{"id":245,"date":"2006-03-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/do-you-have-a-living-yoga-prac.html"},"modified":"2006-03-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T12:00:00","slug":"do-you-have-a-living-yoga-prac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/do-you-have-a-living-yoga-prac.html","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a Living Yoga Practice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000BPG28S\/sr=8-3\/qid=1142399299\/ref=pd_bbs_3\/104-7638272-0731123?%5Fencoding=UTF8\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/blogs\/yogatolife_060316.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-left:5px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yoga practice should not conflict with our life but contribute to it. 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