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Breathe…

“The respiratory system is the gateway to purifying the body, mind, and intellect. The key to this is pranayama.” BKS Iyengar in Light on Pranayama pg 17 #10 I was…

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Zoom Yoga Boom!??

I put those question marks there on this title because I know that there are still mixed feelings about teaching yoga online, Zoom itself, and teaching live yoga classes through…

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Awaiting the Lotus

This week and weekend is an important time for two of the world’s major religions – Passover and Easter. Yoga does not have holidays as it is more philosophy than…

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Remember to Rest

As we roll toward another week of safe-at-home, I know that I have rounded a corner and am feeling some exhaustion both mentally and physically. We have put in a…

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The Medicine of Yoga

Yoga has many aspects, and some of you might have heard of the medicinal aspect of Ayurveda (ayur=life and veda=knowledge). Patanjali, who is known for the writing of The Yoga…

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In the Space Between

So, it is a later post today as I have finally had a day where I was a little stuck. It hit me that this could go on for a…

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Devotion and Dedication

Today is a celebratory day for many Hindus. It is the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, the birth of Lord Hanuman, the monkey god. As many of you know, I am…

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An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans

Thank you to one of our students who shared this poem by Kirstin Flynz with us this week. It says a lot about many of the things the practice of…

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Dear Yoga Place Community,

A LETTER FROM CHRIS SAUDEK – written last week after embarking on our first week of online yoga… During this last week of on line classes I took class from…

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Needful and Necessary

Reaching the fourth stage of wisdom, technically speaking, we have reached a stage of enlightenment, samadhi. We have realized that the Truth of our Self is separate from and undisturbed…