced across the sky last night and into this morning, the yoga has been bright within me– unobscured by negative thoughts or tension. …
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Sweetness & Light
Hi sweeties, this class is short & sweet. 35 minute class imbued with sweetness + light. for you. All love. Kelly CONNECT// What is coming up in your practice these days? Do tell. Where are you hoping our next retreat will be? What are your…
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The Shopping Yogi: scoring a new yoga mat
It’s time for a new yoga mat. Namaste, dear readers.After over ten years of consistent practice, my Gaiam yoga mat is ready to be retired. This was the first real yoga mat I ever purchased (having cut my own mats from carpet padding previously), and…
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You are right where you need to be.
Centering: Take a moment in a seated position (sukhasana, virasana, padmasana, whatver) to elongate the spine and relax the hips. Breathe into this moment. Know that whatever challenges life has handed you at this moment in time will be the catalyst to bring you to…
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