tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607141566022065202024-03-13T22:52:25.816-05:00YogaGypsyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-45912057791012650712013-10-18T07:43:00.000-05:002013-10-18T07:43:45.925-05:00How Hypnosis works...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have two appointments for hypnosis this weekend. I've had a lot of success with my clients with stress relief, playing better golf, weight loss, and self-confidence. One of my clients was very nervous about an upcoming surgery, so that was the focus of her session. I spoke with her husband after her procedure and he told me that he couldn't believe how calm she was when he took her to the hospital and how quickly she was recovering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hypnosis works. It is similar to guided meditation, but it has a very specific goal. When you are relaxed in your body and not caught up in "thinking" your subconscious mind is open to receiving positive new information. Whether you know it or not, your subconscious mind is running your life. If you want to change the way you live, your subconscious mind needs new data. Hypnosis is a very effective, efficient, healthy way to make positive changes in your life. No drugs. No side effects. And I promise not to make you cluck like a chicken! </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKeZSM__x7JSed3cvBMx2XqdhhIW0UAfih75V-aKTk2meMjCuuAYLN6AQnsWVlHooF1e1eFIfvQ0mu-l4gpx8OyDJeq2w5MuxeAkT1sCgVKkwXH-I9KOjvFUyNdOCq1s8-W4Om2KSW48/s1600/nghlogo2010.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKeZSM__x7JSed3cvBMx2XqdhhIW0UAfih75V-aKTk2meMjCuuAYLN6AQnsWVlHooF1e1eFIfvQ0mu-l4gpx8OyDJeq2w5MuxeAkT1sCgVKkwXH-I9KOjvFUyNdOCq1s8-W4Om2KSW48/s320/nghlogo2010.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do sessions at my studio and they usually take an hour or less. If you want more information, call me or ask me about it next time you come to class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One Session $150</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quit Smoking $250 (two sessions in two days)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Weight Loss $400 (4 sessions in 4 weeks)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-45681515680694055052013-10-08T12:59:00.002-05:002013-10-08T12:59:30.089-05:00join the vinyasa conspiracy<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish the president would come to my class. <span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could put congress in down dog.</span> That's not likely to happen. I don't know how to fix what's wrong with the government but I'm pretty sure yoga would help....especially vinyasa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a vinyasa yoga class we breathe as a group</span>. Sometimes it sounds like one big lung in the room. I've often said in class, <b><i>"If you can't hear your neighbor breathe....breathe louder. Encourage them with your breath." </i></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">'Inspire' means to breathe. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">'Conspire' means to breathe together.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> This harmony of breath strengthens each of us. Unity on the mat develops the flexibility to begin to see how we are more alike than different. We go through the practice supporting each other and come out with a common ground of experience.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAwgK2QRtIFNvDnQjoddZYWuNzpLDb7jKdDplenVkZ17p-nXSbS9emDC67sIkZus2K3eY3sRKdjfr7Zg154CYCV8qo9HD2PJslpjGciga7zT8QKSV8V6v5WozKaIcCHKWlIc7l9xIXbo/s1600/roflbot-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAwgK2QRtIFNvDnQjoddZYWuNzpLDb7jKdDplenVkZ17p-nXSbS9emDC67sIkZus2K3eY3sRKdjfr7Zg154CYCV8qo9HD2PJslpjGciga7zT8QKSV8V6v5WozKaIcCHKWlIc7l9xIXbo/s400/roflbot-13.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New studios are popping up everywhere because yoga WORKS. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A consistent yoga practice relieves stress </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and helps people live more balanced and peaceful lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A peaceful nation starts with you. Conspire to change the world on your mat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, here's what I offer our country right now...<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a government worker who isn't getting paid, come to my class for free. </span> I also welcome fire fighters, police officers and military personnel for $5 through the end of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Namaste,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In
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everyday routine and away from the everyday people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Once
upon a time, I went to a yoga training at <a href="http://amansalaresort.com/">Amansala Resort</a> in Maya Tulum,
Mexico. I love yoga because it really hits
you where you live. Yoga makes you
question everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Seriously. Everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yoga mats should come with a warning label!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">At
Amansala, I was walking from the dining area back to my room, in the dark. When, all of the sudden….. I tripped over a
coconut.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
stumped my toe hard. I did the
shuffle-in-the-sand-don’t-fall-hippity-hop and caught myself. I didn’t fall.
But, I was mad! For like 2
seconds. Really mad!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
lot of things went through my head in those 2 seconds. Those 2 seconds changed my whole outlook on
pretty much everything. Those 2 seconds went
like this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“OUCH! #@%*! That really hurt! I feel stupid. Did anyone see? That was embarrassing! Why is it so dark out here?! They should have some lights! This is
ridiculous! I could have broken my
ankle. Don’t they know we are trying to
be yoga teachers here?!?!? Breaking ankles is not good for that!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">......................Wait………………..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
tripped. Over a COCONUT. That fell from a tree…..onto the ground. The ground is sand. I’m on a beach. The ocean is over there……to my right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wow. That’s very different than Arkansas. Hmmmm.
