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Sadhana Day 10: we made it
The Sadhanistas at the end of our last morning We are all in the picture together because Jenny set my camera up to do a time lapse photo, and she and Koreen piled enough chip foam blocks on a chair...
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Morning yoga practice: if it’s so important, why is it so hard to do?
Yoga practice? Category 2, all the way. Google “images for important and urgent” and you will be rewarded with an unbelievable 3,200,000 results, many of them featuring the four quadrants made famous...
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Sadhana starts tomorrow: here’s the first day’s practice
Okay, the road to the studio isn't paved with bluebells, but the morning light is still beautiful I’ll be laying out my clothes tonight, hanging them on the hook in the bathroom in reverse order of...
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Sadhana: the practice for day two
This photo was taken in October, but so far, sunrise in Vancouver looks about the same in June. The first day of Sadhana went off without a hitch. In fact, from where I sat, it felt comfortable and...
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Sadhana: the practice for day three
Finally, sun patterns on the studio walls, about 6:05 on Tuesday morning. Tuesday, day two, was shoulder stand variations and forward bends. It was interesting to see which standing poses were echoed...
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Sadhana: the practice for day four
In Vancouver we're still waiting for a glorious sunrise like this one, in Scottsdale, AZ Today was the third day of summer Sadhana, and the first time we’ve come back to repeat a practice, albeit with...
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Sadhana: practice for day five
The good news? If it were sunny, the colors on this clematis would be fading faster. If you’re going to commit to a yoga practice, one that is “cultivated skillfully and continuously for a long time,”...
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Sadhana: the practice for day six
One of the interesting things about this lotus is that it was photographed in New Jersey. Day five, Friday, was a day for experimental standing poses. In this case, what happens if you create a...
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Sadhana Days 7 to 10
If your yoga mat looks like this, you might be too close to your practice. Sunday, Day 7, was our day of rest. I slept in until 7 a.m. It was glorious. Since then, we’ve been working through the...
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The Sniffley Sadhana
That's Rhinovirus 14 on the left, and an interior view of Rhinovirus 16 on the right. No fun. Summer Sadhana 2012, the fourth annual 10 days of early morning practice, has been a bumpy ride. Every day...
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