Tonia Copsey, OWY teacher, Nurse Practitioner and Certified Wound Care Nurse, put together some proactive ideas that leave people feeling empowered around their own health and wellness in a time of great uncertainty and disempowerment. Some of the lessons she has learned about fighting inflammation in the body seem especially applicable as many of us are trying to optimize our health so our immune systems can more easily marshall the troops and get into action if we are exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
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We all have tricky ways of deflecting when positive things come our way. It can take practice to become a gracious receiver and Fish Pose is a really simple way to start. All month OWY teachers are exploring Receiving and Fish Pose!
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by Elisabeth Sowecke
“She gave me an adjustment that made me wish I had a chip!” –Brian, Co-Owner of Open Way Yoga, on the moment he realized one of the main values of consent cards lies in the student’s ability to withdraw consent mid-way through class.
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Knit fast, die warm. If we have the apocalypse, I'm your girl as long as you like electric raspberry.
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Recently I've really been into photography. Nature kinda does all the hard work for you, all you have to do is show up in the right place at the right time, and be willing to get dirty
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It's strange to be introducing myself in the context of this project where I've been introducing everyone else, but here goes...
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Art much like yoga brings our souls out of the darkness and into the light.
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For me art has always been having the ability to remove the yuck from inside and throw it on a "canvas."
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To me poetry and photography seek to say what can't be said and yet we try, through steady attention and clear intention something emerges.
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I didn't start making art until I was in my 30's, and truthfully I'm not even comfortable calling it art. It started out as an overwhelming urge to stand against the bombing in Afghanistan.
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when I am in a creative flow I am infinite
there are no bounds to the potentialities
that lay beneath my fingertips
the power of my hands, my gaze, my voice
I am limitless
“In back-bending you extend yourself, literally and figuratively, by lifting your posture, raising your spirits and preparing yourself for action.” -Anatomy of Hatha Yoga p324 D. Coulter
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Pranayama: Breathing techniques through which the prana (or life force) is elevated or increased.
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Chaturanga Dandasana is an important part of many systems of yoga, particularly vinyasa flow and Ashtanga.
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I used to have these memories that when I remembered them flooded me with this horrible, hot sense of shame.
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In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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I first tried Rachel's products about a year and a half ago and have continued to be impressed by the incredible living quality of these herbal products.
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