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PRACTICE FOR LIFE
didi hall
Yoga is Practice for Life
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Yoga has been an important aspect of keeping my self safe and healthy. And it works!!!
Yoga has been lifesaving and life giving for me. However, I have had to deal with hormonal fat areas that have been plaguing me for...
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- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
TAKING YOUR PRACTICE HOME
Going to class regularly is wonderful and has many benefits; enhancing your knowledge, sequencing to get you into a pose safely and...
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- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
CHECK YOUR TREADS The soles of the feet are busy. Very busy.
Each foot is comprised of 26 bones, 30 plus joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. In fact, nearly one fourth of all...
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- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Doing a class at home has many positive benefits - no travel, no rushing to get a spot in the class
and the ability to stay in your own sweet space and moment after Savasana. The down side is the challenge of staying focused, and not...
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- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
“Home practice benefits from finding little corners in your home that help to shape the pose.
Here, I’m using the edge of the wall to give the shape of trikonasana arms. Once you feel it with support, it’s easier to find...
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- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
This song was taught by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Shared by class member Ann Patty.
Thich Nhat Hanh is the founder of Plum Village and for years offered retreats and teachings worldwide on engaged Buddhism and the art of...
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- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
These photos were taken on a trip to India.
I love that for Indian women it is perfectly normal to show your belly, regardless of it’s appeal but not appropriate to show a bit of...
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- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Presence
"Guilt lives in the past, fear lives in the future. Be in the present - it’s wide open for opportunity ” Those were the words of advice I...
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- Apr 13, 2021
- 4 min
From the Periphery to the Core
In my last post, I spoke of the Yamas and the Niyamas, the first two limbs of yoga and asked you to think about how these affect you on...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 4 min
I have been thinking a lot about benevolence lately.
There seems to be a dearth of it these days, as the Covid restrictions and restraints cause us all to be a wee bit scared about the state...
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- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
B.K.S.'s wisdom 2 quotes
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” B.K.S. Iyengar. “Yoga does not just change the way we...
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- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
MBS vs NBS - it’s not BS
From birth we are designed to breath through our nose (Nasal breathing syndrome or NBS). It’s a survival mechanism. As newborns it...
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Karina's cappuccino
Didi suggested I share this recipe: It adds healthy ingredients and tastes good! From my niece BLEND ALL IN A BLENDER FOR A FEW SECONDS:...
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- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
The downward dog dilemma
So often students feel that if they can get their heels down in Adho Mukha Svanasana, they have rocked the pose. Unfortunately, that's...
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
A Leg Up in Ardha Chandransana
It is said it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took a village to raise me up into Ardha Chandransana. The teacher said my...
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- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Adho Mukha Svanasana
It’s often difficult to keep the base of the index finger and thumb down in Adho Mukha Svanasana. When I use the chair in this fashion,...
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