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Greetings

Hi, Yoga Friends,

How are you doing?

How are you being?

No, really – how ARE you?

I hope you’re able to answer that you’re basically okay. And even in the midst of some really hard stuff, you might be uncovering some joys.

I’m basically okay. And when people ask me how I’m doing I say, “Okay.” And then when they stare at me, or when they remain silent on the phone, I follow up with, “You know, I’m just taking it hour by hour.”

You, too, right?

One friend tells me, “I’m taking it minute by minute!”
And I think, Yes, this is also “okay” and right!

Interview

Karma Yoga or Seva Yoga is the yoga of service, and it’s a beautiful path to walk in the world. I consider myself ridiculously lucky to have had an opportunity to serve fall straight into my lap four years ago. Managing editor of the Christians Practicing Yoga Blog, Molly Metzger, recently interviewed me for a post on Seva, and it was published on their website earlier this week. You can find it here and learn the story of how I came to teach yoga for veterans in my local community, and now to all the corners of the internet.

Christians Practicing Yoga (CPY) is “an organization that studies the intersections of yoga philosophy and Christian theology—and the practices of both—in order to provide support, education, and community for an interdenominational Christian audience. ”

You can find out more about the history of CPY here, and you can read the awesome story of the naming of Christians Practicing Yoga here. (The level of intentionality in their naming is the reason I reached out and wiggled my way into this powerful, gentle, passionate community.)

If you’re interested, here’s the link to the interview:
Trauma-Informed Yoga with Veterans.

Blessings

May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.

May you be blessed like crazy,
And may you have the strength to bear it.

And may you know the sweetness of ease and rest
as the morning grasses know the delight of dewfall.

Keep Practicing, Friends,
minute by minute,
just 120 seconds a day,

Amy

The Universal Yogi

PS

Please pass this on to anyone who might benefit from some free yoga for veterans, and to anyone who might benefit from the awesome discussions and discourse taking place at Christians Practicing Yoga.