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Community Spotlight: Dori Feldman

Dori attends Breath Practice regularly, but even if you are also a regular participant, you may never met her since she practices with her camera off (note that this is an option for you too). She also makes extensive use of the video library on days when the class schedule

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Community Spotlight: Nick Keller

Meet Nick Keller, a regular participant in Breath Practice Chair Yoga.  Watch the video to learn more about his experience and how he benefits.  View Video Video length 9 min 22 sec If you want to thank Nick for his interview, send an email to Joyce and she will forward it. 

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Community Spotlight: Joanna Case

Meet Joanna Case, a regular participant of the Breath Practice. Learn how she has benefitted from participating regularly, what she enjoys in her day-to-day life and something that might surprise you to know about her.

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Community Spotlight: Ben Kellman

Meet Ben Kellman, a regular participant of the Breath Practice. Learn how he has benefitted from participating regularly and something that might surprise you to know about him.

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Mary Ann Holmes dynamic gentle yoga teacher
Community

Community Spotlight: Mary Ann Holmes

Meet Mary Ann Holmes, a regular participant of the Breath Practice since March 2020.  Learn how she has benefitted from participating regularly and something that might surprise you to know about her.

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Mindful Living

Living in the Questions

I was feeling “off” the other day and my mind went down the usual bunny hole of questioning whether it was because I ate the wrong thing the day before, or maybe it was the planetary alignments, or perhaps I have made bad decisions in my life, or I am just flawed. I am inquisitive by nature which serves me well in some endeavors (fixing things, learning new skills, etc.) Being curious is something I actually really like about myself. In my best moments, it’s clear to me that some questions don’t have answers, yet I tend to ask “why” or “how” about anything and everything and I do that thing of asking myself questions as if I should know the unknowable.

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Tammy Kaleel speaks about Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher Training
Teaching Gentle

Making yoga more accessible

This is the first in a series of videos from graduates of the Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher Training with Rudy Peirce.  Are you interested in making yoga more accessible to people who may not think they can do yoga? Learn why Tammy chose this training and how it changed her

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Yoga Philosophy

Exploring Satya…Truth

Is there anything to be learned from the thousands-of-years-old Yamas and Niyamas? Last month we began with Ahimsa,  do no harm in thought word or deed. I was amazed at how many aspects of myself I had to look into. Subtle ways I harm myself through my shyness to ask

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