It's getting wobbly again out there

The only thing we're really ever required to do is pay attention. Notice the fullness of every moment – pleasurable and painful alike – and allow that awareness to feed steadiness, and steadiness to breed support. It may indeed be a windy winter, but together we can reinforce our shock absorbers, cushion ourselves in the presence of the buffeting winds of change.

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The Saving Grace of Yoga for Healthy Aging with Rixie

I had just thrown my back out, but Rixie’s class was my saving grace. I allowed her wise asana choices to test my body and its movement again in a safe and purposeful way. I allowed Rixie’s kind and knowing manner to heal my broken spirit by showing me I can still move and be present in a community of others who might be injured, healing, or on a challenging body journey.

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With A Sense of Accomplishment: John Sherburne's Ashtanga Yoga

Did I think about paying my bills or what I had to do tomorrow for work while holding downward dog for another of John’s five long breath counts? No. Did I wonder if I fed the cat or obsess about that thing I said to someone yesterday while teetering in revolved triangle pose? No. John’s kind but stern focus on the proper poses and forms worked its magic on me.

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The Long View

Creating longer distances within the body includes the opportunity to examine how that distance became shortened in the first place, and how it may get filled once created. Is a perpetually contracted chest the result of years of depression or self-defense against a broken heart? Does the one who dares to open that vulnerable stretch from shoulder to shoulder, across heart and lungs, do so in the hopes of breathing new life into the long reach from loneliness to belonging?

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A Body That Can: Therapeutic Yoga with Amir

Amir offers wisdom on anatomy and how to bring the lessons of healing into daily life – for knees, neck, back, shoulders, hips, and other parts that have been beaten down from work, injury, disease, aging, or disuse. He provides the tools to practice at home and then wants you go out there and live: play sports, climb mountains, expand your reach with a body that can.

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No Sweat – We're All About the OM

The dichotomy between sweat and OM is one that yoga folks have been talking about for the last decade, since yoga’s popularity skyrocketed, but above all, people come to Sun & Moon seeking the supportive company of others, the guidance of good teachers, the laughter and fun that happen when defenses come down, and the hallelujah of getting out from behind their devices.

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