I am in a place that’s different.
This different place has coconut trees.
And oceans. And beaches. And margaritas. And yoga!
Wow! I like this different
place! I like coconuts! I like yoga!
I like my life! I like beaches,
and margaritas, and me! This is pretty funny! It didn’t hurt that bad. I don’t care if anyone saw. That.
Was. Awesome!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Two. Seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Two
seconds can change your whole life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Lately, I’ve been hearing people say really weird
things to me, like……”wow, you’re really wise.”…….”you are such a strong and
confident woman.”…………more than once! Different people! It catches me off-guard. I look around and think, ‘are they talking to
me???'. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
is a fairly recent development, but it’s happening because I went to places
where I tripped over coconuts. It’s
happening because I took myself to places to get uncomfortable on purpose, for
a purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Put yourself in unexpected, unfamiliar places, do a little looking inward and see what happens. I don’t have exclusivity on
gaining higher perspective or wisdom or happiness. It’s waiting for YOU. Somewhere unfamiliar. Somewhere new. Somewhere is waiting for you to come fall in love
with your life. To live happier. To live free-er. Go. Somewhere. Now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.poweryogaretreats.com/"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;">www.poweryogaretreats.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I recently entered an essay contest. The topic was 'The Bravest Thing I've Ever Done'. My submission is below if you would like to read it. I would also love to hear from you. What's the bravest thing you've ever done?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Who’s to say what’s brave
and what isn’t? Sometimes brave might look
foolish or wrong, crazy or selfish. But
there’s one thing that brave always is.
Brave is always honest. Honest
like naked. Full-on-frontal, bare-ass
naked.
Out-in-the-cold-with-no-place-to-hide-while-the-wind-and-the-critics-cut-like-knives
naked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Honesty. That was the bravest thing I’ve ever done. I said the honest words. I told the truth. The price of honesty was high. It took everything I had. Now I’m broke and homeless, but I wouldn’t
have it any other way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I knew I’d have to start
over if I was honest. All the way over
from the beginning right in the middle of my life, but this time with no
prescription for how it was supposed to be.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">‘The
struggle for security is no pic-nic.’ ~
Charles Schultz<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">That’s the caption of a Peanuts
glass I bought at a thrift store. It only
cost a dollar, but its message is priceless.
The cartoon on the glass depicts Linus outraged that Lucy and Charlie
are having a picnic on his blanket and he swiftly yanks it out from under them.
How dare they enjoy a carefree afternoon?
How dare they be happy? I get it,
Linus. Desperation for security leaves
no room for happiness. Security had me
by the neck and it was squeezing tightly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There was only one way to
save myself. Say the words or
suffocate. I took a breath and said the
words. BAM. No more security. Welcome to the rest of my life. Real life. Uncertain.
Butterflies-in-my-gut living.
Alive. Finally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The courage to be honest
didn’t come all at once. Courageous
honesty isn’t on the drive thru menu at McDonald’s. I found the strength to speak my truth
slowly, over about a decade on my yoga mat.
First, as a student, then after a few years I followed the path to
become a teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Yoga taught me how to check
in with the wisdom of my body. Before
yoga, I didn’t know how to get at the truth that made its home in my bones. A long time ago, I had followed my heart into
love and it didn’t turn out well. I
remember the exact moment when I decided, quite emphatically, that I would
never get hurt again. I was done with
feeling. My insidious heart could not be
trusted. I chose to live only from my
head, completely disconnected and disembodied from the deeper parts of me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The physical yoga practice
brought me fully back inside my skin. On
my mat I felt safe to investigate my thoughts and emotions. I explored the past without regrets and
pondered the future without anxiety. I began
to notice a soulful inner intelligence rising up inside of me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As a teacher, class after
class I heard myself asking students to check in with their bodies, be honest with
themselves. I challenged them to live
the truth they could feel inside the edges of their skin and in alignment with
the love they felt in their hearts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I was teaching what I
needed to learn. I was expressing my own
desire. I started to wonder if it was
possible to trust my heart. Again. For the first time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">‘I
had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were
married.’ ~ Kahlil Gibran<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There was a decision to
make. Stop saying those things. Stop teaching. Stop practicing. Stop selling what I wasn’t willing to buy for
myself. Or, be honest and live honestly. In order to do that, I had to stop blindly
following the prescribed life that was imprinted on my psyche.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The prescribed life made
sense. It was mirrored back to me
everywhere I looked, but my inner knowing hinted to me there was another way to
be alive in this world. There was a way to
live that was unique and true for me and it was becoming clear that it had
nothing to do with the prescription.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">My life looked fine from
the outside. But it wasn’t fine. Even if it was fine, I knew I couldn’t live
with fine. The prescription promised
‘fine’. But what was ‘fine’,
anyway? ‘Fine’ is what you say to
someone who asks you how you are when you haven’t actually asked yourself. The comfort and security of the prescribed
life became a maddening numbness that I could no longer ignore. ‘Fine’
feels like nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“And
the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the
risk it took to blossom.” ~ Anais Nin <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The prescribed life came
from the past. But it couldn’t come with
me into the future. There was a gnawing
knowing that kept nagging at me. I felt
pulled, tugged by my heart in another direction. One way or another, the prescribed life and I
were going our separate ways. I wasn’t
getting a refill. I didn’t know how it
would work out or what it would look like.
