If you ask Jamie her favorite color she is likely to answer with an emphatic, “The Rainbow!”
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Everyone says “twist,” but for those with excellent mobility in their hips, this is not so much of a twist as it is a swivel... - H. David Coulter from The Anatomy of Yoga
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The Pelvis is like the body’s junk drawer. Whenever you don’t know what to do with a feeling or experience, you put it there.
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“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. “-Jacques Yves Cousteau
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
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Meditation is often the last thing I get to in my practice and as such it often gets left off, so on Mondays I put meditation on the top of my practice list.
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Mallory has been an important fixture at Open Way Yoga since the beginning. She writes about her inspiring journey here.
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For however long I moved on my mat, outside pressure didn't exist. I could breathe, and in those moments of breath, I was coping and accepting.
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I always thought yoga was for “flexible people” and all these other things, but I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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You've been reading our lists... You've identified some of yourself in our lists... You've been thinking about what vulnerabilities you have that you would NEVER admit to. It's time. Just do it.
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One major way our perceived inadequacies block some of us is in our connections with other people…Our process last month involved encouraging each other (and you) to get a little more comfortable…This process can be key to unlocking a sense of belonging.
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I arrive in a state of vulnerability every day. I expose my feelings, my emotions, my heart, my face. Each time I practice yoga, teach, paint, communicate and exist in community--I am vulnerable.
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I have a difficult time feeling worthy of the truly amazing group of souls that I get to call friends. It blows me away on a regular basis.
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Taking off the mask.
Allowing oneself to be exposed, seen, heard and felt.
Fear of knowing my truth, of knowing myself, Fear of self.
Uncertainty, lack of self-knowledge, unknowingness of who I am.
Vulnerability: A Satirical, but Honest, Review of the Experiences That Make Me Feel Like I’d Rather Be Sitting in a Burning House With the Roof About to Cave in Than Actually Write This Shit.
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This month as we focus on gratitude at OWY we are featuring a pose that represents the attitude of gratitude in a very deep way
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“Ethical fashion is about more than just clothing, it is casting a vote for the type of future you want for the world and the people who live on it.” –Synergy Organic Clothing
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“Your skin is a massive respiration organ and has the tremendous responsibility of working with your sacred breath to keep you clean and pure.” -World Healing Academy
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The clothes we wear connect us to the world around us. We don't often recognize it, but how we dress can have a positive or negative impact on others.