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Added by Namasteelo Records on November 17, 2008 at 3:24pm —
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so, i'm trying to incorporate some new poses into my routine. this is a first attempt. it can only get better from here, yeah? lol. yeah, i need to raise my bum a little more, i know:) there are a few more, also, that i'll post when i get them a little better. this one, even though not at all perfect, turned out pretty good for a first time? (i think. lol). i have to say that in just the past year, i've grown so much in my practice! doing things i never thought i would be able to do, learning th…
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Added by aura )O( on September 2, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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i have three kids, right. 12 yrs, 10 yrs, and 8 yrs. well, my 10 year old surely follows my nature about being physically fit. sometimes, but not always sports, but just like to work out with weights and loves to try some of my yoga poses, too. we just took a pic today of us both doing a pose together and it's now my favorite pic ever! lol. i'm so impressed with him having the motivation to do this. he's not all about all of it, but he has an interest i think i'm surely going to start nurturing.…
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Added by aura )O( on August 30, 2008 at 11:36pm —
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Whew, I did it! The morning of the surgery I got up, did my yoga, taking as long as I wanted to stretch out my muscles and relax. I was really focusing on my breathing and my thigh muscles, since I knew there would be pain and trauma. I now know that doing this on a regular basis prior to surgery really helped me afterwards! My swelling has gone down quickly compared to others having this same surgery, and my range of motion with the wrangled muscles (my hip to my toes) is much greater than it w…
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Added by ellen on August 2, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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k, just sharing a little excitement with all. lol. two of my main goals in yoga have been the scorpion and the inverted plank. well, it's taken time and perserverance, but one of them is here! the other one is really close, but for now, check it! he he he.....i'm so excited. i've grown so much and come so far. it's not perfectly straight up, but hey, i'm not gonna be picky. lol. plus, i'm so trying to get past that 'perfect' syndrom. k, rambling done!…
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Added by aura )O( on July 30, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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just jotting down some stray thoughts here, so no real thing to say. i was just thinking how funny it is that some things come so easily and others not. what comes easy to one is hard for another. but, what about oneself? example: i've been working on my arm strength for a bit, now, and have come a long way. the crane, firefly, headstand and forearm stand are all accomplished. but i'll be a monkey's uncle if that handstand and full side plank don't still illude me. i still need the silly wall fo…
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Added by aura )O( on July 9, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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You are a YIP
You are Yogically hip; the purveyor of the cool, tight and trendy pimp chic look of contemporary Yoga. Fed by the Yoga Industrial Marketing and Merchandising Complex, you have evolved the simple needs of Yoga into an alt-Yogic lifestyle. Too hip to read Yoga magazines (though you will sneak peeks from time to time to verify how ahead of the Yoga curve you are) you seek out the too cool and post-mod ideas on Buddhist web sites.
You will have the Black Manduka Yoga mat, ultra-hip s…
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Added by aura )O( on June 26, 2008 at 11:44am —
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For everyone that's contributed pictures, thank you. They are beautifl.... I wish we could have captions so we would know where, when and maybe the whys!! Again, thank you for your contributions!
Om Shanti!
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Added by Carrie B! on June 17, 2008 at 9:02pm —
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On the left, you will see the site for 100 Top Yoga Sites! If you wouldn't mind, would you please visit that site and click on Yoga Spirit Center (ranked #10 at present) and also click on "Yoga Eternal" at the top!
Please help me build my presence through your presence!!
Loving You All!
carrie
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Added by Carrie B! on June 9, 2008 at 10:04pm —
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Whew, I missed last week and my whole body bunched up and revolted. I feel like I'm also more sensitive to what I consume than I ever have been, or at least I notice it now! But I went to yoga therapy this morning and feel much better now, some of the pain that had built back up has been relieved, and I feel inspired to keep using what I've learned. My surgery is scheduled for July 15th and it seems so far away right now. Carrie mentioned a juice fast and I think I'll do smoothies for the rest o…
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Added by ellen on May 27, 2008 at 12:36pm —
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k, so here lately, i've been adding more arm strengthening poses so as to prepare for serious inversions (to join my inversion junkie friend. lol) one thing i thought for sure i would never even attempt was a head stand. it just looks like you'd break your neck, right? even a supported one. so that was never really a thought. until today. i was looking at these 'yoga helpful hints' and they were showing how to do a supported head stand without hurting yourself, right? ok. so i watch it. the funn…
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Added by aura )O( on May 22, 2008 at 3:13pm —
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I have never been an avid reader of books, but a friend handed this book to me one day and said, "here see if you can make sense of all this". It was meant to be...