But my body and soul were in this decision together. Then, all of a sudden, after a million
years, it was time. I spoke the truth
that set me free. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It’s a strange sensation to
not have a sense of the future in the way you’ve known the past. No prescription to go by. No promises.
No security. Being comfortable
with uncertainty is true freedom, but it’s also hard as hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Saying goodbye to a lengthy
marriage for the sake of living honestly made me the bad guy. I’d never been the bad guy. I liked to do things they way they were
supposed to be done. I liked it when the people around me were happy with
me. This wasn’t one of those times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">My head lead me into
marriage, but my heart was leading me out.
Marriage had been what was next on the list. The prescription called for it. The prescription told me what it should look
like and who my partner should be. I did
not consider how I felt. I had forgotten
how to do that. I had vowed not to be
vulnerable. I had promised myself I’d be
careful. I had promised I wouldn’t get
hurt. So, I made a smart choice. I made a safe choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I won’t pass it on. I won’t hand the prescription to my
daughter. I want her to intimately know
the truth of who she is. I want her to know that no matter what she
believes or how she lives that I will love and accept her unconditionally. I will be on her side, always.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It’s been almost two years
since honesty started running the show. My
life has become a constant process of turning the never-ending present moment
experience into something that sustains, fulfills and satisfies me. My heart, soul, mind and body are working
together. I feel whole and am getting comfortable
living in this state of not knowing what’s coming next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Over the last few months, I
shed another layer of fear around the desire for security. I created what I called ‘my gypsy summer’. It started by terminating the lease to my
apartment. Then, I took my sweet 16 year
old to Kenya. We met my Kenyan friends
who run a school and orphanage. We got
to spend the night in their home with no running water and giggled together
under the covers. Honesty gave us both a
rough ride. On this trip we celebrated
love and forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Then I took some time away
from teaching yoga for self-study at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur,
California. I met some amazing people
and completed a month-long work scholar group focusing on leadership and
presence. When I got home, I posted on Facebook
that I needed a place to stay for a while.
So, now I’m living with a sweet friend who has an extra bedroom. Thanks, Lindsay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This month I opened my very
own yoga studio! Aptly named,
YogaGypsy. I am motivated to share with
others the freedom that honesty brings to life.
Every class is an opportunity for my students to get stronger and to practice
checking in with their bodies. It’s an
opportunity to ask their inner wisdom how they really are and have the freedom
to answer something other than the ‘fine’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Living honestly is definitely
a good investment. I am humbled and in love with the journey of living. Really living. Everything is good. In fact, it’s exactly perfect because it’s my
creation. Not someone else’s
prescription. Brave. Stupid. Crazy. Whatever you want to call it. It’s the good stuff and it’s honest. I have everything I need and I am in awe of
the fact that I wouldn’t want things to be any different than they are right
now. I am fully supported by the
Universe. My bank account just doesn’t
know it yet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Namaste,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">YogaGypsy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-64364469473464769452013-09-10T09:55:00.001-05:002013-09-10T09:57:30.401-05:00I'm BAAACK!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Summer 2013 was Exactly Perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Africa with my amazing daughter, a month in Big Sur, California studying and scrubbing ;) and now a brand new studio in Springdale!!! At long last, I'm back HOME in every sense of the word. And to top it off September is National Yoga Month! How perfect is that?!</span></div>
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Zipporah Wambua. When I first met
Zipporah in 2008 on a trip with <a href="http://globalvillageeducationfoundation.org/">Global Village Education Foundation</a>. She was introduced to me as 'The Blessed Zipporah'. Now I just call her Zippy. Her name totally suits her. She has an infections laugh and a bubbly personality and she truly is blessed.</span><br />
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Theology next year. In a country where
the majority of children do not go past the eighth grade, this is indeed an
accomplishment. Along the way she formed the <a href="http://www.blessedpeace.org/">Blessed Peace Foundation</a>. Her
foundation supports widows and orphans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last time I visited
Kenya, I went to meet with one of the widows groups. <a href="http://www.blessedpeace.org/">The Blessed Peace Foundation</a> had raised enough
money to purchase a posho mill. A posho
mill is a place people take their maize and have it ground into flour. That posho mill project cost a little over
$2,000 U.S.D. The locals pay for this
service and the money goes to the widows.
