{"id":921,"date":"2007-02-13T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/yoga-to-watch-not-try.html"},"modified":"2007-02-13T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-13T11:45:00","slug":"yoga-to-watch-not-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/yoga-to-watch-not-try.html","title":{"rendered":"Yoga to Watch, Not Try!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out this band of cute contortionists.<\/a> I like how they relax into position. How hard do you think they’ve worked on these postures in their brief lifetimes? Hard to say. I don’t know.<\/p>\n

Just last Sunday, in yoga class, our teacher advised us not to “push” our bodies too much. It is winter, cold here in New York. “Just be at peace with where your body is right now. Accept it as it is,” she said. I felt thick, dull, and sleepy at first, but then I warmed up and breathed in fresh awareness. <\/p>\n

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