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Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:38 PM
Here is a poem that was shared with me by one of my students. I find it quite lovely. Perhaps you might too.
The Word by Tony Hoagland
Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today
between "green thread" and "broccoli" you find that you have penciled in "sunlight."
Resting on the page, the word is beautiful. It touches you as if you had a friend
and sunlight were a present he had sent from someplace distant as this morning-to cheer you up, |
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Posted on Friday, May 04, 2012 9:10 AM
I wrote this article for Christina Thomspon who is a skilled massage therapist, friend and colleague. She features an article from me in her monthly newsletter, This month her newsletter centers around mothers in honor of Mother's Day. Information about Christina can be found on my Health Practitioner Link.
There's Always Time for Practice by Stephanie Shong The most common thing I hear from my yoga students who are mothers is that they just don’t have the time to practice yoga. |
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Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:08 PM
After sitting in front of a computer or behind the wheel of our cars for countless hours on end, we all tend to find ourselves with more forward rounded posture. The collarbones congest, the heart collapses, we slouch, the upper back rounds, the chin juts forward. The spine moves away from it's natural state of beautiful neutral curves and regalness. A pose that we can explore to remind the body and spine of what it feels like to be in this natural and neutral state is |
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Stephanie: Posted on Friday, December 23, 2011 4:22 PM
With the holidays just around the corner, we can use our yoga practice to help us cope with this hectic, and at times stressful, time of year. The 3 fundamentals of Alignment Yoga not only apply to our practice on the mat, but off the mat as well. Take a moment out of your busy day to observe if you feel stress or tension in the body. Additionally observe the state of the breath. If there is tension, or the breath feels short, ragged, or challenging follow these 3 simples steps to encourage more ease in the body and deepen the breath: |
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