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Yoga as a Spiritual Practice

Posted on August 1st, 2009

Yesterday Christine Sine posted another blog in her series “What is a Spiritual Practice?” It was written by Christina Whitehouse-Suggs and was about yoga as a spiritual practice. This is something that obviously caught my attention as yoga has (especially in the past two years) become a very dear part of my life and a [...]

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A Gentle Yoga Routine for Winter

Posted on January 19th, 2009

When winters chill has reached into our bones it’s hard to be motivated to move and do yoga, but those cold dark days are exactly when our bodies could most use the refreshment that a steady yoga practice can bring. Personally though, I don’t want strenuous practices during the winter, instead I long to stay in touch [...]

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Yoga and Prayer: Metta (Loving Kindness)

Posted on November 6th, 2008

A few friends came over tonight for some yoga and prayer time. Here’s what we did: Savasana (Corpse Pose) As you lay in corpse pose and remember that all love comes first from God, we love because he first loved us. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should [...]

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Yoga and Prayer: Psalm 107

Posted on October 23rd, 2008

Tonight I had a few lady friends over to do yoga with me. We lit some candles and prayed and moved together. It was very relaxing and I felt so grateful to be able to do it. Afterwards we spontaneously decided to do dinner. The husbands joined us and we had a great time talking [...]

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The Yamas and Niyamas

Posted on October 9th, 2008

This morning was the yoga and prayer time that I have been doing with a few ladies and today was the first time since I started doing it back at the end of July that no one showed up. Considering that it’s been a pretty small group of regulars it’s actually pretty surprising that we [...]

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