My journey into yoga began with a conversation, one that sparked my interest and eventually ongoing practice of yoga.  At the time I was attending the local community college and after talking with a friend I decided to look into taking a class.  In my search for a class I discovered a well established instructor […]

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Complete Three Part Breath

the essence of what you are doing is cleaning
the purpose of all these techniques
is to remove the the impurities
that accumulate in the lungs
so that you become lighter & clearer

unfortunately these impurities are
reluctant to move out of the lungs
you do not get rid of them with strength
but by being very […]

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\Samatva\, n. an inner state of harmony and balance: capacity to treatgood and bad results with the same feeling, without placingjudgement: evenness, balance, equanimity of the mind andbody: the practice of learning to use yoga to heal the body/mindand to maintain a sense of samatva, or balance in all aspects of life.

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