I literally just finished a book (A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose - by: Eckhart Tolle), and at first,…
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Added by Michelle on May 21, 2008 at 8:33pm —
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here's my first pic of an imperfect firefly. i'm still working on it, but it's coming along rather quickly. i'm happy. another week or so and i'm sure i'll have it perfect. (knees straight and butt lifted). anyhoo, it's not too bad for a first pic, yeah? at least i'll be able to compare with better future pics. lol.
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Added by aura )O( on May 20, 2008 at 7:19pm —
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just taking note of little things. like, really needing some kind of padding for crane pose. talk about frogging the muscle. erg. sometimes i can manage it fine, without cushion. other times, i put a knot in my tricept quick! ow!
anyhoo, noticing that forearm stands are easier to practice than handstands. who woulda thunk it? i'm gonna get that scorpion before ya know. lol.
added a couple more arches. one would think that an arch is an arch, but no, each one is very different. lucky i have a kna…
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Added by aura )O( on May 20, 2008 at 3:00pm —
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serene..........calm.......peace.......stillness...........
my meditations can go either way. sometimes long, sometimes short. sometimes deep, sometimes cluttered. today was a rarety. finding that inner stillness; like calm waters, shining as glass in the sun, without a ripple. no under currents. no noise. just clear stillness. how wonderful.....................remarkable!
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Added by aura )O( on May 13, 2008 at 10:07am —
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just thought i'd jot down an interesting coincidence here. nothing major, just interesting to me:) k, so i ordered a mala bracelet earlier today and even though i had a good idea of how to use them, i decided to look it up just to make sure, right? (i'm not fond of being misinformed. lol.) anyhoo, so i looked at this youtube video that was just the hands of this guy holding his mala necklace and explaining the basic use of it. he spoke of a simple mantra that one can begin with, 'so ham'. he exp…
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Added by aura )O( on May 7, 2008 at 3:41pm —
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My 2nd class was today. I could definitely stretch farther, and it all felt a little easier, but I'm really feeling it now in my hip! Perhaps I overdid the rotation just a bit, huh?! But the energy level is good, and I know I feel better than I would if I hadn't gone :-) Stuck to my lower calorie and healthier diet today too, had a green smoothie for supper (broccoli, salad greens, orange, apple, a bit of vanilla soymilk and cherry juice with ice). I practiced sitting yoga style when I drove tod…
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Added by ellen on May 6, 2008 at 7:52pm —
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Aura@! for you!!! Ok, if all this works you will have your very first video by me to YOU about the Ujyaii breathing I was telling you about. It's trying to load now. If it doesn't work out so good, it can only get better! Actually there are a couple applications on ning that haven't worked so well. One is the video uploading. The other being the NOTES of interest. I've tried adding some in the past week but have been unable to do so.
We'll see????!!!
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Added by Carrie B! on May 6, 2008 at 6:08pm —
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just blogging today's yoga....................light as air:) i begin my practice as always and thought, "hold each pose as long as you can without hurting". (i dunno why, but that was my feeling, so i went with it). each pose came so perfectly, so gently. i held each one, concentrating on just that moment, breath easy, feeling calm and wonderful. no tightness, no effort, everything flowed like nature. by the time i was done, i hadn't felt like i did any "work". i felt light as air:) i feel like…
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Added by aura )O( on May 2, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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The yoga made me feel so good!, so I think I overdid my other activities and was hurting last night. Walking is not so bad, but standing is not good. I went on a tour of an art studio, historic printing press, and mansion yesterday and in effect, I stood on one leg for 1-1/2 hours (can't distribute weight evenly on both hips when standing), and ended up tossing and turning last night. I did my yoga breathing and some prone postures in bed, half asleep, and it helped. Now that I know a little mor…
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Added by ellen on May 1, 2008 at 9:30am —
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