Women still can’t own property in Kenya, so if the husband dies they have
no rights to the land they may have lived most of their lives on as a married woman. 'Their' land will transfer to the
brother of the husband. Sometimes they
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On my last trip to Kenya in 2011, Zippy showed me a building she was going to rent to start a children’s home. Blessed Peace serves over 180 children, but
the children who are orphans and those who are in deplorable home conditions
come to stay at Zippy's children's home. When parents
die of HIV Aids, their children usually go stay with another relative. These relatives are not always kind. Some of Zippy’s kids have been forced into
prostitution as young as 10 years old to make money for the relative. Yes, it's that kind of 'deplorable'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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children at all times and a security man who also helps with other chores. The older children do the cooking and
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stew, rice, ugali, and chipote. Ugali is
like really stiff mashed potatoes made out of maize and chipote is somewhere
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that I had given the money to purchase the mattresses when she
was starting the home. They
clapped. I was embarrassed. I had sort of forgotten we (my ex-husband and
I) had done that. Something so small but
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just to give money. Uninformed giving, I've learned, usually ends up doing more damage than good. But I know who I’m giving it to and I know what they do with it.
It’s the same with the other Kenyan organization I support, <a href="http://www.globalvillageeducationfoundation.com/">Global Village Education Foundation.</a> The difference between Zippy's organization and GVEF is that Global Village is also a non-profit in the U.S.
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Zipporah raises her money
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big project was and she said she was looking for land to build a bigger home
for the children and then someday a high school. I like this woman. She dreams big. I wonder when things will change for women in Kenya. I wonder when things will change for girls everywhere. If you're interested in women's issues around the globe, <a href="http://www.halftheskymovement.org/pages/book">'Half the Sky'</a> is an informative book with many resources of ways to help.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-90748912709071437672013-07-03T00:20:00.000-05:002013-07-03T00:20:20.329-05:00hope?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been having mixed feelings about 'hope' lately. Honestly, I had about decided that it wasn't a good thing. Visiting my friends in Kenya this week has given me a new perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is Mary. I met Mary on my second trip to Kenya in 2008. At that time, she had recently arrived from a refugee camp in Tanzania. Mary had two small children with her. Pastor Matthew Kyalo allowed Mary's children into Glory Prep Academy. Mary could not afford the tuition so she was offered a job at the school. This is Mary today. Her children are ages 7 and 9 and they are both still in school at Glory Prep. Mary does a wonderful job. The school could not run efficiently without her. Mary had hope. Mary has hope. Because Mary did something about her hope, her children will have more opportunities than she ever had.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. ~Eric Hoffer</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was discussing education in Kenya with Francis and Zippora last night. They expressed a sense of hopelessness because the Minister of Education who was doing a fantastic job had recently passed away and now all the public school teachers are on strike in the country. There is a new president in Kenya and the administration as a whole hasn't quite gotten it together enough to focus on education. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our conversation kept coming back to the fact that if they kept doing their part with the children in their lives they could still have hope. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hope can either be medicine or it can be a drug. Hope without action is a slow killer. If you've given up hope, that may be a good if it's the </span>poisonous kind. Do what you can with what you have. Always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Namaste,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">YogaGypsy</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-38449860193365163032013-06-24T23:17:00.000-05:002013-06-24T23:17:30.078-05:00enLightenment......the damndest thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a normal walking route near the studio. The route doesn't change but I always notice different things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I saw this vine. It is a wispy little thing wrapped tightly around a sturdy rusty rail. It starts somewhere below the walking bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's desire is the same desire of every organism on the planet.....grow toward the light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unlike an oak tree, it's not strong enough or rooted deeply enough to reach for the light on it's own accord. Rising higher depends on wrapping around an 'other'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>If I were an artist, I would name this photo 'Dream vs. Reality'.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the vine's dream, the rusty rail is imperative to reaching the light. The rail can't get the vine to the sun. It just helps it feel safe for a little while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I got to class, the teacher asked, "What is your intention for practice today?" In child's pose, I answered, 'to grow towards the light.......without relying on an 'other''</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is no belief structure, yoga practice, teacher, meditation or community that can take you where the Light wants to take you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An 'other' may help for a while, but it won't take you where your inner light is guiding you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let go. Keep growing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The innate desire inside you will reach the ultimate Light on it's own. No man-made system required. That is Reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be an Oak tree. Crack some shells. Grow some roots. Stand strong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Namaste,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">YogaGypsy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, I’ve moved out of my
apartment and in with my old college roommate….my sister! I’m not going to be around much this summer
and I need to cut down on my bills so she is graciously accommodating my
‘stuff’ while I’m gone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, I leave with my
daughter to go to Kenya. When I tell
people we are going, they usually ask, “What group are you going with? Is it a mission trip?” The answer is, “It’s just my daughter and
me. And, Yes. It is a mission.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The mission is to inspire and
empower my girl. She is 16 years old and
our relationship hit a rough patch last year.
