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Connect Yoga - Thought Seeds
"Inhalation is when the movement of the self comes into contact with the periphery... the extreme frontier of the body. Exhalation is the return journey."
- B.K.S. Iyengar
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Your Extraordinary Light
even if you are a small forest surviving off of moon alone. your light is extraordinary. -Nayyira Waheed The yoga mat is an interesting...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20231 min read
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Gratitude Is An Inhale
Do you ever notice your mind riding an "I wonder" thought train? I find myself on these trains often, that is when my brain isn't in an...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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The Sky of Samadhi
Ralph Waldo Emerson gifted us with this thought, " Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20231 min read
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The shape change of breath
This thought seed comes from a conversation I had recently with a student about breathing. I am so deeply grateful to have your trust and...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20232 min read
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More or Less
What follows this paragraph are musings of my mind. I cannot say or pretend that I know. This is not a show of expertise (when you think...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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What Is Balance?
Balance. I seem to be constantly falling out of it. Walking is the art of falling and catching myself, step after step, each one an...
Kathryn Bartlett
Jan 27, 20231 min read
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My Movement Story
Context is everything. That is what I have learned so far in life. Everyone comes to their yoga practice with a backstory, and I would...
connectyogalab
Dec 19, 20209 min read
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An Octopus on Your Mat
I recently watched the film, "My Octopus Teacher". The footage is beautiful. I've also read some critiques about it. I'm going to ignore...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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Yoga and the 'Paradox Mindset'
I recently read an article on bbc.com titled, "Why the 'paradox mindset' is the key to success". The title was what drew me in,...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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A Trace of the Traceless
Only Breath Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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The Handprint of Yoga
Yoga has a way of connecting people through a shared experience that isn't about winning or losing or teamwork or productivity. The magic...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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A Love Note To My Students
Instead of quoting the great gurus of yoga or plunking down lines from poets, this week I prefer to speak from my own heart. Much of my...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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Starting Is the Hardest Part
You Begin Margaret Atwood You begin this way: this is your hand, this is your eye, that is a fish, blue and flat on the paper, almost the...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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Yoga and Anger
In, out. Deep, slow. Calm, ease. Smile, release. Present moment, Wonderful moment. - Thich Nhat Hanh Who is this Thich Nhat Hanh? - A...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20203 min read
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ooh-JAI-yeei
When I Am Among the Trees by Mary Oliver When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20203 min read
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Beginner's Mind
My yoga practice began in 1993 with B.K.S. Iyengar's style of yoga. I can still conjure up the memory of being an absolute beginner; the...
connectyogalab
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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The Practice of Kindness
Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened...
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Dec 12, 20202 min read
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Leave the Dishes and Practice From Your Heart
Advice to Myself by Louise Erdrick Leave the dishes. Let the celery rot in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator and an earthen scum...
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Dec 12, 20203 min read
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