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What does YOGA mean to me? 

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Andy Snow

​*Yoga is about taking good care of yourself*
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"Yoga’s Golden Rule
​“do no harm" 
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What can I say about each....can I expand on each? ​


“What could be even lighter, softer, and freer” by Melton Trager
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“Attitude you bring to the mat will determine the pose” by Judith Lasater 

“Come to the edge and take a small step back” by Lilias Folan 

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Jill Shelton
“I wish my neck is free, so that, my head moves forward and up, and my back lengthens and widens” by F. M. Alexander  

”Extension without tension, relaxed but not collapsed” by Sam Dworkis  

“You do yoga because you love it - even some mundane poses” by Yogi Amrit Desai
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All movement is ​good...


No pain especially around neck, lower back or knees

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Be a witness to your
​experience...


Cats and cows show up everywhere so does Cobra

Tilting the head shortens the spine – limits movement
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Direction = Energy

Energy neutralizes gravitational force

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Think up to go down; think down to go up... 




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Good posture can be altered with ease... 
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Gravity is our friend – our body in relation to gravity...


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Move into all directions from neutral...


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How you do;
​not what you do...


I am a perpetual beginner and I am proud of it

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I am not there YET...
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“Energy neutralizes gravitational force”
Five phases in doing posture -
prepare
enter
hang out
return 
reflect   
   a) Prepare: free to change 
   b) Enter: sequence 
    (slow and deliberate)
   c) Hang out: look for release
   d) Return: sequence 
    (slow and deliberate)
   e) Reflect: describe in one 
    word and let it resonate  

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If we can walk, we can balance on one foot...


If we could do easy postures easier, we can do challenging postures with ease

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In yoga class, learn from others...




Invite parts of your body to participate...

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Let’s chew on that...
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Breath is powerful and honest...


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Let the breath move you...



In breathing, there is a moment of stillness between breath out and breath in

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​No judgement-Put your self in their shoes


Release comes with exhalation - look for it

No judgment - Put your self in their shoes

Pay attention to sequence – change the sequence and change the posture

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Pause often...


There are many ways to enter a house – multiple entries to any given posture...       ​

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Our body is 83% liquid – what does that tell you?


Yoga is a growing experience – in length, width, and depth
We are creatures of habit – yoga can be habit forming...
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Yoga is about creating space...


Yoga is about finding connection with breath, pose and all around

Yoga is about getting back to child again

Yoga is about not doing as well as doing
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Yoga is about seeing beauty in yourself, in others, and in the universe...
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Yoga is everywhere ​

Yoga postures – they are all related

Anything worthwhile pursuing is a lifelong practice and yoga is no difference
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Nobby Ota


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