But after several months of counseling with an amazing therapist and
lots of tears, we made it! This trip is
a celebration of our courage to love, forgive and move on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On our trip, we will visit my
friends in Machakos, Kenya who run the Glory Preparatory Academy and the
Blessed Hope Orphanage. We will play
with the kids and visit the new chicken farm started by Global Village
Education Foundation. The chicken farm
profits are used to help fund the Glory Prep school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will take a short safari
in Maasai Mara at the end of our trip to enjoy the beauty of the country and
its wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">I’ll be back for three weeks
in July and then will leave again on August 1<sup>st</sup> to go live in Big
Sur, California for a month. From August
4<sup>th</sup> through September 2<sup>nd</sup>, I will be participating in a
workstudy program at the Esalen Institute. </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Esalen is
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and I’m really excited about the opportunity.
The program I’ll participate in at Esalen is called ‘Leadership and
Presence’ lead by Suzanne Durana, author of ‘Full Body Presence’. I will work in the kitchen or housekeeping at
the resort 32 hours a week and also take classes during the week and on the
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kevin will be staying with
his Aunt Jennifer and his cousin dogs.
My sister’s house is for sale, so I don’t know where I’ll be when I get
back. If you’ve got an extra room, let
me know! Have a fantastic summer and
block off December 4<sup>th</sup> through the 8<sup>th</sup> for a Mexico
Retreat! Details coming soon!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have this couch that pokes me every time I sit down on it. I hate this couch. I get so irritated every time I sit on it. Drives me NUTS!!!! But, I’ve always had it so I guess I’ll keep it. I can’t imagine having another one. What in the world other kind of couch would I get? I have no idea. I’ll just keep this stupid couch. It’s easier than replacing it. Plus, I sort of like getting pissed off about it. What would I do with all the time I use being irritated by this couch. I sort of like it. At least, I’m used to it. So whatever. Maybe I won’t sit on it today and it will be fine. I can probably go a pretty long time without sitting on it. But even if I do, I deserve to feel uncomfortable because I didn’t do anything about it. I’ll get used to it. Stupid, couch. I love it. I don’t know what my house would be like without it. Who would I be without my couch!? I’d rather keep it. What if I get rid of it and nothing is there??? I wouldn’t know what to do! Whew! I’m glad I have this stupid irritating couch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have this couch that I LOVE! It is SO beautiful that I hardly ever sit on it. I don’t want to mess it up. I never let anyone else sit on it. One time I did let someone on it and they spilled something! My couch is perfect and it is going to stay that way. I can’t bear to see it messed up. I always fluff the pillows and arrange them differently so it looks perfect and brand new all the time. I would love to relax on my couch but I’m afraid someone will stop by and see the pillows in disarray. At times I’ve wondered if maybe I should get a different couch that I could actually use. If I had room for another one in here, I totally would. But there isn’t space for two. If I had a couch that wasn’t perfectly beautiful, what would people say? I want to rest on it. It might be nice to have people over and not have to stand around. God! This is so frustrating! One time, I bought a pillow that didn’t match the couch and put it on the couch. I thought, ‘if it doesn’t look so perfect, maybe I can sit on it.’ But it didn’t work. I couldn’t stand looking at my couch with that pillow on it! It’s just too wonderful to mess up. And there isn’t any other couch that I would like so much as this one. I’m glad I have it even though I can’t rest on it. Oh well, I can go without resting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If your thoughts were a couch, which one would they be? In fact, your thoughts are like a couch. Thoughts are matter. Just like you can place your awareness on a couch. You can place your awareness on your thoughts. Just like you can become attached to material things. You can become attached to your thoughts. Be curious about your thoughts rather than judging yourself because of them. The energy of judgment makes sure you keep the thoughts you don’t want. The energy of judgment continues to create the things you judge yourself about. Thoughts of ‘I suck and I always mess up’ and thoughts of ‘I am amazing and right all the time’ are exactly the same type of judgment. Be curious and explore the reasons behind why you need or are attached to either extreme line of thinking. Let thoughts come and go. Don’t hoard them. Let go of attachment to things and thoughts. They are the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Taking teenage daughter to meet my friends in Machakos, Kenya for a couple weeks in June/July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All drink purchases at <a href="http://www.soulyogalounge.com/">Soul Yoga Lounge</a> in Fayetteville this month go to <a href="http://www.globalvillageeducationfoundation.com/">Glory Prep Academy</a> & <a href="http://www.blessedpeace.org/">Blessed Peace Orphanage.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was accepted to study at the <a href="http://www.esalen.org/">Esalen institute</a> for the month of August. The program is called Leadership & Presence lead by Suzanne Durana. I've never been to California before, looking forward to getting a big dose of Big Sur!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-87137249468174765452013-03-13T09:54:00.000-05:002013-03-13T09:54:07.449-05:00Whatsa Chakra???<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The yoga-magic you feel during and after class is caused by a shift in energy. You can't see it but I know you feel it because happy zombies walk out of the studio leaving with OUR towels and leaving behind YOUR mats, water bottles and anything else that's not attached to you. The energy that shifts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">collectively called your chakra system. There are seven main chakra energy centers in your body. These centers are stimulated as you breathe and flow through your yoga practice. One of the goals of a yoga practice is to balance your chakras. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SO, let's learn a little about each one. One of my favorite authors on the subject of chakras is Anodea Judith and the information I share with you is from one of her books, "Eastern Body, Western Mind".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First thing's First....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chakra One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Root Chakra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Located at the base of the spine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Color associated with it is RED.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's basic issue is Grounding, Survival, Roots....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did you know.....OVEREATING is a First Chakra issue. For example, say there is a change you want or need to make in your life but you are unwilling to do so, you may overeat in an attempt to gain relief and feel safe because the unknown (change) is scary. Keep in mind, all of this takes place subconsciously. This would indicate that your first chakra has excessive energy and your practice is to JUST LET GO. Let your yoga practice help you shift FROM an excessive need for stability TO movement and flow. Yoga allows for peaceful relaxation and subtle movement of energy within you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That is a TINY amount about the First Chakra. If you are interested, there is so much information available online and in many books. Have fun learning! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>SO</b>. Yesterday I got caught in
this TOtally yuck emotional state. It felt <i><b>awful </b></i>in my
body. I felt like a prisoner. My stomach hurt. My chest tightened.
