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Surrender.
There’s a quote that I heard at a yoga training I went to this September that’s been bouncing around my head for a while now. Surrender in a way that gives you power. There’s a tendency these days to...
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Let go.
I was on Pinterest last night- I knowww, but it’s a guilty pleasure and I love it – and I found this really awesome quote that I wanted to share with y’all. Let go or you’ll be dragged. – Zen proverb...
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40 Days -The Middle.
Ugh, internet. I had to drag myself to yoga last night. Mom kept coming into the office and pointedly asking me if I was going to get ready to go and Dad threw his yoga clothes on and I was just...
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40 Days- The Fruit Fast.
I’m doing a fruit fast this week, internet, and as it stands right now, I would shank somebody for a slice of pizza. I said it. Little Miss Yogi can’t do this anymore. I’m freaking out, man. I’M...
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Yogic Archery.
I was nominated for a Beautiful Blogger Award by FactoryMaid!! Come back tomorrow to see who I nominate in return! *** I got this beautiful quote from Peaceful Daily in my email this morning: “The...
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40 Days – The End.
So I’m cheating a little bit because the end of the 40 days program is technically tomorrow, but it’s Yoga Tuesday here on hnwcassandra, so deal. It’s been a long, crazy journey to get here. Immediate...
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Different yoga for different yogis.
Okay internet. I promised y’all that I’d tell you about this amazing yoga dance party I went to last week. However, I also recently went to a class taught by a friend of mine that I really want to talk...
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#whatshouldyogiscallme
When I teach a really good class: When I take a really good class: When I mess up a sequence my students are like: When I make my friend do a pose she hates she’s like: The college kids before Spring...
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Being PERFECT.
A startling number of y’all fell for my April Fool’s day prank yesterday. No, my male cat is not pregnant. Gotcha! In the vein of April Fool’s, I talked to my yoga class yesterday about the idea of...
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Yoga One!
So I mentioned in the blog post I just wrote that will be online tomorrow (messing with yo mind!!!) that mi familia and I went to Yoga One whilst we were in Charlotte, and I wanted to tell y’all about...
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Yoga rut.
I have a confession, internet. I’m in a serious yoga rut. I’ve been in a serious yoga rut for almost a month now, and I don’t quite know how to get out of it. Now, to be clear, this really isn’t a...
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Yoga is allergies?
Yoga is about cutting down extraneous movement. When you get down to the heart of it, that’s pretty much all it is. Letting go of mental movement and physical movement and raw material need. Cutting...
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Yoga is NOT just for Skinny White Girls.
I stumbled upon an article recently that I really wanted to talk about. Decolonizing YogaYoga: Not just for Young, Skinny White Girls – Decolonizing Yoga. This piece by Dianne Bondy talks about how “a...
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Please Put Clothes On – A Yoga PSA.
Dear Yogis - The weather here is finally getting warmer, which means that for whatever reason, the yoga clothes in the studio are starting to get shorter. For some of y’all, however, there’s no more...
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Exercise guilt.
It’s been a weird day here at hnwcassandra. Actually, a weird few days. I mentioned recently that I was in a bit of a yogic rut, and I’m still coming out of it. My practice recently has been extremely...
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Burn This / Becoming a yogi.
I wrote a couple articles for a start up called Burn This that has recently launched! Here’s a teaser and a link to the full article. *** As a dedicated yogi and yoga teacher, I’m often asked how I can...
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5 Tips for Beginner Yogis.
Another article from Burn This! Click through to read the whole piece. *** When it comes to yoga, the key to success is knowing what you are getting yourself into, what you need to do to prepare...
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Yoga Beauty Tips.
If you’re a regular workout-aholic like I am, you know how hard it is to stay looking fresh and clean 24/7. Some days when I wake up and (miraculously) look good, I can’t bring myself to go to workout...
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Heat stroke yoga.
You may or may not have noticed, internet, that the weather on the east coast of the continent of North America has been abysmal recently. No bueno. Rain rain and more rain, a serious level of...
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#whatshouldyogiscallme2
When Baron Baptiste comes out with a new book all my friends are like: When I’m sweaty after class and I have to be in public: When I walk into the studio to teach: When I’m falling asleep in half...
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Sorry I Touched Your Boob – A Yoga PSA.
I’m just gonna jump straight into this. I touched a boob. Specifically, a stranger’s boob. No, it was not on purpose. Yes, it was a full grope situation. And no, neither of us enjoyed it. Internet,...
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Yoga (explained by dogs).
First of all and basically more important than anything else I have to say today: My coworker brought her dogs into work today. LOOK AT THESE NUGGETS. Which pretty much my my entire life worth living....
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Your yoga brand (and why it’s important).
I’m about to get really real for a quick second. Yoga teachers are a gimmick. And it’s important that they are. Yoga teachers: Most of your students know what yoga is. Your job is not to teach them...
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Yoga Folklore.
So I went to one of my mother’s awesome yoga classes last night, internet, and I was (perhaps abstractly) struck with the similarities between folklore and yoga instruction. Admittedly, I was also...
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#whatshouldyogiscallme3
When I have no sequence planned and I just have to make that shit up as I go: When I could go to yoga but I’m comfy: When I really want to yoga it out but I don’t make it in time for class: When I wear...
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4 Reasons to Try Yoga – A Comic.
Filed under: Yoga Tagged: comic, funny, list, reasons, tuesday, yoga, yoga tuesday
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Yoga – Offensive Cultural Appropriation?
I read an article today that really offended me, internet. LIKE IT OR NOT, WESTERN YOGA IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. The article, by XOJane user s.e. smith, asserts that what...
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Yogic office?
It turns out that I an not an introvert. Which, frankly, is startling, because I always thought I was. However, since the satellite version of my office is (long story short) dark, deserted, and I’m...
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#whatshouldyogiscallme4
When I actually wear a coordinated outfit to the studio: When someone asks me to explain the difference between two weird disciplines of yoga: When my friends make up terrible excuses to get out of...
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Out of practice Yogi.
Oh god, we haven’t done Yoga Tuesday in many, many days, internet. Or possibly years. Side Note – I enjoy how dramatically my blog view went up in the TWO DAYS since NaNoWriMo ended. I GET IT. YOU...
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Yoga (explained by dogs) – Part 2.
1. Be grateful for people who can help you get your favorite toys out of a rough spot. 2. Be grateful for good hiding spots. 3. Be grateful for people who cook for you. 4. And play with you. 5. And...
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Workout Playlist!
Filed under: Yoga Tagged: music, playlist, workout, yoga, yoga tuesday
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