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The Art of Practice
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The Art of Practice

I remember saying to brand new teachers that in Yoga Asana most of us practice about 30-odd poses, most days, most of our lives. And if you’re teaching beginners then you will teach even less than that! In the moment I was encouraging them that they really only needed to be able to cue and assess about 30 poses, trying to make their load feel lighter.

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The quest to know self via un-selfing.
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The quest to know self via un-selfing.

Yoga asks the question: Who am I? The journey to answer is as much about unravelling as it is about finding. Through steady attention, discipline, and the ancient practice of neti, neti—naming all that is not lasting—we glimpse the true self beneath the layers. This is un-selfing: a difficult, beautiful path towards connection with all life.

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