I even cried – IN FRONT OF PEOPLE! Completely trapped and angry!
Oh...so....angry! BLEcH! Even worse, I felt helpless.
Out.of.control. I freaking HATE that. Seriously. I hate it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ever been there? If so, you know it's
ALWAYS about someone else. What THEY did or said....or what THEY
didn't say or didn't do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, since I'm somewhat
self-actualized (<i>chuckle</i>) and enlightened (<i>belly laugh</i>)...
I know that my thoughts and feelings were TOTALLY irrational. But
that made me even MORE angry because I couldn't find my way out of my
self-made cognitive torture chamber.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My friend, Dr. Stan said.....”the
gates of hell are locked from the inside, honey”. Gee...thanks,
Stan. Doesn't PhD stand for Piled Higher and Deeper???</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me reiterate.... I <b>knew</b> it
was irrational and I <b>knew</b> only I could get myself out and I
<b>knew</b> the way I was feeling wasn't hurting anyone but me. BUT
the question was <b>HOW</b>? How
could I find freedom? <i><b>Oh, that sweet, light feeling of
FREEDOM!</b></i> What was I not seeing?!?!? ARGH!!!!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't sleep at all. I got up in the
middle of the night, drank a beer and typed a rant that thankfully I
deleted and am actually typing this
right over it! <i>(It still has the same document name though.
Def need to change that.)</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>THEN</b>.....<b>I went to the
dentist!</b> <i>(not in the middle of the night. The next day. At a
regular appointment time......I digress.)</i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sat in the chair wearing those goofy
sunglasses.....staring into the bright light over my head....mouth
wiiiiide open, and....I HAD A VISION!!!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I envisioned a person I know (<i>who
shall remain nameless</i>) that in my crazy head-land, represents all
the judgment in the world that anyone could ever have.
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THEN.....I smiled at her. I accepted
her WITH her judgment. She could keep all her judgy-judgyness and I
could STILL accept and love her! The way out wasn't through anything
that I KNEW in my head. The way out was in my HEART!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Unconditional LOVE is the key to
FREEDOM!</b> DUH-wareness
moment! I
mean, isn't Love <i><u>ALWAYS</u></i> the only answer? (don't even
question it)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was feeling all this nasty blame,
anger, resentment, grossness and then <b>POOF</b>! It was gone. It
was gone because simultaneously I felt unconditional Love for not
just HER, but.....(drum roll, please) <b>ME</b>! YAY, ME! Nobody
controls Me! <i>Or, as my boyfriend would say, </i>“Nobody
controls Little T!”
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The good news for <b>you</b> is that
nobody controls YOU either! YAY, US! What's good for the goose is
good for the gander. (I'm the goose in this scenario....and, maybe a
few more)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now...I'm not saying I'll never emote
in an unflattering way again. Please....let's be real. <b>BUT</b>
now I know I will be able to get out of hell a helluvalot faster :)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">YippEE! HooRAY! 3 ChEERs for LOVE!!!
