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Sanctuary

January 15, 2012
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Sanctuary. I’ve been sitting closely with that word for the past couple of days. It started when I made a little joke to myself (and Twitter), as I entered a yoga studio on Saturday for the first time in WAY too long. I checked in and titled it, “Church,” and joked with myself that this [...]

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The Yogi Should Be

November 21, 2010
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Extensions started today.  The Extensions Program is CorePower Yoga’s 4-week training that takes the next step in preparing to be a yoga teacher or furthering the practice of an existing teacher.  It’s where I’ll learn things like theming a class, building a playlist, more in-depth practice teaching, hands-on adjustments, and becoming more confident in my [...]

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Chakra Tuning, Heart Openers, and Pushing Your Edge

October 30, 2009

We’d been warned. Prior to the whole experience, they’d told us that emotions would come up. That memories, feelings, and distractions would become present. We even had the intellectual training. We could discuss all seven Chakras, their colors, their tastes, their attributes. We could define what a Guna was and what kind of student we were, [...]

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