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I showed up. I opened my heart. I stayed.

Monday, April 6th, 2015

A guest post from Jill Salahub I spent many years not being myself. I attempted to live in accordance with what was expected of me, even when it didn’t match up with what I wanted or knew to be true, even when it wasn’t really me. When I measured myself in comparison to external expectations […]

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“On the All of It” – Going Om

Thursday, November 6th, 2014

Quite often these days, publishers contact me asking me if I would read a book they are about to publish and review it here on my website. Whenever they do that I think ‘Are you really offering to send me books to read, for free? Does life get any better than this?‘ And then I think, ‘Do […]

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Yoga and Body Image

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

Today my dear friend (and 30 Days of Curvy Yoga co-teacher) Anna Guest-Jelley has a beautiful new book being released into the world: Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body. I love everything Anna touches, and am honored to have a chapter in the book on how shame found me on the yoga mat.

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Justine Musk on ending the quest for perfect

Saturday, October 4th, 2014

As a party of my 30 Days of Yoga retirement party, today we’re revisiting a brilliant post from Justine Musk.

Justine’s writing regularly arrests my aimless internet clicking (I know I’m not the only person who gets caught in that loop), picks me up out of my seat, turns me around and sets me down again with my spine straightened and my commitment to being utterly true to who I am reinforced.

I love this post not only because it starts on a yoga mat, but because it speaks to one of the most potent – and revolutionary – gifts yoga has given me: the ability to see myself as whole. When Justine writes that greatness lives in the spaces in between, and that releasing the need for perfection allows us “to step more fully into them.” I wanted to cheer. And I wanted to roll out my yoga mat and step into some of those spaces again.

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Why my yoga practice & teaching is part of my humanitarian work

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

Today we hear from Amanda Scothern, my co-teacher for the 30 Days of Yoga for Aid Workers course (which begins on 6 October). Amanda has been working in the the humanitarian sector for 15 years, practising yoga for 10 years and teaching yoga for three.   Why my yoga practice & teaching is part of my humanitarian work […]

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Michele Lisenbury Christensen on her yoga practice

Monday, September 29th, 2014

Registration is open for what will be the last session of my 30 Days of Yoga courses. As I retire these courses, I’ve asked a few friends to join me in reflecting on why yoga and meditation are so crucial to their lives. We started with Susan Piver and today we’re turning to Michele Lisenbury Christensen; I think you’re really going to […]

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Susan Piver on mediation, sadness & music

Sunday, September 28th, 2014

Registration is now open for what will be the last session of my 30 Days of Yoga courses. I first offered this course in January 2010 because I needed to get into my own regular home yoga practice as part of my yoga teacher training certification.

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Four years, five new courses and many thousands of gorgeous online yogis later, it’s time for me to retire these courses and concentrate on my work in human rights and social and environmental justice, and on teaching and supporting others to cultivate the courage it takes to step into the change-maker role that is calling you.

As I retire these courses, I’ve asked a few friends to join me in reflecting on why yoga and meditation are so crucial to their lives. We’re starting with Susan Piver by looking back at a post she wrote last year around this time.

I deeply appreciate Susan’s perspective, especially when it comes to her take on how meditation allows us to be in the world. This post is all about the potency of connection and how it allows us to see, feel and be with suffering while also allowing us to access the comfort and beauty can bring. Yoga has opened me to both.

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Yoga Straight Talk with Grace Quantock

Friday, August 29th, 2014

Today’s post is the last in our Yoga Straight Talk series – and it takes a bit of a different spin. Grace Quantock, 90 Days of Yoga alum and wellness writer and speaker, shares a glimpse into how yoga has been a refuge for her when dealing with the ongoing struggle of chronic illness. Her reflections are spot-on for all of us:

Yoga welcomes us home to our bodies.

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Meet 90 Days of Yoga mentor, Natalya Pemberton.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Hi lovely. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Natalya Pemberton, our yoga mentor for this final round of 90 Days of Yoga.  As an experienced home yogi  and 90 Days alum Natalya is full of tried and true wisdom; here’s one of my favorite bits from our interview with her: Start small, and declare it […]

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Yoga Straight Talk with Petra Gimbad

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Meet Petra.

Petra is a lecturer, writer and volunteer with homeless communities. Prior to her current job, she worked with various human rights organisations and as a yoga teacher.

She writes for sun2surf.com and can be found on Twitter under @petragimbad.

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