WOMp! Womp! NOw. Let's get back to DANCING!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So...last night i had a new student in my class. #prettyyoungblondecollegewoman(girl).</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i did what i do and gave it what i give.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">at the end i said..."thank you for coming."</span></div>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">she said...."that was the best yoga class i've ever been to."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i said...."this must've been your first one"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">she said..."no. i've been to a lot."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i gave her a hug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">she said..."that was amazing.....i don't even need to go to church. this is everything i am looking for."</span></div>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i gave her another hug, and here's why...</span></div>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i remember the moment when i told my 'yoga-mama'...."this is my church. this is where I worship."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">that is the highest compliment that anyone could EVER give me. and she had NO idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">now...... i'm not saying that yoga should RePLACE your faith. i'm just saying that it will complement it times-a-MILLION!</span></div>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i grew up in a VERY fundamental-baptist-type-southern-religioney church. i SUPER heart Jesus. BUT.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">i couldn't figure out how to make all the wonderful Jesus-stuff show up in my body/life.</span></div>
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<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yoga.Taught.Me.How.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Come to class sometime.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">iHEARTyou,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">YogaGypsy</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-81960195906256787762013-02-06T21:00:00.003-06:002013-02-06T21:00:55.685-06:00Power Vinyasa Yoga...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...... is SO efficient!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love it in EVERY way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You've got an hour during the day to
spend on “working out”? Maybe 75 or 90 minutes on the weekends??? If you
are a busy person who wants to get IT done....get on your mat.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's what it feels like:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">an obstacle course in August in
Arkansas.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's what you get physically:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cardiovascular endurance, strength,
flexibility</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's what you get mentally:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">focus & discipline</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's what you get Spiritually:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a big freaking mirror into your Soul!</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scared??? You should be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">See you on the mat...if you dare...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Big Freaking Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">YogaGypsy</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-43046747729595741712012-11-01T16:00:00.001-05:002012-12-15T09:27:30.440-06:00the FiX!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">find balance....be inspired....make connections</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-74410976519265921662012-10-28T12:19:00.000-05:002012-10-28T12:19:52.838-05:00Keeping it real....<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtxxL31DnncRIUjUq19ezjlcKEhXsE2Xz_EncT2idIUIUf2H_FfFEwhtMc7x6_ERg1G5Oj-YxXFBfTXDeJ3oo81BdOHH29cufMXNY7s71D6aFLiGpSQbrmwD4Q5u5HzbWCT6jSVtJ1vE/s1600/soul4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtxxL31DnncRIUjUq19ezjlcKEhXsE2Xz_EncT2idIUIUf2H_FfFEwhtMc7x6_ERg1G5Oj-YxXFBfTXDeJ3oo81BdOHH29cufMXNY7s71D6aFLiGpSQbrmwD4Q5u5HzbWCT6jSVtJ1vE/s320/soul4.jpg" width="228" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I practice yoga, teach yoga, meditate, study the sutras, do my best to make good choices and try not to judge myself for making not-so-good choices. Sometimes I drink too much, let the bitch in my head get the best of me and eat a bag of tortilla chips (which I really do NOT apologize for, and never will because I would hop in the sack with about any brand....I am not loyal....I am a total tortilla whore. Love the one you're with, right?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About a year ago, I took a huge, scary step right out the door of my 20 year marriage. It was a super hard decision and it super sucked for lots of people including me and I have no idea what the future holds. So far, I've been able to keep doing what I'm passionate about but every day I fight the urge to give up teaching yoga and get a job at Wal-Mart. I've had a lot of melt-downs (and still do). But here was the choice before me.....stay comfortable, safe and numb OR be honest. People told me my 'honesty' was selfish and something about God and the Devil.... I'm pretty sure my Bible study ladies misunderstood and thought I got the plague rather than a divorce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Here are three things I've learned this year:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1. Reality Relates. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If we are REAL, vulnerable, and authentic we make connections with people. When we are truthful and honest with ourselves we impact the lives of others in a positive and loving way. Facades repel intimacy and any hope for connection or passion. Doing what we “think” we're supposed to do is a barrier the size of Hoover Damn to vibrant living.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2. Belief Systems = B.S.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A system of beliefs gives us a very convenient detour around having to make up our own minds about ANYthing. Say 'NO' to lazy brain! Meet every person and situation in the PRESENT with curiosity as opposed to a predetermined belief, a.k.a. judgment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>3. Teenage Girls are CrayZEE! </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love my daughter, but MY GOD!!!! How much can a middle-aged woman take? Aren't hot flashes enough! Take two mantras and call me in the morning....“Don't take it personally....Don't take it personally....”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A sweet friend of mine sent me a text while I was sleeping last night. She quoted a line from a book she'd just finished....(sorry, I don't know the name of the book.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>...“it's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Every moment we don't live our own truth we are hurting ourselves. Not only that, but we are hurting everyone around us because there is NO opportunity...NO OPPORTUNITY to relate intimately if we are not honest. Honesty is the ONLY policy and honesty is beautiful! It may look like a lump of coal at first, but BE PATIENT (she tells herself calmly...) the diamond is next in the line-up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Love & Peace! Just keeping it real.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxIlkyqCxzXh66iVWtBlBjUOZoI_BsXzp1XDytNy4GKXhfZwGrhVP_R3ruDzbE4mlqAB6JECfusRYjJQGLRWyS_MvPZasV_qGf-lt-WTahJQQKwChk4HnrnlNH-_drD5VYQiAWYfemCQ/s1600/natalie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxIlkyqCxzXh66iVWtBlBjUOZoI_BsXzp1XDytNy4GKXhfZwGrhVP_R3ruDzbE4mlqAB6JECfusRYjJQGLRWyS_MvPZasV_qGf-lt-WTahJQQKwChk4HnrnlNH-_drD5VYQiAWYfemCQ/s200/natalie.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> “Yoga and meditation help to calm me.
