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Jessica Lesley The Magazine of Yoga Real Life is Real Yoga™

Life Happens

Just when I found myself in a comfortable routine of teaching weekly classes everything changed.

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Jessica Lesley The Magazine of Yoga Real Life is Real Yoga™

It’s About You: Never Have A Bad Yoga Class Again

Being put momentarily off balance by something we didn’t expect isn’t so different than being off balance in a posture. Expectations lay traps for us.

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There Is An Elephant In The Room, And It Ain’t Ganesh

There Is An Elephant In The Room, And It Ain’t Ganesh

Socially/economically/and ethnically diverse yoga: I am smacked with the reality that this is indeed the exception – not the rule.

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Non-Attachment and Self-Loathing

Non-Attachment and Self-Loathing

Why are we so mean to ourselves? In examining this, it becomes easier to see why we tend lack kindness in dealing with others.

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Confidence, Empathy, Patience

Confidence, Empathy, Patience

So often I hear that “yoga is for every body.” I was incredibly naïve when it came to what kind of bodies would be in front of me as a teacher.

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Breathing Yoga: Lung Capacity and Life Capacity

Breathing Yoga: Lung Capacity and Life Capacity

A quick anatomy lesson will introduce us to the phrenic nerve, part of your body’s emergency system.

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Adventures in Teaching: After the Certificate

Adventures in Teaching: After the Certificate

Finding positions as a yoga instructor is a whole other animal.

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Class Consciousness: Jill Miller Yoga Tune Up

Class Consciousness: Jill Miller Yoga Tune Up

Look at what goes into a pose and honestly assess whether or not your body is ready to go there. Now apply that to making an important decision in your life – POW!

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Flight Check: Yoga Tune Up

Flight Check: Yoga Tune Up

Take this class if you want in depth knowledge of the anatomy, kinesiology and biomechanics behind the art of movement.

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How I Became A Yoga Teacher

How I Became A Yoga Teacher

My journey from Corporate America to Yogini was filled with more than a few mishaps, misfortunes and good old misunderstandings. Let me share a cautionary tale.

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