I n January of 1982 I decided—out of curiosity—to try a yoga class. In a pink-carpeted room in the back of the Sahara Hotel in
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Before I began teaching yoga, I assisted in classes for about four years. My job was to walk around the room and make adjustments while
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It’s not so simple Do you have trouble falling asleep? Or staying asleep? If so, you’re not alone. According to data from the Center for
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The yoga of cultivating care I lived on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1990. During that year a longtime yoga teacher based in Seattle,
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I begin most of my yoga classes by asking if students have “requests.” These requests include types of poses they’d like to practice (maybe standing
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