I can find my confidence and use it.”</b> - <i>Natalie, age 13 </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yoga Personal Training sessions can be very powerful. The following is a letter I received from the mother of a young client I worked with recently.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"This is a story about my daughter who
learned to find her calm and confidence to master what she loves. </span></span></span></i><div style="background-color: white;">
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">In 2011 Natalie was determined to join
a competitive cheer team at an advanced level, </span>with no prior
experience. T</span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: small;">hat fall at tryouts, she was barely able to complete a
back handspring. She was invited to a level 3 team. Many on her
team had been competing for 3 to 4 years. Over the next year she
attained her standing double back handspring and round-off back
handspring. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">The 2012 season was under way and
Natalie faced a new challenge. Her coaches quickly recognized a
mental block with her tumbling. Several months of practice resulted
in a continued decline in her throwing her stunts. It was a “mental
block.” Natalie was very disappointed and began to dread practice.
Natalie’s coaches had full confidence in her and shared that her
tumbling was “beautiful”. They knew she had a gift, if she could
just get past what was getting her stuck. One afternoon her tumbling
coach recommended starting from scratch, re-teach her from a forward
roll on the mat. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">That night we talked to Natalie about
visualization- how many athletes use it to prepare. It hit me…Yoga
and Meditation! How did I overlook my own practice? I knew exactly
the teacher to work with Natalie, Teri Hegi.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Teri is relevant and authentic, I knew
she would find the tools Natalie could use to work on her mental
block and achieve her goal of connecting her tumbling. I made a
single call to Teri to describe the situation and provided the
specific feedback from Natalie’s coaches. Teri took this
information and arrived a few days later for Natalie’s first
session. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Teri taught Natalie at a level that was
appropriate for her age and laid a foundation with Sun Salutations.
She explained how creating space through this practice will help to
calm her mind and open her for change. They discussed visualization
and meditation. Teri was able to connect with Natalie and share
tools that she can use every day and anywhere.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">At her next practice, Natalie broke
through. She achieved her fundamental stunts and added an unexpected
success… a front punch and round-off back tuck. Natalie says,
“Yoga and meditation help to calm me. I can find my confidence and
use it.” Wow, to be aware of this at thirteen years old, what a
gift! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Teri’s research and attention to her
students is amazing, her knowledge is far and wide. Whether she is
teaching a power vinyasa yoga class or a private yoga session with a
cheerleader, she teaches from the heart. It doesn’t get any better
than that." - Dana
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</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">yoga</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Teri</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Teri</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> has over 800 hours of teaching experience and</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">co-manages</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>"I've
had a "runners high" but never a "yoga high"...until
now. Best yoga practice I've EVER Been to!!! Thanks, Teri!!" -
Jennifer</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>"Passionate.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>"I feel blessed to have Teri as one of my teachers. She has a unique gift of encouraging, yet challenging me with positive reinforcement. Everyone who attends this workshop will experience more confidence and a higher sense of connection to their students. JOIN US!" - Krista, co-manager Soul Yoga Lounge </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">try some high flying fun...crow to chaturanga!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">...you are excited to get pose pics from students on a Friday night.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...you think "Hmmm....that could work!"</span></span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860714156602206520.post-90676024999255647172012-08-20T11:05:00.000-05:002012-08-20T11:05:03.894-05:00Let me see your down dog!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">YaY! School is back in.....time to get back on your mat :) Check the schedule tab & make your plan to come see me. I'm mostly at <a href="http://www.soulyogalounge.com/">Soul Yoga Lounge</a> these days but I will be in Bentonville at <a href="http://www.yogastory.info/">YOgaStory</a> this weekend for yoga OUTSIDe at the Farmer's Market. It is such a great experience if you've never tried it! Join me at 9 a.m. outside then at 10:15 in the YogaStory studio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was having breakfast with my friend Jennifer at Waffle House last week. Zach, our waiter, knows I teach at Soul Yoga Lounge which is right across the street. He said, "Hey, I need to ask you a yoga question. I've been doing the Insanity workout with my wife and we have to do a couple of moves from down dog. I'm not sure I'm doing it right. Can you help me?".....Ofcourse! So I ask him to show me his down dog. Here was my advice to Zach (& if you are new to yoga, maybe this will help you, too). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you put yourself in a high plank (dandasana) position with your wrists right underneath your shoulders, you should be able to go back and forth from high plank to down dog without moving your hands and feet. That's a good way to know if your down dog stance is right for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The same is true for moving on down to low plank (chaturanga) then upward facing dog then back to down dog: hands & feet don't move (except for the toe rolling, which is another topic entirely!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another tip for moving through these poses is to keep an eye on your hands....spread your fingers, press them down and also press through the inner rims of both hands (index finger & thumb side).</span></div>
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