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Pocono Yogi: Finding Space for Breath
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Finding Space for Breath. When I started my practice 5 years ago, I concentrated solely on the physical aspect of yoga: asana. That I was all I knew, other than seeing the occasional picture of someone sitting in lotus with his/her eyes closed in meditation. But meditation was some New Age stuff I wasn’t capable of. And prana what? I like meditation and pranayama. There, I said it. How did I discover this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Finding Space for Breath.
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Pocono Yogi: January 2016
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016. It will never be the same.". It will never be the same.". It will never be like it was.". It can never be like it used to be.". Throughout our lives I am sure we have all heard some variation of the sentences above. We may even had said those words ourselves. And usually when they are spoken, it is about the relationship between people. It finally clicked. I was taking my practice off the mat, applying the lessons I was learning for my yoga practice to my daily life. The answ...
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Pocono Yogi: July 2016
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016. The Art of Adjustment. In my youth, and for brief stints in adulthood, I was a dancer. So when I first saw the video below, I deeply appreciated its beauty, grace, and artistry. I also saw it as something to aspire to, if not to master each post but to find the same fluidity and grace in my own practice. There's just one thing stopping me from achieving that sense of fluidity and grace: I'm adjusting myself when I move from pose to pose. And I'm amazed by how much it can do.
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Country Cooking: Tickled Pink
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Follow one woman as she cooks in her country home, making the most of what her surroundings have to offer: wonderful local ingredients. Friday, August 29, 2014. When I first started learning to cook, I would write out recipes on index or fancy recipe cards and keep them in cute boxes or in binders. Over time, this became a bit labor intensive, so I started just printing the recipes, putting them in sleeve protectors, and storing them all in your average binder from an office supply store. And so we did.
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Country Cooking: Passing It On
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Follow one woman as she cooks in her country home, making the most of what her surroundings have to offer: wonderful local ingredients. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. And so, less than a week away from my 37th birthday, I found myself at Williams-Sonoma. On a Saturday morning, watching my 6-year-old son roll out pie dough to make decorations for Thanksgiving pies. What the heck happened? Saturday morning at Williams-Sonoma, working on pie crust. A photo posted by @kmiracane on. Nov 11, 2014 at 5:40pm PST.
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Pocono Yogi: The Art of Adjustment
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016. The Art of Adjustment. In my youth, and for brief stints in adulthood, I was a dancer. So when I first saw the video below, I deeply appreciated its beauty, grace, and artistry. I also saw it as something to aspire to, if not to master each post but to find the same fluidity and grace in my own practice. There's just one thing stopping me from achieving that sense of fluidity and grace: I'm adjusting myself when I move from pose to pose. And I'm amazed by how much it can do.
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Pocono Yogi: "The Joyful Journey"
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016. It didn't take me long to realize I was completely out of my comfort zone, even though I had been practicing a few years. This was the first time I signed myself up for something without knowing the outcome. Of course the desired outcome, the goal, is to become a certified yoga teacher. But will I pass the test and become a teacher others can learn from and will want to practice with? I have no idea. There is no guaranteed outcome and yet I am doing this anyway? To celebrate m...
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Pocono Yogi: April 2016
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Monday, April 11, 2016. We are not seeing a situation as it truly is if we have expectations.". I first discovered this quote two years ago when reading Judith Hanson Lasater's. A Year of Living Your Yoga: Daily Practices to Shape Your Life. I've learned, both on and off the mat, that letting go of expectations is one of the hardest things to do. And try doing it in terms of relationships. It's damn near impossible! You have released the expectations you were holding on to. We put timetables on everything.
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Pocono Yogi: "Anything can be a meditation."
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Anything can be a meditation.". As I started taking classes with other teachers, meditation would be explored even deeper at times. There would be a timed meditation every now and then. For me, these sessions played out much like the scene in the movie Eat, Pray, Love. Saying I needed a meditation practice was easy. Implementing one in my home? The mandala I painted at the workshop. And the heavens opened and the angels sang.). So now, an hour before bed, I read. No TV. N...But t...
