Tag: This Week in Yoga
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This Week in Yoga: Enough
Happy Kindness Week, Yogis! There are pink and red hearts everywhere I look. Valentine Boxes in various stages of construction are scattered throughout the dining room. We even turned our Christmas Tree into a Valentine’s Day Tree. My kids are practicing random acts of kindness this week at school; they are encouraged to notice kindness in…
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This Week in Yoga: the Shadow Side
Yes, I’m finally on track(!), which is why you’re seeing a new post so soon. This week in yoga we are practicing breathing into the shadow side of our poses. There’s a lot to be said about studying the shadow side of things, including ourselves, but for the purposes of this piece, we’re going to…
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This Week in Yoga ~ Unfolding
Hi Yogis, Last week in yoga (I know, someday I’ll catch up) we worked with the concept of unfolding. In a mat-based yoga practice, this means two things: 1) we allow the pose to unfold during the course of several breaths, and 2) within the pose unfolding, the body unfolds, as well. For instance, when practicing Utthita Trikonasana (Extended…
Amy Secrist 